Urban

See also: urban

English

Etymology

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (of the town or city, urbane). Doublet of Orban.

Proper noun

Urban (countable and uncountable, plural Urbans)

  1. (uncommon) A male given name from Latin
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible. (biblical character)
    • 1380s, Wycliffe translation of the Bible, Romans 16:9:
      Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈurban]

Proper noun

Urban m anim (feminine Urbanová)

  1. a male surname

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈur.ban/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -urban
  • Syllabification: Ur‧ban

Proper noun

Urban m pers or f

  1. a masculine surname
  2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.


Romanian

Etymology

From Polish Urban.

Proper noun

Urban m (genitive/dative lui Urban)

  1. a surname from Polish

References

  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈurban/

Proper noun

Urban m (genitive singular Urbana, nominative plural Urbanovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Urban in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /urbán/, /urbáːn/

Proper noun

Urbȁn or Urbȃn m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Urban

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Urbàn
genitive Urbána
singular
nominative Urbàn
accusative Urbána
genitive Urbána
dative Urbánu
locative Urbánu
instrumental Urbánom

Swedish

Proper noun

Urban c (genitive Urbans)

  1. a male given name, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Cognate to Urban

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