Juerg
Jürg is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The first name is a Swiss variant of Jörg , both short forms of Georg . He was best known for the 1876 novel Jürg Jenatsch by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer about the Bündner freedom fighter Jörg Jenatsch .
Name bearer
- Jürg Acklin (* 1945), Swiss psychoanalyst and writer
- Jürg Altwegg (* 1951), Swiss author and journalist
- Jürg Amann (1947–2013), Swiss writer
- Jürg Baur (1918–2010), German composer
- Jürg Beeler (* 1957), Swiss writer
- Jürg Capol (* 1965), Swiss cross-country skier
- Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007), Swiss writer
- Jürg Frischknecht (1947–2016), Swiss journalist and writer
- Jürg Fröhlich (* 1946), Swiss physicist
- Jürg Geiser (* 1967), Swiss skeleton driver
- Jürg Grünenfelder (* 1974), Swiss ski racer
- Jürg Gutknecht (* 1949), Swiss computer scientist
- Jürg Halter (* 1980), Swiss poet and rapper ( Kutti MC )
- Jürg Jäggi (1947–2011), Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jürg Jecklin (* 1938), Swiss sound engineer and university professor
- Jürg Jegge (* 1943), Swiss educator
- Jürg von Känel (1951–2005), Swiss alpinist, sport climber, publisher and author
- Jürg Laederach (1945–2018), Swiss writer
- Jürg W. Leipziger (* 1943), Swiss entrepreneur and PR consultant
- Jürg Leuthold (* 1958), Swiss politician (SVP)
- Jürg Löw (* 1946), Swiss actor and voice actor
- Jürg Marmet (1927–2013), Swiss mountaineer
- Jürg Marquard (* 1945), Swiss publisher
- Jürg Maurer (* 1935), Swiss jazz clarinetist
- Jürg Randegger (* 1935), Swiss cabaret artist and television presenter
- Jürg Scherrer (* 1947), Swiss politician (Auto Party)
- Jürg Schubiger (1936–2014), Swiss writer and psychotherapist
- Jürg Siegrist (* 1943), Swiss tennis player
- Jürg Stahl (* 1968), Swiss politician (SVP)
- Jürg Ulrich (1930–2017), Swiss physician and historian
- Jürg Wernli (* 1950), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Jürg Willi (1934–2019), Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Jürg Wyttenbach (* 1935), Swiss composer, conductor and pianist
Middle name
- Hans-Jürg Fehr (* 1948), Swiss politician (SP)
- Hans-Jürg Sommer (* 1950), musician and composer from north-western Switzerland