Jerzy

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| pronunciation = {{IPA|pl|ˈjɛʐɨ|lang}}

| gender = masculine

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| region = Poland

| language = Polish

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| nickname = Jurek

| related names = George

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Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek ({{IPA|pl|ˈjurɛk|lang}}), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish.

People

Jerzy, nom de guerre of Ryszard Białous, Polish World War II resistance fighter
Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer
Jerzy Bartmiński, Polish linguist and ethnologist
Jerzy Braun (disambiguation), several people
Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer and manager
Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician and former Prime Minister and former President of the European Parliament
Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
Jerzy Fedorowicz, Polish actor and theatre director
Jerzy Ficowski, Polish poet and translator
Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director and theorist
Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer
Jerzy Jarniewicz, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist
Jerzy Janiszewski, Polish artist
Jerzy Janowicz, Polish tennis player
Jerzy Jurka, Polish-American computational and molecular biologist
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director
Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist
Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountain climber
Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and sports commentator
Jerzy Kuźmienko, Polish architect
Jerzy Owsiak, Polish social activist
Jerzy Pilch, Polish novelist, journalist, and columnist
Jerzy Pniewski, Polish physicist
Jerzy Połomski, Polish singer
Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest assassinated by the Security Service and beatified in the Catholic Church
Jerzy Potz, Polish ice hockey player
Jerzy Semkow, Polish conductor
Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor
Jerzy Urban, Polish journalist and commentator
Jerzy Vetulani, Polish neuroscientist
Jerzy Waldorff, Polish media personality

Jerzy

People

See also