Where does “Yuri” come from?

Yuri (Cebuano) comes from Russian Ю́рий, from Old East Slavic Гюрги, from Old East Slavic Георгий.

Ancestry of “Yuri”, step by step

Yuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Ю́рий

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЮ́рийGeorge; Jorge
2Old East SlavicГюрги—
3Old East SlavicГеоргий—

via Japanese ゆり

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseゆり百合, ユリ lily; 揺り tremor, shaking
Every word from Old East Slavic Георгий →Every word from Old East Slavic Гюрги →Every word from Russian Ю́рий →