Looking for an unusual baby boy name? Try our list of newborn baby names for boys beginning with U. Find out their origin and meaning and see if your baby boy could be an Uba, Udell or Uzoma

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1. Uba

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: wealthy

2. Udall

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: yew tree valley

3. Udell

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: yew tree or valley

4. Udit

  • Origin: Indian
  • Meaning: sunrise

5. Uki

  • Origin: Japanese
  • Meaning: rabbit

6. Ulan

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: firstborn twin

7. Ull

  • Origin: Norse
  • Meaning: magnificent

8. Ulmar

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: wolf
  • Also: Ulmer

9. Ulric

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: wolf ruler
  • Also: Ulrick

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10. Ulysses

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: Latin name for the Greek hero Odysseus

11. Umar

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: flourishing
  • Also: Omar

12. Umberto

  • Origin: Italian
  • Meaning: derived from terra d’ombra and umber, meaning earthy colour

13. Unwin

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: unfriendly

14. Upton

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: upper field

15. Urban

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: from a town

16. Uriah

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: light of Jehova
  • Also: Uri

17. Urian

  • Origin: Welsh
  • Meaning: possibly born in a town
  • Also: Urien

18. Uthman

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: little bustard (a medium to large game bird)

19. Uzi

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: my strength

20. Uzoma

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: born on a journey

About our author Catherine Ball

Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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