Jerzy
given name · Polish · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jerzy is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is the 85th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Polish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Old Czech [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English George.
- BGBulgaria1 in 43◐
- ZWZimbabwe1 in 76
- MQMartinique1 in 122
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.6M ●
- #243 ●
- 5 ●
- Sources
- 386 ●
- 1 in 43 ◐
across 14 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
2.0M records
Official registry-verified
Bulgaria
Spellings & scripts●
9 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Георгий in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 4 more, Georges in FR France, BE Belgium, CA Canada and 2 more, Jordi in ES Spain, EC Ecuador, NL Netherlands and 2 more and George in US United States, RO Romania, GB United Kingdom and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
- Old Czech[in●
- AncientGreek]●
a male given name from Old Czech [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English George
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #85 | 1,748,977 | 560K rec. | — | #42 | Георгий | 182 |
| US United States | — | 630,400△ | 148K rec. | 1 in 528 | 630K | George | 284 |
| FR France | #42 | 405,910 | 457K rec. | 1 in 167 | 406K | Georges | 386 |
| UA Ukraine | #99 | 392,426 | 388K rec. | — | listed | Георгій | 61 |
| PL Poland | #39 | 261,691△ | 40K rec. | 1 in 146 | 262K | Jerzy | 180 |
| BG Bulgaria | #1 | 160,754△ | 43K rec. | 1 in 43 | 161K | Георги | 186 |
| ES Spain | #79 | 81,617 | 184K rec. | 1 in 613 | 82K | Jordi | 239 |
| MD Moldova | #928 | 39,504△ | 441 rec. | 1 in 85 | 40K | Georgij | 13 |
| BR Brazil | — | 33,827△ | 89 rec. | 1 in 6.3K | 36K | Georgi | 15 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 30,008 | 1.5K rec. | — | — | Георгий | 13 |
| BE Belgium | #46 | 21,811 | 27K rec. | — | 2.9K | Georges | 135 |
| GB United Kingdom | #860 | 16,814 | 13K rec. | — | 3.3K | George | 102 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Polish1.4M97%
- English19K1%
- German4.9K1%
- Spanish3.2K1%
- French2.9K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | 1,410,355 | 97% |
| English | 19,377 | 1% |
| German | 4,883 | 1% |
| Spanish | 3,186 | 1% |
| French | 2,907 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Jerzy is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Jerzy är en polsk form av → Georg. En känd namnbärare är den polsk-svenske läkaren och författaren Jerzy Einhorn (1925–2000).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Polish form of GEORGE . Pet form: Jurek .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 7 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1952 | 8 |
| 1953 | 9 |
| 1954 | 11 |
| 1955 | 12 |
| 1956 | 11 |
| 1957 | 22 |
| 1958 | 20 |
| 1959 | 28 |
| 1960 | 28 |
| 1961 | 26 |
| 1962 | 16 |
| 1963 | 22 |
| 1964 | 20 |
| 1965 | 26 |
| 1966 | 22 |
| 1967 | 15 |
| 1968 | 16 |
| 1969 | 21 |
| 1970 | 24 |
| 1971 | 10 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 11 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1975 | 9 |
| 1976 | 13 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1979 | 4 |
| 1980 | 8 |
| 1981 | 6 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 32 years between 1949–1981. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Kazimierz Twardowskib. 1866ATnot in their usual namePolish philosopher, psychologist and logician (1866–1938)
- Jerzy Neymanb. 1894USPolish statistician (1894-1981)
- Jerzy Andrzejewskib. 1909PLPolish author (1909–1983)
- Jerzy Hoffmanb. 1932PLPolish film director
- Jerzy Kosińskib. 1933USPolish-American novelist
- Jerzy Grotowskib. 1933PLPolish theatre director
- Jerzy Skolimowskib. 1938PLPolish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor
- Jerzy Buzekb. 1940PLPrime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012)
- Jerzy Kukuczkab. 1948PLPolish alpine and high-altitude climber (1948–1989)
- Jerzy Dudekb. 1973PLPolish association football player (born 1973)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 51 sources across 26 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 331 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Jerzy?
- We estimate roughly 1.6 million people bear Jerzy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
- In which country does Jerzy have the most bearers?
- Jerzy is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled георгий.
- Where is Jerzy most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jerzy is densest in Bulgaria — about 1 in 43 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Jerzy compared with other names?
- In Russia, Jerzy is the 85th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
- Is Jerzy a male or female name?
- Jerzy is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Jerzy mean?
- Recorded meaning: a male given name from Old Czech [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English George
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jerzy” — the 85th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.