Given name
Ursela
“resembling a little bear”
Ursela is a variant of Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ursela is a variant of Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ursela is a variant of Ursula. An origin associated with Ursula is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ursela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 0 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 7 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 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 168 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ursela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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