Urs (given name)

Urs is a masculine given name. From the Latin name Ursus, the name means "bear". It is a popular name in German-speaking Switzerland due to the historical veneration of Saint Ursus in Switzerland.

Notable people with the name include:

• Urs Allemann (born 1948), Swiss writer and journalist
• Urs App (born 1949), Swiss orientalist
• Urs Bühler (born 1971), Swiss tenor
• Urs Egger (1953–2020), Swiss film and television director
• Urs Fischer (born 1973), Swiss artist
• Urs Freuler (born 1958), Swiss former cyclist
• Urs Noel Glutz von Blotzheim (born 1932), Swiss ornithologist
• Urs Graf (1485–after 1529), Swiss painter and printmaker
• Urs Imboden (born 1975), Swiss-Moldovan alpine skier
• Urs Hölzle, Swiss software engineer and technology executive
• Urs Kälin (born 1966), Swiss former alpine skier
• Urs Lehmann (born 1969), Swiss former alpine skier
• Urs Leimgruber (born 1952), Swiss saxophonist
• Urs Lüthi (born 1947), Swiss artist
• Urs Meier (born 1959), Swiss football referee
• Urs A. Meyer (born 1938), Swiss physician and clinical pharmacologist
• Urs Odermatt (born 1955), Swiss film director and author
• Urs Räber (born 1958), Swiss former alpine skier
• Urs Rechn (born 1978), German actor
• Urs Rohner (born 1959), Swiss lawyer, businessman and banker
• Urs Schwarzenbach (born 1948), Swiss financier
• Urs Widmer (1938–2014), Swiss author
• Urs Zimmermann (born 1959), Swiss former cyclist
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Swiss theologian

See also

• Bjorn, name also meaning bear