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Jura

Male#781 most common in Croatia438 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Farmer, earth-worker
Origin:
Greek

About the name Jura

Croatian diminutive of Juraj (George), from Greek Georgios.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
April 23 (sv. Juraj)

Popularity with newborns

Jura has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

438 people in Croatia are called Jura, according to the 2021 census. That is #781 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Jura is recorded in 8 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Brodsko-posavskaGrad ZagrebKarlovačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaVaraždinskaZagrebačka

Characteristics

CroatianTraditionalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.