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This article is about the given name. For the American unincorporated community, see Uriah, Alabama.

Uriah

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"my light is Yahweh", "flame of God"

Uriah or Uriyah (Hebrew: אוּרִיָּה, Modern: Uriya, Tiberian: ʾŪrīyyā, 'my light is Yahweh', 'flame of God') is a Hebrew masculine given name. It may refer to:

Biblical figures

• Uriah the Hittite, a soldier in King David's army in the Books of Samuel
• Uriah (Book of Kings), a priest under Ahaz in the Books of Kings
• Uriah (prophet), a prophet murdered by Jehoiakim in the Book of Jeremiah
• Uriah, a priest and the father of Meremoth in the Book of Ezra (8:33) and Book of Nehemiah (3:4, 21)
• Uriah, a priest whom God offers to call as a witness in the Book of Isaiah (8:2)

People

• Uriah F. Abshier (1849–1934), American politician and businessman
• Uriah Arnhem (born 1982), Dutch actor and stand-up comedian
• Uriah Asante (1992–2016), Ghanaian footballer
• Uriah Duffy (born 1975), American bassist
• Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Uriah Hall (born 1984), Jamaican mixed martial arts fighter
• Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American naval commander
• Uriah Hunt Painter (1837–1900), American journalist
• Uriah Rennie (1959–2025), English football referee
• U. M. Rose (1834–1913), American lawyer
• Uriah Smith (1832–1903) American Seventh-day Adventist author, minister, educator and theologian
• Uriah Smith Stephens (1821–1882), American labor leader
• Uriah Tracy (1755–1807), American politician

Fictional characters

• Uriah Heep, the 1850 novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• Uriah Pedrad, in the Divergent novel trilogy by Veronica Roth
• Uriah, a supporting character in Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Places

• Uriah, Alabama
• Uriah Plantation in South Carolina