Jerzy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YEH-zhee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jerzy is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “farmer”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jerzy mean?
Greek: Polish form of George
“farmer”
The Polish form of George, borne by the novelist Jerzy Kosinski.
Is Jerzy a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerzy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerzy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jerzy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerzy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Jerzy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jerzy, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Jerzy in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerzy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Nicknames for Jerzy
- Jurek
Names like Jerzy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo Jaxon Remy Jenson Luca Marley Albie Henry Hudson Oakley Jax Rafferty
Names related to Jerzy
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jerzy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jerzy, updated 20 October 2026.