The gens Urseia or Ursia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. The only member of this gens known from Roman literature is the first-century jurist Urseius Ferox, but a few others are known from inscriptions.
Origin
The nomen Urseius belongs to a large class of gentilicia formed using the suffix , commonly associated with names of Oscan origin, but which came to be regarded as a regular gentile-forming suffix. Names of this type were often interchangeable with the more regular Latin ending , and accordingly a number of inscriptions are found under Ursius. The nomen was derived from ursus, a bear.
Praenomina
The Urseii used a variety of praenomina common throughout Roman history, particularly Lucius, Publius, Marcus, and Gaius, with additional instances of Aulus, Quintus, Sextus, and Titus.