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[ 2 syll. ur-ban, urb-an ] The boy name Urban is pronounced as ERBahN †. Urban is used chiefly in the Czech, English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. Biblical name derived from the element 'urbanus' meaning citizen, city dweller. Urbanus (Latin) is an old form of Urban. The name was borne in the Bible by a person whom Paul addressed in his letter to the Romans. The name was also borne by various early saints and at least eight popes. The name Urbana (Czech, English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian) is the female form of Urban. Orban (English and Hungarian), Orbán (Hungarian), Órban (Hungarian), Urb, Urbain (French), Urbaine (French), Urbane (English), Urbano (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Urbanus, and Urvan (Russian) are variants of Urban. Other variants of Urban include the pet forms Ura (Czech), Urba (Czech), Urbek (Czech), and Urek (Czech). Urban is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1904, 0.010% of baby boys were given the name Urban. It ranked at #643 then. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. Out of all boy names in its group, Urban was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Urban include Urbain (French), Urbaine (French), Urbane (English), Urvan (Russian), Ervin (Albanian, Czech, English, and Hungarian), Ervine, Irven, Irvin (English and Scottish), Irvine (English and Scottish), Irvyn, and Urbano (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).
† Pronunciation for Urban: ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
