Yuri

Where Yuri comes from

* From Japanese ゆり (Yuri). * From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri). "Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yuri
  • Japanese
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Yuri through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,814 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Peak, #1,293
    108 babies named Yuri, its best rank.
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,432.
  4. 2019
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.