Given name & surname
Uria
“my light; light of the Lord”·“God is light”·“The Lord is my light”
Uria is a variant of Uri. One Hebrew interpretation is “my light; light of the Lord.” Uria is a variant of Uriah. Interpretations include “God is light” (Hebrew) and “The Lord is my light” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Uria is a variant of Uri. One Hebrew interpretation is “my light; light of the Lord.” Uria is a variant of Uriah. Interpretations include “God is light” (Hebrew) and “The Lord is my light” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Uria is a variant of Uriah. An origin associated with Uriah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Uria is a variant of Uriah. The history of Uriah gives this family its wider story. Uriah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Uria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,891 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,891 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020; 349 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.
Uria’s family of names
Uria has a related form in Uriah. In Italian usage, Uria has a conventional equivalent in the English form Uriah. Uria has a related form in Uri.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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