# Jiří (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jiri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 12,281 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,760 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,153 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |

## People named Jiří

- Jiří Menzel, Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1938-2
- Jiří Wolker, Czech poet, journalist and playwright (1900–1924)
- Jiří Rusnok, Czech politician and economist (* 1960)
- Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician, former prime minister
- Jiří Trnka, Czech animator, illustrator, painter, director, scriptwriter, scenographer, sculptor and u
- Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (1937-2011)
- Jiří Pavlenka, Czech soccer player
- Jiří Jarošík, Czech association football player
- Jiří Sobotka, Czech football player and coach (1911–1994)
- Jiří Štajner, Czech footballer
- Jiří Raška, Czechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers (1941–2012)
- Jiří Novák, Czech tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.