Heorhiy Explained

Heorhiy or Heorhy is used in Ukrainian (and occasionally Belarusian) as the equivalent of George or Georgiy. These forms of Yuri inspired Hiuri and Hyuri of Portuguese. People with the name include:

• Heorhiy Buschan (born 1994), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
• Heorhiy Gongadze (1969 – 2000), Ukrainian journalist of Georgian origin
• Heorhiy Kandratsyew (born 1960) Soviet Belarusian football player
• Heorhiy Kirpa (1946 – 2004), Ukrainian railway manager, statesman and politician
• Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913  - 1992), Ukrainian composer
• Heorhiy Pohosov (born 1960), Soviet/Ukrainian sabre fencer
• Heorhiy Pyatakov (1890 – 1937), Bolshevik revolutionary leader
• Heorhy Tkachenko (1898 – 1993), Ukrainian artist and bandurist

See also

• Georgy (disambiguation)
• Georgii (disambiguation)
• Georgie (disambiguation)
• George (disambiguation)