Jiří
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jiří is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Czech Jiří; Doublet of Juraj.
- CZCzechia1 in 18(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 16K
- DEGermany≈1 in 48K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- 1 in 18 (inferred from the name graph)
592,180 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jiri in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Czech Jiří; Doublet of Juraj.
Sources 1
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jiří counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #5 | 592,180 | 1 in 18 | 592K | Jiří | 206 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Jiri | 98 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,440 | 1 in 3.9K | 1.6K | Jiri | 23 |
| US United States | — | 677 | 1 in 491K | 1.6K | Jiri | 218 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 126K | 9 | Jiri | 100 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 56 | Jiri | 44 |
| SK Slovakia | #140 | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Jiří | 54 |
| CY Cyprus | #768 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Jiri | 10 |
592,180 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George of Poděbradyb. 1420CZnot in their usual nameking of Bohemia
- George I Rákóczib. 1593HUnot in their usual nameHungarian prince of Transylvania
- Jiří Voskovecb. 1905USCzech-American actor, writer, humorist, comedian, director, lyricist, singer, poet and translator (1905–1981)
- Jiří Trnkab. 1912CZCzech animator, illustrator, painter, director, scriptwriter, scenographer, sculptor and university educator (1912-1969)
- Jiří Dienstbierb. 1937CZCzech journalist and politician (1937-2011)
- Jiří Menzelb. 1938CZCzech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1938-2020)
- Jiří Bělohlávekb. 1946CZCzech conductor (1946-2017)
- Jiří Paroubekb. 1952CZCzech politician, former prime minister
- Jiří Rusnokb. 1960CZCzech politician and economist (* 1960)
- Jiří Němecb. 1966CZCzech footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 592K | #1 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 296K | #1 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 296K | #1 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2024 | — | #29 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2023 | — | #29 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2022 | — | #25 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2019 | — | #21 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2018 | — | #18 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2017 | — | #21 |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2016 | — | #19 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jiří mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Czech Jiří; Doublet of Juraj. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Jiří a male or female name?
- Jiří is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Jiří?
- In the etymology graph, Jorge, George and Georges are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Jiří have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 592 thousand people named Jiří, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jiří.
- Where is Jiří most common?
- Jiří is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 18 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Jiří?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 592,180 people named Jiří, about 1 in 18 residents.
- How common is Jiří compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Jiří is the 5th most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jiří?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ji%C5%99%C3%ADThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jiří” — the 5th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.