Uriel (first name)

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Uriel is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Uriel comes from the Hebrew Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל and means "the light of God" or "my light ( uri ) is God ( el )". In the tradition of Judaism and Christianity , Uriel is considered an angel , sometimes also as one of the archangels .

Name bearer

  • Uriel Birnbaum (1894–1956), Jewish painter, caricaturist and poet
  • Uriel da Costa (also: Uriel Acosta, Gabriel da Costa; 1585-1640), religious philosopher, theology critic and free thinker of Portuguese-Jewish origin
  • Uriel Feige (* 1959), Israeli computer scientist and university professor
  • Uriel Frisch (* 1940), French applied mathematician
  • Uriel von Gemmingen (1468–1514), Archbishop of Mainz, Arch Chancellor of Germany
  • Uriel von Gemmingen (1644–1707) , court master of Württemberg-new city, director of the knightly canton of Kraichgau and landlord in Hochdorf and Rappenau
  • Uriel Sebree Hall (1852-1932), American politician (Democrat)
  • Uriel Holmes (1764-1827) American politician (federalist)
  • Uriel Jones (1934–2009), American drummer
  • Uriel Reichman (* 1942), professor, founder and president of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya
  • Uriel Sharef (* 1944), Israeli-German manager, former board member of Siemens
  • Uriel Tal (1929–1984), professor of modern Jewish history
  • Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967), American sociolinguist and Yiddish researcher