"Yuri" meaning in English

See Yuri in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjʊɹi/ Forms: Iurii [alternative], Yurii [alternative], Yuriy [alternative], Yury [alternative]
Etymology: From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|Ю́рий||George}} Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”), {{doublet|en|George}} Doublet of George Head templates: {{en-prop}} Yuri
  1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George. Translations (Male given name originating from Russian): Yuri (Cebuano), Youri (French), Iouri (French), Juri [masculine] (German), Jurij [masculine] (Polish), Yuri [masculine] (Portuguese), Iúri [masculine] (Portuguese), Ю́рий (Júrij) (Russian), Юрій (Jurij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Дьууруй (Juuruy) (Yakut)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjʊɹi/ Forms: Yuuri [alternative], Yuhri [alternative], Yūri [alternative]
Etymology: * 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ゆり|tr=Yuri}} Japanese ゆり (Yuri), {{bor|en|ja|ゆうり|tr=Yūri}} Japanese ゆうり (Yūri) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Yuri
  1. A female given name from Japanese. Related terms: Yuriko Translations (Female given name originating from Japanese): Yuri (english: Yuri) (Japanese), Yūri (Yūri) (Japanese), ゆり (Japanese), ゆうり (alt: 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Yuri-en-name-E36YIPGF Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 19 17 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 15 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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