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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Uriah m. Hebrew היָּרִוּא 'God is my life'.

The name of a number of minor Old Testament characters. Wyclif (1395): Urie, Vrie, Vrye.

This name was used exclusively in England in the second half of the 16th C.

England
English
1585 Ury StAnthonlin p. 31, Urye ibid. p. 31; 1587 Urias ibid. p. 32
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