Given name & surname · also Indian
Ura
“loved from the heart”·“resembling the spiny piant”
Ura is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “loved from the heart” (Indian) and “resembling the spiny piant” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “loved from the heart” (Indian) and “resembling the spiny piant” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Indian and Latin naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 578
- 70 boys · 508 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 310 as a first name in 2020; 229 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ura’s family of names
Ura has a related form in Urah. Ura has a related form in Urra. In Japanese usage, Ura as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 浦.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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