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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Ю́рий | George; Jorge |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | Гюрги | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | Георгий | — |