Ulla

== Danish == === Etymology === From Swedish Ulla. Diminutive form of Ulrikke. === Proper noun === Ulla a female given name === References === [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 468 females with the given name Ulla have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. == Estonian == === Etymology === From Swedish Ulla. === Proper noun === Ulla a female given name == Faroese == === Proper noun === Ulla f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Ulla: Ulluson daughter of Ulla: Ulludóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Swedish Ulla, from Ulrika. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈulːɑ/, [ˈulːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ulːɑ Syllabification(key): Ul‧la Hyphenation(key): Ul‧la === Proper noun === Ulla a female given name 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola): ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Ulla is the 38th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 16,000 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,309 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == Galician == === Alternative forms === Ulha (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Attested as Ulla in Classical Latin (Pomponius Mela) and as Ulia during the Middle Ages. From a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lHyeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈuʎɐ] === Proper noun === Ulla m a river in Galicia, Spain a village in Maceda parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia a village in Berres parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia a toponymical surname ==== Derived terms ==== Antas de Ulla Ponte Ulla Ribadulla ullao Ulloa === See also === Ulla on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl === References === “Ulla” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017. “Ulla” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216. == Latin == === Alternative forms === Ulia === Etymology === From Paleo-Hispanic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lH-yeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). === Proper noun === Ulla m sg (genitive Ullae); first declension A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, still called this way ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216. “Ulla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Ulla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Swedish == === Etymology === Short form of Ulrika. First recorded in Sweden in 1771. Later also used as a pet form of Ursula and Hulda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɵla/ === Proper noun === Ulla c (genitive Ullas) a female given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 61 989 females with the given name Ulla living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.