Given name & surname
Ursel
“resembling a little bear”·“resembling a bear”
In German use, Ursel has a related form in Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.” Ursel is a variant of Ursus. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Ursel has a related form in Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.” Ursel is a variant of Ursus. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Ursel has a related form in Ursula. An origin associated with Ursula is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Ursel developed from Ursula.
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
Ursel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 5 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 6 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 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 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.
Ursel’s family of names
In German usage, Ursel has a diminutive in Uschi. In German usage, Ursel developed from the Latin form Ursula. Ursel has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form URSZULA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ursel has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ursel
- Ursel BrunnerWest German freestyle swimmer (1941–2024)
- Ursel FingerGerman athletics competitor (1929–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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