# Juraj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juraj/  
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 | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 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.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Juraj

- Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and politician (1815–1905)
- Juraj Križanić, Croatian Catholic missionary, theologist, linguist and pan-Slavist (1618-1683)
- Juraj Haulik, Croatian cardinal (1788–1869)
- Juraj Dobrila, Croatian Roman Catholic bishop and benefactor (1812-1882)
- Juraj Drašković, Catholic cardinal
- Juraj Sagan, cyclist
- Juraj Tarr, Canoe racer
- Juraj IV Zrinski, Count of Croatia
- Juraj V Zrinski, Ban of Croaita
- Juraj Habdelić, Croatian Jesuit and linguist (1609-1678)
- Juraj Jezerinac, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1939)
- Juraj Nikolac, Croatian chess 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.