Comments for the name Urban

Urbanus ultimately comes from urbs meaning city.

Urban is a Czech surname, not a given name. [noted -ed]

You could name twins Urban and Rural!

This is the name I chose for my son. Upon first hearing it, many people express dismay and confusion, but once people get used to it, they really seem to like it. In Poland, Urban is a surname. It is sentiment of many in my culture (Highlanders of Poland's Tatra Mountains) that this name is often used to describe someone with big ears.

Keith Urban, the country singer. I always thought his last name was made up. Guess not.

This is a ridiculous name. Rednecks come to mind, actually. The name sounds asinine in any language, not just English.

Pope Urban II was the Pope who launched the famous Crusades of the Middle Ages.

This name makes me think of metrosexuals -- and that's not a bad thing.

In my opinion, this is an extremely strange and unusual name, in English at least, anyway. :/

Urban Meyer was the former coach of the University of Florida Gators football team.

In Sweden "ropa på Urban" (call for Urban) is sometimes used as a slang phrase for barfing, because it's said to sound like "uuuuurrbbb'nnn". :)

Urban is also the form of Urbanus in the following countries:

- Bulgaria, where it is spelled as Урбан
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Macedonia, where it is spelled as Урбан
- Romania
- Russia, where it is spelled as Урбан
- Slovakia
- Ukraine, where it is spelled as Урбан

Also, in reply to the earlier comment that claims that Urban is solely a surname in the Czech Republic: that is not true. Perhaps it is virtually unused in this day and age, but as a surname it is patronymic, meaning that bearers are descended from someone who carried Urban as a first name. Apart from that, all eight popes that were named Urbanus are typically referred to as Urban in Czech, so Urban really is used as a first name in the Czech Republic. Perhaps an archaic first name, but it's incorrect to say that the name has only ever existed as a surname in the Czech Republic.