Farmer or earth-worker
Yury is a Slavic variation of the Greek name George. While traditionally a masculine name in Eastern Europe, it is occasionally used as a rare, gender-neutral or feminine choice in the West, often confused with the Japanese name Yuri.
Less common today
Yury isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,825 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The title character and protagonist, a physician and poet · Doctor Zhivago
Soviet cosmonaut and the first human to journey into outer space
