Jura
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- JOOR-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Jura is a name. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Jura mean?
May come from Lithuanian jura 'sea' or the Scottish island of Jura
George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four on the Scottish island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides.
Is Jura a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jura has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK.
How popular is Jura in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Jura, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,238th.
2025 had the most girls named Jura of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Among girls in 2025, it was 539th in Scotland.
Jura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
Names like Jura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa, Ayla, Ayra, Amara, Safa, Dua, Maya, Raya, Mirha, Irha, Luna, Hafsa
Names related to Jura
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jura, updated 20 October 2026.