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

153 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 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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  1. Unique
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "one of a kind"
  2. Ulysses
    • Origin:

      Latin variation of Odysseus, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "wrathful"
  3. Uriah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

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

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "of the city"
  5. Uriel
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God is my light"
  6. Uri
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

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

        English variation of Ulrich and Wulfric, German
      • Meaning:

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

        Swedish, Danish, Old Norse
      • Meaning:

        "wolf; unfriendly"
    • Uli
      • Ultan
        • Origin:

          Irish
        • Meaning:

          "man from Ulster"
      • Unathi
        • Origin:

          Xhosa
        • Meaning:

          "God is with us"
      • Uranus
        • Origin:

          Greek mythology name
        • Meaning:

          "the heavens"
      • Umaru
        • Origin:

          West African
        • Meaning:

          "populous, flourishing"
      • Uhtred
        • Origin:

          Old English
        • Meaning:

          "advice"
      • Unai
        • Origin:

          Basque
        • Meaning:

          "cowherd"
      • Uzi
        • Origin:

          Hebrew
        • Meaning:

          "Jehovah is my strength"
      • Udo
        • Origin:

          Igbo
        • Meaning:

          "peace"
      • Uailean
        • Urso
          • Origin:

            Italian from Latin
          • Meaning:

            "bear"

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