Juraj
Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. Pronounced "You-rye" but with a trilled r.
The English equivalent of the name is George.
Notable people[edit]
- Juraj Chmiel, Czech diplomat and politician
- Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and benefactor
- Juraj Filas, Slovak composer
- Juraj Habdelić, Croatian writer and lexicographer
- Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakian director
- Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director
- Juraj Jánošík, Slovak national hero
- Juraj Križanić, Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist
- Juraj Kucka, Slovak footballer
- Juraj Okoličány, Slovak ice hockey referee
- Juraj Sviatko, Slovak figure skater
- Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop
- Juraj Šeliga, Slovak politician
- Juraj Slafkovský, Slovak ice hockey player
- Juraj Hromkovič, Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich
Derived forms[edit]
- Jura: Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Croatian and Romanian
- Jure: Croatian, Slovene
- Jurica: Croatian
- Jurášek: Czech, Moravian
- Jurajko: Ukrainian, Slovak
- Jurik: Russian and Armenian
- Jurko: Slovak, Croatian
- Juro: Slovak, Croatian
- Jurek: Polish, Croatian