149 Boy Names That Start With U (with Meanings and Popularity)

149 Boy Names That Start With U (with Meanings and Popularity)

Boy names that start with U make for the ultimate unusual choice — U has been the least-used initial for boys for the past two decades!

Only three U-starting boy baby names currently rank in the US Top 1000: Uriel, Uriah, and Urijah. In England and Wales, four Arabic boy names starting with U make the Top 1000: Umar, Usman, Uzair, and Umair.

Along with the familiar Uriel and Umar, other great underused U baby boy names include Urban, Urso, Unwin, and Ulysses, as well as modern options like Upton, Usher, and Utah.

Despite its rarity as a first initial, "u" is our trendiest vowel sound of the moment.

Here, our full selection of boy names that start with U, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

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  1. Ulysses
    • Origin:

      Latin variation of Odysseus, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "wrathful"
  2. Uriah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God is my light"
  3. Uriel
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God is my light"
  4. Urban
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "of the city"
  5. Uhtred
    • Origin:

      Old English
    • Meaning:

      "advice"
  6. Uri
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "my flame, my light"
  7. Urie
    • Ulric
      • Origin:

        English variation of Ulrich and Wulfric, German
      • Meaning:

        "rich and noble heritage; wolf power"
    • Ulrich
      • Origin:

        German
      • Meaning:

        "rich and noble heritage"
    • Unique
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Meaning:

        "one of a kind"
    • Uli
      • Uzi
        • Origin:

          Hebrew
        • Meaning:

          "Jehovah is my strength"
      • Umberto
        • Origin:

          Italian variation of Humbert
        • Meaning:

          "renowned warrior"
      • Umbriel
        • Origin:

          Literature, Latin
        • Meaning:

          "shadow"
      • Ubbe
        • Origin:

          Old Norse
        • Meaning:

          "wolf or unfriendly"
      • Utah
        • Origin:

          American place name, Ute
        • Meaning:

          "people of the mountains"
      • Unika
        • Origin:

          African
        • Meaning:

          "shining"
      • Uzochi
        • Origin:

          Igbo
        • Meaning:

          "God's way"
      • Ugo
        • Origin:

          Italian variation of Hugh
        • Meaning:

          "mind, intellect"
      • Uras
        • Origin:

          Turkish surname
        • Meaning:

          "master, craftsman"