Given name
Urania
Urania is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Urania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 0 boys · 213 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 10 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 girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 667 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Urania’s family of names
In German usage, Urania has a related form in Orane. In German usage, Urania has a related form in Orania. Urania has a related form in Uraina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Urainavariant
- Uranievariant
- Uranyavariant
- Urainiahvariant
- Urainiavariant
- Uraniyavariant
- Uraniahvariant
- Oraniavariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Urania
- Urania Mella SerranoGalician politician, and forerunner of the women's associationism (1899–1945)
- Urania PapatheuItalian politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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