Uriah

Uriah \u-riah, ur-i-ah\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby boy name Uriah is sometimes used as a meaning of girl name. Its pronunciation is YuwRAYah (English) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Uriah: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Uriah?

Uriah is largely used in the English and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. The name is of the meaning God is light. Biblical name derived from the elements 'uri' meaning light, fire ; 'el' meaning God, powerful. The name was borne by several characters in the Bible, including Uriah the Hittite, a soldier in King David's army who was killed by the king after the king's apparent adultery with his wife Bathsheba, a priest under Ahaz who built a pagan altar, and a prophet who was killed by Jehoiakim. The name later saw a decline in use from its association with the bootlicking character Uriah Heep in the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield (1850). Uriah is an English variant of the name meaning of Uriel (English, German, Hebrew, and Spanish). Uria name popularity (Dutch and Spanish), nicknames for Urias (Greek), meaning of Urija, Urijah meaning and origin, Uriya pronounciation, baby name Uriyah, and Urjasz meaning and origin (Polish) are variants of Uriah. Yuri name variations (pet form) and name Uri (English and Hebrew short form) are other variants of Uriah. Uriah is fairly popular as a baby name for boys, and it can also be considered trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 2000s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2010, 0.022% of baby boys were given the name Uriah. Its ranking then was #549. Out of all boy names in its group, Uriah was the 2nd most popular after short names for Uriel in 2010. It was 34% more frequently used than Uriah in that year. Uriah has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Uriah:

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The baby name Uriah fun facts:

The name Uriah in reverse order is "Hairu".

The numerological value of the name Uriah is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Uriah?

Uriah is in the top names in USA.