Uriasz
Only thirteen men in Poland carry it, and no boy has been given it so far this century. Hebrew at root: the name means "Yahweh is my light".
Uriasz Pronunciation
Uriasz is pronounced OOR-yahsh (/ˈurjaʂ/).
What Uriasz means
Where Uriasz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uriasz comes from Hebrew. The name joins "uri," meaning "my light," with "yah," a short form of the divine name Yahweh. Together they give the sense "Yahweh is my light," or in Polish, "moim światłem jest jahwe." The same "uri" element sounds in the name Uriel.
The best-known bearer of the older form is Uriah in the Hebrew Bible. Uriah the Hittite served in King David's army and died at the walls of a besieged city, by David's design. In Polish the figure appears as Uriasz, close to the Latin Urias of the Vulgate. His name outlasted the man.
A boy called Uriasz today is rare. On a Polish school register the name would draw a second look. It has no standard diminutive and no name-day fixed in the common calendar.
The meaning stays legible. Uriasz says that Yahweh is my light.
How many people are named Uriasz
1 in 1642014 men in Poland is named Uriasz. 13 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #13754 among male names.
Uriasz as a middle name
Uriasz is a first name for 13 men in Poland and a middle name for another 9, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3433rd, between Ulisses (9) and Vidal (9).
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#3431 Ugonna9
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#3432 Ulisses9
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#3433 Uriasz9
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#3434 Vidal9
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#3435 Vincenty9