Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
UriyaIn Hebrew: אוריה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אוּרִיָּהRomanization: uriyá
Uriya (Hebrew: אוריה) is a unisex name of biblical origin. 15,067 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 611 girls and ranked #23. Its peak year was 2024, with 781 babies.
- People in Israel
- 15,067
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 611
- rank #23
- Peak year
- 2024
- 781 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Uriya
In Hebrew letters the name is אוריה, read right to left. Uriya is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "uriyá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male or female given name, equivalent to English Uriah
- Uriah (the husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Uriya by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Uriya
How do you write Uriya in Hebrew?
Uriya is written אוריה in Hebrew (with vowel points: אוּרִיָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "uriyá".
How many people in Israel are named Uriya?
15,067 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אוריה: 10,183 women and 4,884 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Uriya a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 68% of the people named אוריה are women and 32% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Uriya mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male or female given name, equivalent to English Uriah"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.