Ursula

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Ursula, the name of a fourth century saint. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos cognate with Arcady. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.sjʊ.lə/, /ˈɜː.ʃʊ.lə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.sə.lə/ === Proper noun === Ursula A female given name from Latin. :Scene I: Whisper her ear, and tell her, I and Ursula / Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse / Is all of her; 1857 Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter III: "Is her name Ursula?" And I called to mind the little girl who had tried to give some bread to the hungry John Halifax, and whose cry of pain we heard as the door shut upon her. Poor little lady! how sorry I was. ==== Derived terms ==== Ursulian Ursuline ==== Translations ==== == Estonian == === Etymology === From Latin Ursula. === Proper noun === Ursula a female given name == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Ursula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈursulɑ/, [ˈurs̠ulɑ̝] Rhymes: -ursulɑ Syllabification(key): Ur‧su‧la Hyphenation(key): Ur‧su‧la === Proper noun === Ursula a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Ursula is the 781st (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 273 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,160 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === luraus == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Ursula. Compare the popular form Ursel, from Middle High German Ursele. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊʁzula/ Hyphenation: Ur‧su‧la === Proper noun === Ursula f (proper noun, genitive Ursulas or (with an article) Ursula) a female given name, very popular in German-speaking countries from the 1930s to the 1960s ==== Related terms ==== Ursel Uschi == Latin == === Etymology === From ursa (“she-bear”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊr.sʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈur.su.la] === Proper noun === Ursula f sg (genitive Ursulae); first declension a female given name ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Ursula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Ursula”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Ursula. First recorded in Sweden in 1477. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ursula c (genitive Ursulas) a female given name === See also === Yrsa == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Úrsula. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔuɾsula/ [ˌʔuɾ.sʊˈla] Rhymes: -uɾsula Syllabification: Ur‧su‧la === Proper noun === Úrsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ) a female given name from Spanish