Juraj

Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian.

The English equivalent of the name is George.

Notable people

• Juraj Bartusz (1933–2025), Slovak sculptor
• Juraj Chmiel (born 1960), Czech diplomat and politician
• Juraj Dobrila (1812–1882), Croatian bishop and benefactor
• Juraj Filas (1955–2021), Slovak composer
• György Gyimesi (born Juraj Gyimesi 1980), Slovak politician
• Juraj Habdelić (1609–1678), Croatian writer and lexicographer
• Juraj Herz (1934–2018), Slovak director
• Juraj Hromkovič (born 1958), Slovak computer scientist
• Juraj Jakubisko (1938–2023), Slovak director
• Juraj Jánošík (1688–1713), Slovak national hero
• Juraj Križanić (1618–1683), Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist
• Juraj Kucka (born 1987), Slovak footballer
• Juraj Lexmann (1941–2025), Slovak musicologist and composer
• Juraj Okoličány (1943–2008), Slovak ice hockey referee
• Juraj Slafkovský (born 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
• Juraj Soboňa (1961–2025), Slovak politician
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop
• Juraj Sviatko (born 1980), Slovak figure skater
• Juraj Å eliga (born 1990), Slovak politician

Derived forms

• 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

See also

• Other Slavic variants of George: Jurij, Yury, Đurađ, Đuro, ĐuraÅ¡, Jerzy, Jiří

External links

• Juraj on Behind The Name
• Juraj on Babätko