Urban
m.
Latin urbanus 'of the city; courteous; witty, urbane'.
The name of seven pre-1600 popes, including a 3rd C saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Vrban.
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1592 Vrban Tiik1977 p. 288
- ◑ 1592 Vrry Tiik1977 p. 288
- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1564 Urbas (nom) Hiiumaa p. 81;
1565 Wrbanus (nom) ibid. p. 81
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1095 Urbani (gen) CartNDSaintes V,
Urbanus (nom) ibid. V;
1378 Urbani (gen) hanquetvol1 369,
Urbano (abl) ibid. 369
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Urban Nurn1497 810
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1186 Urbani (gen) POSDu II,
Urbanus (nom) KD-1 no. 1,
POSDu II;
1261 Vrbanus (nom) FRA-XXXL 210;
1262 Urbanus (nom) hennes-vol1 194;
1464 Urbanus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- Latvia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1479 Urban Mettig1892 p. 7
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 11thC Urbanus (nom) CDCB-XV MMCCIV
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Urban". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Urban.