Family name origins & meanings
- Czech and Slovak : from a pet form of the personal name Jura, Moravian variant of Jiři, Czech form of Greek Geōrgios (see George).
- Southern Slavic : from a pet form of Juraj, Jurij, or Jurije, vernacular forms of Greek Geōrgios (see George).
- Americanized spelling of Hungarian Gyurica, pet form of the personal name György, vernacular form of Greek Geōrgios (see George).