What Does the Name Urban Mean

What Does The Name Urban Mean?

English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Hungarian (Urbán), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning ‘city dweller‘, a derivative of urbs ‘town’, ‘city’).

What kind of name is Urban?

Urban Surname Definition:

‘the son of Urban,’ i.e. polished, city-mannered, a name common to Western Europe, the opposite of Pagan, rustic, simple (v. Pain). Pope Urbanus gave it an impetus. Latin urbs, a city.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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