Yuri
Eastern European name
Yuri is a given name of multiple origins.
In Russian and other Slavic languages, it's a masculine name equivalent to George: Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space.
In Japanese, Yuri is a feminine name meaning "lily." The name appears across cultures with varying pronunciations and associations. (Lowercase yuri is a Japanese media genre.)
cosmonaut
Russian orbital traveler
- VostokSoviet space program
- spaceflightVoyaging beyond Earth's atmosphere
- orbitCurved celestial path
Soviet · hero · pilot · capsule · reentry · pioneer · monument · ejection · statue · anniversary
Ivan
Slavic masculine name
Anatoly · Alexei · Boris · Mikhail · Andrei · Igor · Maxim · Roman · Leonid · Olga
- Yuri GagarinFirst person in space