Uz: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Uz – Origin: Hebrew (place name) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: UHZ


Uz is a Hebrew (place name) boy's name. It appears in our list of 150+ Unique Biblical Boy Names with Meanings.

Meaning & Origin of Uz

Origin: Hebrew (place name).

A common claim: Wooded / fertile Actually: Wiktionary treats 'Uz' only as the name of an unlocated biblical region, not as a word with a stated meaning, so this gloss isn't supported.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Uz

Phonetic: UHZ   IPA: /ʌz/

Popularity of Uz

Uz doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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