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Urban.

A male given name from Latin.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɜːb(ə)n/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɜɹbən/General-American
  1. A male given name from Latin.

    countable · uncommon · uncountable
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of Urban Dictionary.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · informal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.

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