Uriah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “my light is Yahweh.” In 2024 it was given to 421 boys in the United States.
Uriah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “my light is Yahweh” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Uriah first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #505 in 2014, and in 2024 421 babies received the name — 11,645 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Uriah means “my light is Yahweh” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Uriah is a boy name. In 2024, 421 babies received the name in the US.
Uriah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Uriah first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #505 in 2014, and 421 babies were given the name in 2024.
Uriah is pronounced /jʊəˈɹaɪə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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