Given name & surname

Ursule

“resembling a little bear”

In French use, Ursule has a related form in Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In French use, Ursule has a related form in Ursula. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a little bear.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

In French use, Ursule has a related form in 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 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ursule through the years

Babies since 1880
6
0 boys · 6 girls
Most popular year
1900
6 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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01020301900192019401960198020002025Highest share 19000.0
Ursule in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1900–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1900. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Ursule’s family of names

In French usage, Ursule has a related form in Ursula. In French usage, Ursule has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ursula. In French usage, Ursule has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form URSZULA.

Walk Ursule’s family in the name graph

UrsuleUrsulaUrszulaOrsolaOrsolyaUrsulÚrsulaVoršilaUršuľaУрсулаÚrsúlaΟυρσούλαUorschlaWórša

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ursule has relatives in 19 languages.

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15 related names in 19 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Ursule

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Native American · Place names

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“of the lowa tribe; from the state of lowa”

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