Yrjö

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Geōrgius and of its Old Swedish / Middle Low Saxon equivalents, ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English George.

• IPA^(key): /ˈyrjø/, [ˈyrjø̞]
• Rhymes: -yrjø
• Syllabification^(key): Yr‧jö
• Hyphenation^(key): Yr‧jö

Yrjö

1. a male given name
2. (historical) George, Giorgios, Jiří; used to translate certain regal names.

   Pyhä Yrjö ― Saint George

   Yrjö VI ― George VI (of England)

   • 1914, Anni Swan, Tottisalmen perillinen, WSOY, published 2000, →ISBN, page 61:

     —Yrjö, Yrjö! Taivaan tähden, kuinka hän sen nimen on saanut?
     —Yrjö on varsin tavallinen nimi.
     —Mutta sehän on von Sumersien perintönimi. Niin pitkälle kun tiedän, ovat Tottisalmen isännät aina olleet Yrjöjä.

     —Yrjö, Yrjö! Dear heavens, how did he get such a name?
     —Yrjö is a rather common name.
     —But it's von Sumers' heritage name. The householder at Tottisalmi has always been called Yrjö for as long as I know.

3. The letter Y in the Finnish spelling alphabet.

Since 2002, the Institute for the Languages of Finland has recommended the use of unadapted regal names for new heads of state. Thus, Charles III of England is Charles but Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is Kaarle Kustaa.

• (male names): Jiri, Jori, Jyri, Jyrki, Yrjänä
• (female name): Irja
• (surnames): Yrjölä

• Yrjö is the 164^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,861 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,682 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.