Home › Baby Names Directory › Yuritza
Yuritza
How to Pronounce Yuritza
Pronounced yoo-REET-sah /juˈrit.sə/Medium
Meaning: Yuritza is a modern Spanish-speaking coinage, usually read as an elaboration of Yaritza (itself a stylish Latin American invention) and echoing Yuri, a short form of names like the Slavic Yuriy (a form of George, 'farmer, earth-worker'). Its exact source is not fixed, so it is best described as a euphonious coinage rather than a name with a single documented meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Yuritza is a modern coinage from Spanish-speaking communities in the United States, generally understood as a variation on Yaritza with a nod to the name Yuri. It first appears in United States birth data around 1991 and touched its small high near 2009. Even at that point it was given to only a couple dozen girls a year, so it was never common.
A girl named Yuritza at that late-two-thousands high is a young adult now, placing the name firmly in the millennial-to-Gen-Z Latina naming wave. It has no long history to revive; it reads as a fresh, decorative choice whose appeal is its rhythm and its -itza flourish.
Variations
Nicknames
Famous Bearers
- Famous bearers coming soon.
If you like Yuritza…
Explore names like Yuritza
Frequently Asked
What does the name Yuritza mean?
It is a modern Latina coinage usually linked to Yaritza and to Yuri; it has no single fixed dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Yuritza?
It's said yoo-REET-sah /juˈrit.sə/, three syllables, stress in the middle.
Is Yuritza a boy or girl name?
Yuritza is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Yuritza?
It has always been rare, a modern Spanish-heritage coinage given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak in the late two-thousands.