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 (artist) (born 1973), Swiss artist
- Urs Fischer (footballer) (born 1966), Swiss footballer and football manager
- 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
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