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"
- Uriel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Urban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of the city"
- Uriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God is my light"
- Uri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my flame, my light"
- Unique
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"one of a kind"
- Umberto
Origin:
Italian variation of HumbertMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Usher
Origin:
Yiddish variation of Asher or English surname from FrenchMeaning:
"blessed; doorkeeper"
- Uli
- Uhtred
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"advice"
- Urso
Origin:
Italian from LatinMeaning:
"bear"
- Urie
- Uaithne
- Umbriel
Origin:
Literature, LatinMeaning:
"shadow"
- Ulrich
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"rich and noble heritage"
- Ugo
Origin:
Italian variation of HughMeaning:
"mind, intellect"
- Uther
Origin:
Arthurian legend, WelshMeaning:
"terrible"
- Uras
Origin:
Turkish surnameMeaning:
"master, craftsman"
- Uilliam
Origin:
Irish variation of William
- Uria