Given name & surname
Urbain
“city-dweller”·“from the city”
Urbain is a variant of Urban. Interpretations include “city-dweller” (Latin) and “from the city” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Urbain is a variant of Urban. Interpretations include “city-dweller” (Latin) and “from the city” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Urbain is a variant of Urban. An origin associated with Urban is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Urbain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 8 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 7 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 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.
Urbain’s family of names
Urbain has a related form in Urban. In French usage, Urbain has a conventional equivalent in the English form Urban. In English usage, Urbain as a surname has a related form in ORBAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Urbain has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Urbain
- Urbain Le VerrierFrench astronomer (1811-1877)
- Urbain GrandierFrench priest1590–1634
- Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of BrézéMarshal of France during the Thirty Years' War and Franco-Spanish War (1635)1597–1650
- Urbain WalletFrench footballer (1899-1973)
- Urbain BraemsBelgian footballer (1933–2021)
- Urbain BouriantFrench egyptologist (1849–1903)
- UrbanusBelgian artist, recording artistborn 1949
- Urbain Jean FaurieFrench missionary and botanist (1847-1915)
- Urbain DuboisFrench chef (1818–1901)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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