The urban Surname
urban Name Meaning and History
English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian,
Hungarian (Urbán), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a
medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning ‘city dweller’, a
derivative of urbs ‘town’, ‘city’). The name was borne by a
4th-century saint, the patron saint of vines, and by seven early
popes. The Jewish surname represents an adoption of the Polish
personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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