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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak : from a pet form of the personal name Jura, Moravian variant of Jiři, Czech form of Greek Geōrgios (see George).
  • Southern Slavic : from a pet form of Juraj, Jurij, or Jurije, vernacular forms of Greek Geōrgios (see George).
  • Americanized spelling of Hungarian Gyurica, pet form of the personal name György, vernacular form of Greek Geōrgios (see George).

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