Given name & surname
Urho
“a brave man”
Urho is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One Finnish interpretation is “a brave man.”
Original FinnishUrkki
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “a brave man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Urho through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 72 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 12 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 9 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Urho’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Urho has a nickname in Urkki.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Urho
- Urho Kekkoneneighth President of Finland (1900–1986)
- Urho CastrénFinnish politician (1886-1965)
- Urho Peltonenathletics competitor (1893–1950)
- Urho VaakanainenFinnish ice hockey player (born 1999)
- Urho NissiläFinnish association football playerborn 1996
- Urho LehtovaaraFinnish flying ace (1917–1949)
- Urho SomersalmiFinnish actor1888–1962
- Urho KähönenFinnish politician1910–1984
- Urho KarhumäkiFinnish poet (1891–1947)
Characters named Urho: Saint Urho (fictional saint).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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