Urs (first name)

Urs (rarely Ursus ) is a male given name that goes back to Saint Ursus and is very common in Switzerland , but rarely found in other German-speaking countries; there the feminine form Ursula is more common.

origin

Ursus is Latin and means "The Bear" in German.

variants

Ursus, Ursin, Italian : Orso

Name bearer

• Urs von Arx (* 1943), Swiss theologian
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss theologian
• Urs Baumann (* 1941), Swiss theologian
• Urs Berner (* 1944), Swiss writer
• Urs Bitterli (* 1935), Swiss historian
• Urs Blöchlinger (1954–1995), Swiss jazz musician and composer
• Urs Boeck (* 1933), German architect, art historian and monument conservator
• Urs Bühler (* 1959), Swiss screenwriter
• Urs Bühler (* 1971), Swiss tenor, singer with Il Divo
• Urs Bührer (* 1942), Swiss composer, organist and music teacher
• Urs Dietrich (* 1958), Swiss dancer and choreographer
• Urs Egger (1953–2020), Swiss film and television director
• Urs Eggli (* 1959), Swiss botanist
• Urs Egli (1941–2018), Swiss linguist
• Urs Eiholzer (* 1951), Swiss doctor and specialist author
• Urs Paul Engeler (* 1950), Swiss journalist
• Urs Faes (* 1947), Swiss writer
• Urs Fischer (* 1966), Swiss soccer coach and former player
• Urs Flühmann (* 1962), Swiss orienteer
• Urs Joseph Flury (* 1941), Swiss composer
• Urs Frauchiger (* 1936), Swiss music theorist, author and cellist
• Urs Freuler (* 1958), Swiss cyclist
• Urs Fueglistaller (* 1961), Swiss economist
• Urs P. Gasche (* 1945), Swiss journalist and publicist
• Urs N. Glutz von Blotzheim (* 1932), Swiss zoologist
• Urs Peter Halter (* 1974), Swiss actor
• Urs K. Hedinger (* 1936), Swiss educationalist
• Urs Hefti (1944–2008), Swiss actor and member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble
• Urs Hostettler (* 1949), Swiss game inventor
• Urs Imboden (* 1975), Swiss ski racer
• Urs Jaeggi (* 1931), Swiss writer
• Urs Kälin (* 1966), Swiss ski racer
• Urs Kindhäuser (* 1949), German lawyer and professor of criminal law
• Urs Kramer (* 1971), German lawyer
• Urs Küry (1901–1976), Christian Catholic Bishop of Switzerland (1955–1972)
• Urs Leimgruber (* 1952), Swiss jazz saxophonist
• Urs Liska (* 1973), German pianist and music theorist
• Urs Lott (1948–2012), Swiss ice hockey player
• Urs Lüthi (* 1947), Swiss photographer, painter, video, performance and installation artist
• Urs Mangold (* 1954), Swiss country musician and Kapellmeister
• Urs Mannhart (* 1975), Swiss writer
• Urs Meier (* 1959), Swiss football referee
• Urs Meier (* 1961), Swiss soccer player and coach
• Urs A. Meyer (* 1938), Swiss doctor and pharmacologist
• Urs Müller-Plantenberg (* 1937), German sociologist, Latin American scholar and historian
• Urs Niggli (* 1953), Swiss agricultural scientist
• Urs Odermatt (* 1955), Swiss director
• Urs Rauber (* 1948), Swiss journalist and writer
• Urs Rechn (* 1978), German director and actor
• Urs Remond (* 1964), Swiss actor and director
• Urs Richle (* 1965), Swiss writer
• Urs Rohner (* 1959), Swiss business lawyer and manager
• Urs Rohrer (* 1977), Swiss juggler
• Urs Schaub (* 1951), Swiss director and writer
• Urs Schönenberger (* 1959), Swiss football player and coach
• Urs Schwaller (* 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
• Urs Siegenthaler (* 1947), Swiss soccer player and scout
• Urs Sonderegger (* 1964), Swiss racing driver and entrepreneur
• Urs Martin Strub (1910–2000), Swiss psychiatrist, poet and essayist
• Urs Suter (* 1959), Swiss football player
• Urs Tinner (* 1965), Swiss engineer and former agent
• Urs-Peter Twellmann (* 1959), Swiss sculptor
• Urs Villiger (* 1971), Swiss actor
• Urs Voerkel (1949–1999), Swiss jazz pianist
• Urs von Wartburg (* 1937), Swiss athlete
• Ursus Wehrli (* 1969), Swiss cabaret artist, visual artist, photographer and action artist
• Urs Widmer (1927–2018), Swiss politician, Mayor of Winterthur
• Urs Widmer (1938–2014), Swiss writer
• Urs Fabian Winiger (* 1976), German actor
• Urs Zimmermann (* 1959), Swiss cyclist

Name part

• David Urs de Margina (1816–1897), Austrian officer (colonel) and Knight of Theresa

Fictional people

• Schellen-Ursli , protagonist of a Swiss children's story

distribution

According to official statistics, as of 2015 there were fewer than 10 men named Urs born between 2005 and 2015 in Switzerland.

See also

• Ursina
• St. Urs
• Ours

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office: Male first names of the population by year of birth, Switzerland and language areas. Published on September 23, 2016.