Given name
Uršula
“little she-bear”
Uršula is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Uršula goes back to Latin Ursula, meaning “little she-bear.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Uršula’s family of names
In Czech usage, Uršula has a diminutive in Uršulka. In Slovenian usage, Uršula has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ursula. In Latvian usage, Uršula has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form URSZULA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Uršula has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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