Juris

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Juris is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country, where it is the 11th most common given name. Recorded meaning: derivative of the personal name Juris (Latvian) or Jura (Slavic), from Greek Georgias (see George).

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 131(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 964K
  • ISIceland1 in 8.8K

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.

Latvia (measured from records)

14,315 people

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 131 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

derivative of the personal name Juris (Latvian) or Jura (Slavic), from Greek Georgias (see George).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Juris 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.

Where Juris is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia#1114,3151 in 13114KJuris103
PH Philippines—≈780 est.≈1 in 141K—Juris24
US United States—3451 in 964K471Juris133
GB United Kingdom—≈300 est.≈1 in 221KlistedJuris56
SE Sweden—1271 in 80K127Juris14
NO Norway—≈120 est.≈1 in 47K450Juris14
LT Lithuania—≈110 est.≈1 in 24KlistedJuris21
EE Estonia#713≈92 est.≈1 in 13K62Juris10
IS Iceland—401 in 8.8K40——

14,315 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); the ee-stat-nimed register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the lt-vlkk-vardai register; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Juris is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Latvia, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Jüris, Jueris, Jūris, Jürïs

  • Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Latvia, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Júris, Jüris, Juriš, Jūris

  • Norwegian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Latvia, Norway, Sweden

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Jüris

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, Latvia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Juriš

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Latvia, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Júris, Juriš

  • Russian given name26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Юрис, Урись, Юріс, Yuris, Урис

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Jüris, Jūris, Juriš

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Juris is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, kristietības un islāma nostāstos — kareivis moceklis, ar kura vārdu folkloras tradīcija saistīja lopkopju un daļēji zemkopju pavasara kultu reliktās pagāniskās ieražas, kā arī bagāto mitoloģisko tematiku, arī motīvu par cīņu ar pūķi

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Necils cilvēks

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Catalan, second-person singular present subjunctive of jurar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, genitive singular of jūs

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Juris Alunāns, b. 1832Juris Hartmanis, b. 1928Juris Upatnieks, b. 1936Juris Zaķis, b. 1936Juris Silovs, b. 1950Juris Bērziņš, b. 1954Juris Dalbiņš, b. 1954Juris Laizāns, b. 1979Juris Pūce, b. 1980Juris Šics, b. 1983

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 46 sources across 28 countries.

Official registers attesting Juris
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—14K—
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—14K#15
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—450#2,711
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020303#26,834
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—127#7,257
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201994—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202092—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201892—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201786—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201680—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201576—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201468—

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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 Juris mean, and where does it come from?
derivative of the personal name Juris (Latvian) or Jura (Slavic), from Greek Georgias (see George). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
Is Juris a male or female name?
Juris 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 Juris?
In the etymology graph, Jorge, George and Georges are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Juris have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Juris, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled juris.
Where is Juris most common?
Juris is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 131 people carrying it.
How common is the name Juris?
In Latvia, the national register counted 14,315 people named Juris, about 1 in 131 residents.
How common is Juris compared with other names?
In Latvia, Juris is the 11th most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.

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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, “Juris” — the 11th most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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