Uri
Uri is a boy name of Hebrew origin, meaning My light; flame.
What Uri means
My light; flame.
Uri is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Uri comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Uri is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Uri?
You will not find Uri in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Uri
We group Uri under light and brightness and Fire — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Uri
These share Uri's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Fintan — White fire.
- Tejas — Brilliance; radiance.
- Emberly — Glowing ember; spark.
- Uriel — God is my light.
- Seraphina — Fiery, burning — the seraphim angels.
- Hadar — Splendour; glory.
- Liora — My light.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Cyrus — Sun; lord.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Lucas — Bringer of light.