Uri is a Hebrew name that means "my light" or "my flame", borne in the Bible by the father of Bezalel, the craftsman of the Tabernacle. It is a common modern Israeli name and is sometimes also a short form of Uriel or Uriah. In the United States Uri stood at number 4558 in 2000, reached its best rank of 2340 in 2023 and sits at number 2984 in 2025.