Jure
Male#185 most common in Croatia5,088 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Farmer, earth-worker
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Jure
Croatian short form of Juraj (George), from Greek Georgios; common in Dalmatia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- April 23 (sv. Juraj)
Popularity with newborns
Jure 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
5,088 people in Croatia are called Jure, according to the 2021 census. That is #185 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Jure is recorded in 19 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaLičko-senjskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
Notable people called Jure
- Jure Kaštelan — Croatian poet
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.