Jiri

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jiří in SK Slovakia.

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●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jiri is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name6.6K records spelled Jiri5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Switzerland

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Jiří, Jirí

• a separate given name684 records spelled Jiri11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, India, Switzerland

  Also written Jiří, Jiři, Jirí, Jiŕí, Jíří

• Indonesian given name329 records spelled Jiri5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Spain, Indonesia, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Jiři, Jirí

• Swahili given name257 records spelled Jiri3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Jiři

• Croatian given name172 records spelled Jiri22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Jiří, Jiři, Jirí, Jirži, Јиржи

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jiri is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In sbb, a plant, general term for Dracaena sp.

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In scn, to go (away from speaker and listener)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swahili, to take place, happen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In acy, to run, to hasten

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In vma, spine, thorn

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 77 years between 1924–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jiri Prochazkab. 1923CAarchitect and professor at Université Laval
• Felix Weinbergb. 1928GBnot in their usual nameBritish physicist
• Jiri D Sonekb. 1955CZresearcher
• Jiri Nikkinenb. 1965FIFinnish musician
• Jiri Holnab. 1970CZCzech actor
• Jiri Evenhuisb. 1973NLDutch industrial designer in Singapore (born 1973)
• Jiri Oplatekb. 1976CHSwiss graphic designer (born 1976)
• Jiri Majerb. 1978chess player
• Jiri Keronenb. 1984FIFinnish politician
• Jiri HollanSIresearcher

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 223 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jiri?

We estimate roughly 595 thousand people bear Jiri (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Jiri have the most bearers?

We estimate about 592 thousand people bear Jiri in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled jiri.

Where is Jiri most common?

Jiri is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 18 people carrying it.

How common is Jiri compared with other names?

In the Czechia, Jiri is the 14th most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.

Is Jiri a male or female name?

Jiri 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 Jiri mean?

Recorded meaning: Zezuru (Zimbabwe): 'forest of wild fruits'.