Given name
Ulah
“jewel of the sea”
Ulah is a variant of Ula. One Irish interpretation is “jewel of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ulah is a variant of Ula. One Irish interpretation is “jewel of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ulah is a variant of Ula. An origin associated with Ula is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 0 boys · 83 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1922.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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