Urizen

Urizen Name meanings & History

The name Urizen is derived from William Blake's mythology, where Urizen is the embodiment of reason and law, and represents the constraints of rationality and order. It is also associated with Urizen, a 19th-century philosophical concept. The meaning of Urizen is not definite, but it is often interpreted as "the oldest and most powerful of the gods," or "the ultimate being.". This name was invented by the English mystic poet William Blake, who intended it to be a pun on your reason and perhaps also based it on Greek horizein (root of the English word horizon) meaning "bound, limit, divide, separate". In Blake's mythopoeia Urizen was the personification of conventional reason and law, corresponding to the Gnostic demiurge (see Demiurgos). Urizen is a name that is mostly used in literature and philosophy rather than in everyday life. It may be suitable for parents who are looking for a distinctive and meaningful name for their child.