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 [ syll. u-riah, ur-i-ah ] The boy name Uriah is pronounced as YERAYah- KEY. Uriah is largely used in the Hebrew and English languages. It is derived from Hebrew origins. The meaning of the name is God is light. Biblical name derived from the words '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). The name Urias (Greek and Spanish) and the name Urjasz (Polish) are variant forms of Uriah. Uriah is an English variant form of the name Uriel (English, German, Hebrew, and Spanish). Uriah is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity has been rising since the 2000s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2008, 0.015% of baby boys were given the name Uriah. It was #697 in rank then. In 2008, out of the family of boy names directly linked to Uriah, Uriel (English, German, Hebrew, and Spanish) was the most frequently used. The name was twice as popular as Uriah in that year. Baby names that sound like Uriah include Uri (English and Hebrew), Urie (English), Jaro (Czech), Jiro (Japanese), Yuri (Russian), Ura (Czech), Yahir (English), Youri (Dutch), and Yura (Russian). KEY: approx pronunciation for Uriah: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
