Ursula (given name)

Ursula is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Ursula is of Latin origin ( ursus = bear) with the suffix - ula and actually means little bear. This name is basically a copy of the Celtic name Artula ( artos = ursus ), as in the bilingual inscription from Trier (CIL XIII 3909 ) clearly appears. To spread the name of the cult of St. Ursula in the Middle Ages wore on.

Dissemination

The name Ursula is the most awarded female first name in the period from 1890 to today. The popularity of the name increased since the beginning of the 20th century. From the late 1910s until the mid- fifties, he was one of the ten most awarded female name, it was the beginning of the twenties through to the beginning of the thirties of the most common at all. Since the sixties, but its distribution is continuously decreasing.

Name-day

October 21 ( Ursula )

Until Ursulatag the farmer should have retracted the entire harvest. For this day there is also a weather rule:

Patroness

  • The city of Cologne as the patron St. Ursula. An important church in Cologne - St. Ursula - is dedicated to her.
  • In honor of their patron St. Ursula Ursula is a great column in Offenburg (Baden).
  • St. Ursula ( sainte Ursule ) is also patron of the Sorbonne, the oldest and most famous university of Paris.

Variants

  • German: Ulla, Urseken, Ursel, Ursela, Urselchen, Ursi, Uschi
  • French: Ursule
  • Italian: Orsola
  • Polish: Ula, Urszula, Uzziah
  • Upper Sorbian: Wórša
  • Romansh: Ursulina, Ursina
  • Czech: Uršula ( historically: Voršila or Vorschila )
  • Hungarian: Orsolya, Orsi

Famous names winners

Ursela

  • Ursela Monn (* 1950), German actress

Ursula

  • Ursula Andress ( b. 1936 ), Swiss actress
  • Ursula Dirichs (* 1935), German actress
  • Ursula Disl (* 1970), German biathlete
  • Ursula Engelen- Kefer (* 1943), German trade unionist
  • Ursula Goldau (* 1950), German artist
  • Ursula K. Le Guin ( born 1929 ), American writer
  • Ursula Haubner ( born 1945 ), Austrian politician
  • Ursula Keller ( dramaturg ) (* 1940), German dramaturge
  • Ursula Keller ( physicist ) ( born 1959 ), Swiss physicist
  • Ursula Keller ( author ) (born 1964 ), German writer and translator
  • Ursula Lehr ( * 1930), German politician and gerontologist
  • Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958 ), German politician
  • Ursula Martinez (born 1966 ), British actress, performance artist and cabaret artist
  • Ursula Naumann ( b. 1945 ), German writer and specialist in German
  • Ursula Schultze -Bluhm (1921-1999), German painter
  • Ursula winder - Stegemann (* 1939), German scholar of Islam
  • Ursula Wyss (born 1973 ), Swiss politician

Fictitious names carrier

  • Ursula, the sea witch from The Little Mermaid

Swell

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