Urban - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Urban \u-r

is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "from the city". The modern word "urbane" is from the same root. A name used by eight popes.

Urban has 5 variant forms: Urbain, Urbaine, Urbane, Urbano and Urbanus.

Urban is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#2335 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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