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Urbano
How to Pronounce Urbano
Pronounced ur-BAH-noh /ʊrˈbɑːnoʊ/Medium
Meaning: Urbano is the Italian and Spanish form of Urban, from Latin urbanus meaning belonging to the city, and by extension courteous or refined; it long honored the many popes named Urban.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Urbano reached American records mainly through Italian- and Spanish-speaking families, with a quiet high around 1994. Rooted in the Latin urbanus, of the city, and carried by papal tradition, it has long standing in Mediterranean countries even as its United States numbers stayed modest.
It was never common in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak, and reads as a heritage name. A boy named Urbano then would be about thirty today. The name keeps a courtly, distinctly Italian-Spanish character.
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What does the name Urbano mean?
It is the Italian and Spanish form of Urban, from Latin urbanus meaning of the city or refined.
How do you pronounce Urbano?
It is said ur-BAH-noh /ʊrˈbɑːnoʊ/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Urbano a boy or girl name?
Urbano is recorded as a boy's name.
How popular is Urbano?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at a small peak in the mid nineteen-nineties.