MEANING & HISTORY
What does Urias mean?
Urias is the Latin form of Uriah and occurs in some English biblical translations. The Hebrew ancestor combines a light or flame element with a reference to Yahweh, conventionally interpreted as Yahweh is my light.
Its final s belongs to the transmitted name form. Uriah the Hittite is one important biblical bearer, but the light meaning comes from the name’s components rather than his military occupation. This is a complete religious name statement, not simply the ordinary word sunshine.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Urias in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Urias
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Carias♂Short form of Zacarias; the Lord remembers
- Elias♂My God is Yahweh
- Elías♂Spanish form of Elias; my God is Yahweh
- Tobias·Greek form of Tobiah: Yahweh is good
- Urbane♂City-related or courteous, in the Urbanus name family
- Urbano·From Urbanus: city dweller
- Ananias·The Lord is gracious; Greek form of Hananiah
- Jeremias♂The Lord will exalt
What rhymes with Urias?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Urias further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Urias (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Urias (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Uriah (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.