# Urian

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'''Urian''' is a Celtic noble male given name (also '''Urien, Uryen, Uren''', presumably derived from [British](/source/Common_Brittonic) ''Urbgen''). It is recorded in 1273 in the [Hundred Rolls](/source/Hundred_Rolls) of Huntingdonshire in a reference to a "John, son of Urian". In the 12th century, [Geoffrey of Monmouth](/source/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth) used the Latinized form ''Urbianus'' for the semi-legendary British king [Urien](/source/Urien).
 
In the modern period, Urian also occurs as a surname.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== People ==
Notable people with the given name include:

*[Urian Brereton](/source/Urian_Brereton) (died 1577), groom to Henry VIII
*[Urian Oakes](/source/Urian_Oakes) (1631–1681), English-born American minister and Latinist

==In German literature==
In early modern Germany the expression ''Herr Urian'' or ''Meister Urian'' denoted a proverbial unwanted guest<ref>[http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/cgi-bin/getKRArticles.tcl?tid=KU07384+opt=1-0+len=+nid=+plen=+prev=#artbegin entry] in ''[Oekonomische Encyklopädie](/source/Oekonomische_Encyklop%C3%A4die)'' (1850)</ref> and figures in works of fiction such as [Matthias Claudius](/source/Matthias_Claudius)' ''Urians Reise um die Welt'' (set by [Beethoven](/source/Beethoven) as Opus 52, No. 1, 1805, and later by [Carl Loewe](/source/Carl_Loewe) as Opus 84, 1843<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3845|title = Urians Reise um die Welt (Claudius, set by (Ludwig van Beethoven, Ludwig Berger, Carl Loewe)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)}}</ref>), in the ''Walpurgisnacht'' scene of Goethe's [''Faust, eine Tragödie''](/source/Faust%2C_Part_One) (1808), where it refers to the [devil](/source/devil),<ref>line 3959</ref> and [E.T.A. Hoffmann](/source/E.T.A._Hoffmann)'s ''[The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr](/source/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_the_Tomcat_Murr)''<ref>Chapter 21</ref> (1819 -1821). The same meaning of the name can be found in [E. T. A. Hoffmann](/source/E._T._A._Hoffmann)'s short story "{{ill|Vampirismus or Aurelia|it|Vampirismo (Hoffmann)}}" in ''[The Serapion Brethren](/source/The_Serapion_Brethren_(story_collection))'',<ref>Text online in German: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/etahoff/serapion/serap821.html</ref> in which a terrifying man wanted by the police corrupts the narrator's mother to the point where she becomes thirsty for corpses.<ref>''E. T. A. Hoffman: Transgressive Romanticism'', Christopher R. Clason (ed.), 2018</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
*[Uriel](/source/Uriel), the angel
*[Urania](/source/Urania), muse of astronomy

Category:Given names

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