153 Boy Names That Start With U (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Sat Jan 03 2026
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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 two U-starting boy baby names currently rank in the US Top 1000: Uriel and Uriah. In England and Wales, four Arabic boy names starting with U make the Top 1000: Umar, Uriel, Usman, and Uzair
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"
- Unique
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"one of a kind"
- Uriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Urban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the city"
- Uriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Urso
Origin:
Italian from LatinMeaning:
"bear"
- Ubbe
Origin:
Swedish, Danish, Old NorseMeaning:
"wolf; unfriendly"
- Udo
Origin:
IgboMeaning:
"peace"
- Uli
- Uri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my flame, my light"
- Ulick
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little William"
- Urie
- Ulric
Origin:
English variation of Ulrich and Wulfric, GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage; wolf power"
- Ugo
Origin:
Italian variation of Hugh, IgboMeaning:
"mind, intellect; eagle"
- Ulu
- Usain
Origin:
Arabic, possible variation of HusseinMeaning:
"beautiful"
- Ulrich
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage"
- Urbain
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"city dweller"
- Umberto
Origin:
Italian variation of HumbertMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Uras
Origin:
Turkish surnameMeaning:
"master, craftsman"
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