Uriah
m.
Hebrew אוּרִיָּה 'God is my light'.
The name of a number of minor Old Testament characters. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Urie, Vrie, Vrye.
This name was used exclusively in England in the second half of the 16th C.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1585 Ury StAnthonlin p. 31,
Urye ibid. p. 31;
1587 Urias ibid. p. 32
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Uriah". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Uriah.