The baby name Urbain is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /yʁ.bɛ̃/.
The baby name Urbain is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /yʁ.bɛ̃/.
Urbain is French, Latin in Origin.
Urbain is the French form of Latin Urbanus, a Roman cognomen and later Christian personal name built on the adjective urbanus. The Latin base urbs, genitive urbis, denotes a city, especially Rome in classical usage, while the suffix -anus marks relation or belonging. Its literal sense is of the city or belonging to the city; by extension urbanus also carried the social nuance courteous or refined.
As a given name, Urbanus is attested in the New Testament at Romans 16:9 and was borne by several popes, including Urban I in the third century. Urbain belongs chiefly to French naming, with Urban standard in English, German, Polish, and Czech contexts, and Urbano in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. French bearers include Urbain Grandier, the Loudun priest executed in 1634, and Urbain Le Verrier, the astronomer associated with the prediction of Neptune. In recent English-speaking records it is rare.
| Urbain Le Verrier Urbain Le Verrier was a French mathematician and astronomer best known for predicting the existence and position of the planet Neptune using only mathematical calculations. His work in celestial mechanics was groundbreaking and led to the discovery of Neptune in 1846. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI | Boys | 0 | #44 | 1 | 917 |
| CM | 0 | #55 | 2 | 2,592 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| France | Girls | 1968 | #292 | 3 | 1,246 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #358 | 4 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| France | Boys | 2020 | #389 | 3 | 2,846 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #413 | 142 | 12,054 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #556 | 5 | 11,671 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 5,873 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| MA | 0 | #1,118 | 11 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,268 | 5 | 25,619 |
Urbain is popular in 24 countries — most recent births per country:
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