Around the globe, Juraj (Juraj 
, Γεώργιος 
, Georgius 
, among others...) is a common boy's forename. The first name Juraj is characteristic of Slovakia, where it is a common boy's name, Croatia, and Greece, where it is quite a common male name. Much less frequently, Juraj is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Juraj | Austria, Germany, Czechia, Croatia, Slovakia |
| Γεώργιος | Greece |
| Georgius | United Kingdom, Germany, Indonesia, Czechia, United States |
| Юрай | Ukraine, Russia |
| ユライ | Japan |
Chorche, Corc, Djuro, Egor, Georg, George, Georges, Georgi, Georgii, Georgij, Georgije, Georgijs, Georgios, Georgiy, Georgo, Georgy, Gevorg, Geworg, Geórgios, Gheorghe, Gică, Gieorgij, Giorgi, Giorgio, Gorch, Gueorgui, Guiorgui, Guéorgui, Gyuri, György, Göran, Gøran, Iegor, Jegor, Jehor, Jerguš, Jerzy, Jiří, Jockel, Jord, Jordi, Jorge, Jori, Joris, Jorn, Juerg, Jur, Jure, Jurg, Jurgen,
Juraj is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: George Weasley , the fictional character of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; George Smiley , the character by John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Captain Boomerang , the supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, The Flash; George Hammond , the fictional character in Stargate, Stargate SG-1 and George Wickham , the fictional character from Pride and Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice, and in many other works.
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juraj dalmatinac Dalmatian architect, HR (b. 1410) |
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| juraj slovinac theological writer and professor, SI (b. 1360) |
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juraj ćulinović painter from Dalmatia (1436-1504), HR (b. 1436) |
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juraj šižgorić Latinist poet from Venetian Dalmatia, HR (b. 1445) |
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| juraj podjebradski (b. 1420) |
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juraj utišinović martinušević Croatian nobleman and cardinal, Hungarian statesman (1482-1551), HR (b. 1482) |
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| juraj divnić Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1440) |
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| juraj dragišić archbishop, HR (b. 1445) |
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| juraj drašković (b. 1450) |
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juraj drašković Catholic cardinal, HR (b. 1525) |
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juraj baraković Croatian poet, IT (b. 1548) |
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juraj vii. turzo Palatine of Hungary (1557-1616), SK (b. 1557) |
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| juraj cvečić (b. 1520) |
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| juraj purkircher (b. 1535) |
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juraj zrinski Ban of Croaita, HR (b. 1599) |
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An, Straka, Babić, Polák, Horvat, Vojtek, Oravec, Šimko, Mihaľo, Bartoš, Kovacik, Kováč, Krajcik, Králik, Janosik, Horvath, Kováčik, Jánošík, Ondrejka, Marković, Mikula, Kovačić, Zeman, Novak, Ka, Ko, Ek, Kos, Sabo, Toth, Nagy, Marko, Masar, Sabol, Szabo, Balog, Benko, Kovac, Polak, Danko, Jurik, Tomko, Tóth, Varga, and Pavlović