Urban
Urban is a classic Christian name of Latin heritage with a distinguished historical background. It is closely linked to Saint Urban, widely revered as the patron saint of winegrowers and harvest. Today it appeals to parents seeking a distinguished, cultured name of timeless substance.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisA Latin name meaning city dweller, figuratively an urbane, polished, and educated man.
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Meno pochádza z latinského osobného mena Urbanus, utvoreného z prídavného mena urbanus vo významoch „mestský“, „mestský človek“, prenesene aj „uhladený“ či „vzdelaný“. Jeho základom je latinské podstatné meno urbs, teda „mesto“.
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URBAN
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling13 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Zápis bez diakritiky – 100 % zhodný s medzinárodnými pasmi, letenkami a cudzími klávesnicami.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Ideálna dvojslabičná dĺžka – melodická a rýchlo zapamätateľná na celom svete.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 9 svetových jazykoch.
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Affectionate and family nicknamesNotable figures named Urban
25People connected to this name according to Wikidata and editorial sources.
235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
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