149 Boy Names That Start With U (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Thu Aug 31 2023
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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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- Ulysses
Origin:
Latin variation of Odysseus, GreekMeaning:
"wrathful"
- Uri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my flame, my light"
- Uriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Uhtred
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"advice"
- Uriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Urban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the city"
- Ulrich
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage"
- Unique
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"one of a kind"
- Umberto
Origin:
Italian variation of HumbertMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Uli
- Ulric
Origin:
English variation of Ulrich and Wulfric, GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage; wolf power"
- Uzi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Jehovah is my strength"
- Ubbe
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"wolf or unfriendly"
- Urso
Origin:
Italian from LatinMeaning:
"bear"
- Umber
Origin:
Color name
- Ugo
Origin:
Italian variation of HughMeaning:
"mind, intellect"
- Ulrik
Origin:
Scandianvian variation of Ulrich, GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage"
- Ultan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"man from Ulster"
- Unika
Origin:
AfricanMeaning:
"shining"
- Umbriel
Origin:
Literature, LatinMeaning:
"shadow"