Juraj

Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian.

The English equivalent of the name is George.

## Notable people

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* Juraj Chmiel (born 1960), Czech diplomat and politician
* Juraj Dobrila (1812–1882), Croatian bishop and benefactor
* Juraj Filas (1955–2021), Slovak composer
* György Gyimesi (born Juraj Gyimesi 1980), Slovak politician
* Juraj Habdelić (1609–1678), Croatian writer and lexicographer
* Juraj Herz (1934–2018), Slovak director
* Juraj Hromkovič (born 1958), Slovak computer scientist
* Juraj Jakubisko (1938–2023), Slovak director
* Juraj Jánošík (1688–1713), Slovak national hero
* Juraj Križanić (1618–1683), Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist
* Juraj Kucka (born 1987), Slovak footballer
* Juraj Okoličány (1943–2008), Slovak ice hockey referee
* Juraj Sviatko (born 1980), Slovak figure skater
* Juraj Šeliga (born 1990), Slovak politician
* Juraj Slafkovský (born 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
* Juraj Soboňa (1961–2025), Slovak politician
* Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop

## Derived forms

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* Jura: Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Croatian and Romanian
* Jure: Croatian, Slovene
* Jurica: Croatian
* Jurášek: Czech, Moravian
* Jurajko: Ukrainian, Slovak
* Jurik: Russian and Armenian
* Jurko: Slovak, Croatian
* Juro: Slovak, Croatian
* Jurek: Polish, Croatian

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Juraj
* Other Slavic variants of George: Jurij, Yury, Đurađ, Đuro, Đuraš, Jerzy, Jiří

## External links

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* Juraj on Behind The Name
* Juraj on Babätko

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