Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ulas isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 102 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 10 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 boys is 5 in 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ulas’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Ulas is a transliteration of Улас.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ulas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Urban
“city-dweller” · “from the city”
>99% boys
Olan
“the last of the ancestors”
>99% boys
Ottis
“a wealthy man” · “one who is acute”
>99% boys
Cephas
“as solid as a rock”
>99% boys
Enos
“mankind” · “a man”
>99% boys
Yates
“keeper of the gates”
>99% boys
Rufus
“red(-haired )” · “a red-haired man”
>99% boys
Oran
“surrounded by light” · “a pale-skinned man”
>99% boys