Jurka

The first name Jurka is a diminutive of the name Jurij, which is common in Poland and Belarus. Jurij itself is a Russian variant of the name Georg, which has its origins in the Ancient Greek Georgios. The name is directly translated as 'the farmer' or 'the agricultural worker'.

What does the name Jurka mean?

Jurka is a diminutive of the male first name Jurij, which in turn is a Russian derivative of the name Georg, which goes back to the Ancient Greek Georgios. The translation of the name is 'the farmer' or 'the agricultural worker'. The name has its roots in two Ancient Greek words: gē (γῆ), meaning 'the earth, the land, the soil', and érgon ‎(ἔργον), which stands for 'the work, the action'. Various variants of the name include Jirka, Juri, Jörg, Jorg, Jürgen, Jorgen, Jören, Jurian, Jurien, Jurin, Juris, Yuri, and Yury.

Where does the name Jurka come from?

The name Jurka has its roots in Ancient Greek and means 'the farmer'.

How do you pronounce Jurka?

Jurka is pronounced like 'Jur-ka'.

When is the name day of Jurka?

The name days for Jurka are April 23, October 7, and October 28.

Popularity

In Switzerland, the name Jurka ranks 20,745th in the official list of most common first names. A total of four people bear this name there. The distribution of the name shows that in Germany, 50% of Jurkas live in Lower Saxony and 50% in Thuringia. In Austria, Jurka is found exclusively 100% in Salzburg. In Switzerland, the distribution is as follows: 33.3% in Bern, 33.3% in Jura, and 33.3% in Lucerne.