Uria is an uncommon Hebrew given name, derived from the word 'or' meaning 'light'. It has a rich historical significance, being the name of several figures mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. Most notably, Uria was the Hittite husband of Bathsheba, whose story is recounted in 2 Samuel 11-12. The name Uria is also associated with Uriah, a variant spelling of the same name.
The name Uria saw a gap of thirty years between its most frequent years of birth, with an equal number of occurrences in both 1974 and 2004, totaling ten births across these two decades.