Meaning & Origin
Uriah
Urias is a boy's baby name of Hebrew origin, a variant of Uriah, from the Hebrew Uryah, composed of ur (flame, light) and yah (God), meaning 'God is my light' or 'flame of God.'
Uriah appears prominently in the Hebrew Bible as Uriah the Hittite, the loyal soldier whose death at the hands of King David's machinations forms one of the Old Testament's most morally complex narratives. The Urias spelling reflects the name's usage in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Catholic communities, particularly in Latin America, where biblical names with a Mediterranean orthography are common.