URIEL  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "God is my light"

Popularity in 2008: #387

Rarely used name of an Old Testament archangel that's symbolically given to boys born on Chanukah, but the possibility of unsavory nicknames down the line make the short form Uri a better bet.

Nicknames & Variations:
Uryan, Uryon, Uriyahu, Uriya, Uram, Uryam

Uriel is being discussed in our message boards:

• My "Babies"
• AB, BC, CD, DE, EF....BOYS
• New: Movie Title Family Name Game!
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C...Boys!
• Sib-sets!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Uriel:

• U NAME IT: Utterly unusual, unique and underused 'U' names