Urban - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Urban \u-rban, ur-ban\ is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "from the city". The modern word "urbane" is from the same root. A name used by eight popes.

Urban has 5 variant forms: Urbain, Urbaine, Urbane, Urbano and Urbanus.

Urban is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Urban. Click here to compare Urban with related baby names.