Uri (first name)
Uri , Hebrew אורי, is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Uri is documented in the Bible ( Old Testament ) or the Torah . This is the name of the father of Bezaleel, to whom God gave the necessary skill to build the tabernacle , Uri (Exodus 31.2; 35.30; 38.22; 1. Chr 2.20; 2. Chr 1.5) . This name is also mentioned in 1 Kings 4:19 and Ezra 10:24.
Uri can be translated as "my flame" or "my light". Uri is therefore an occasional name for boys born on Hanukkah .
variants
Other variants of the name are:
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Name bearer
- Uri Adelman (1958–2004), Israeli writer, musician and composer
- Uri Avner (1941–2014), Israeli chess composer
- Uri Avnery (1923-2018), Israeli peace activist
- Uri Barbash (* 1946), Israeli film director
- Uri Caine (* 1956), American musician (piano, keyboard) and composer
- Uri Coronel (1946–2016), Dutch football official
- Uri Dan (1935–2006), Israeli journalist and photographer
- Uri Geller (* 1946), Israeli stage magician
- Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913), Hebrew writer
- Uri Zvi Greenberg (1896–1981), Israeli poet of Hebrew and Yiddish literature and politician
- Uri Kaufmann (* 1957), Swiss historian and author, head of the Old Synagogue in Essen
- Uri ha-Levi (~ 1543–1621 / 25), rabbi in Emden and Amsterdam
- Uri Phoebus ha-Levi (1625–1715), Dutch printer and publisher in the late 17th century
- Uri Orlev (* 1931), Polish-Israeli author of books for children and young people
- Uri Rubin (* 1944), Israeli Islamic scholar and university professor
- Uri Smilansky (* 1979), Israeli musician and musicologist
- Uri C. Weiser (* 1945), Israeli computer engineer
- Uri Yadin (1908–1985), Israeli lawyer
- Uri Zohar (* 1935), Israeli film director and actor