Ursula Forename
729th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,154,193 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein
Ursula Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin diminutive of ursa ‘she-bear’. The legend of St Ursula and the 11,000 virgins was popular in the Middle Ages, and the name was fairly common. It is also found from time to time in the 17th-19th C, and has lately become more frequent.
Read More About This ForenameUrsula Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 899,605 | 1:107 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 65,761 | 1:125 | 8 |
| United States | 100% | 34,573 | 1:10,486 | 1,110 |
| Austria | 100% | 25,868 | 1:329 | 88 |
| South Africa | 100% | 12,722 | 1:4,286 | 810 |
| Peru | 100% | 10,530 | 1:3,019 | 537 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7,987 | 1:15,543 | 1,088 |
| England | 100% | 7,630 | 1:7,287 | 656 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,601 | 1:28,185 | 2,389 |
| Philippines | 99% | 6,118 | 1:17,327 | 1,917 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,459 | 1:8,524 | 685 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,626 | 1:55,764 | 6,939 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4,548 | 1:9,405 | 636 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,535 | 1:5,210 | 1,047 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,135 | 1:8,013 | 1,025 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,028 | 1:5,815 | 563 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,016 | 1:5,604 | 826 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,809 | 1:9,607 | 958 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,527 | 1:1,838 | 292 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,162 | 1:2,317 | 374 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,127 | 1:14,199 | 1,366 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,085 | 1:903 | 194 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,841 | 1:5,666 | 805 |
| Australia | - | 1,629 | 1:8,384 | 862 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,618 | 1:37,739 | 1,191 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,491 | 1:4,253 | 477 |
| France | 100% | 1,375 | 1:48,342 | 1,487 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,231 | 1:9,334 | 1,036 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,204 | 1:39,683 | 2,008 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,158 | 1:153,337 | 7,325 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,095 | 1:9,003 | 823 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1,060 | 1:6,827 | 830 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 914 | 1:17,624 | 1,129 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 841 | 1:62,769 | 4,251 |
| Ecuador | - | 805 | 1:22,021 | 1,218 |
| Denmark | - | 788 | 1:7,169 | 708 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 750 | 1:14,135 | 1,232 |
| Cuba | - | 750 | 1:15,342 | 949 |
| New Zealand | - | 747 | 1:6,072 | 786 |
| India | 100% | 743 | 1:1,635,098 | 91,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 735 | 1:2,508 | 381 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 651 | 1:113,406 | 5,865 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 574 | 1:14,203 | 1,421 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Egypt | 100% | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Kenya | 100% | 453 | 1:102,223 | 5,327 |
| Czechia | 93% | 452 | 1:23,576 | 618 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 446 | 1:85 | 6 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 428 | 1:50,492 | 3,287 |
| Honduras | 100% | 421 | 1:20,944 | 1,495 |
| Scotland | 100% | 407 | 1:13,146 | 798 |
| Finland | 100% | 373 | 1:14,700 | 955 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 372 | 1:3,660 | 685 |
| Portugal | - | 351 | 1:29,661 | 1,231 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 342 | 1:17,597 | 1,429 |
| Russia | 98% | 335 | 1:430,548 | 4,973 |
| Estonia | 100% | 322 | 1:4,085 | 665 |
| Wales | 100% | 321 | 1:9,640 | 798 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 282 | 1:107,979 | 7,424 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 220 | 1:2,564 | 372 |
| Uganda | 100% | 220 | 1:186,168 | 6,627 |
| Thailand | 100% | 213 | 1:328,947 | 17,959 |
| Norway | 100% | 207 | 1:24,794 | 1,373 |
| Panama | 100% | 198 | 1:19,730 | 1,960 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 190 | 1:81,178 | 6,214 |
| Greece | 100% | 187 | 1:58,474 | 1,936 |
| Israel | 100% | 177 | 1:47,474 | 3,003 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 174 | 1:32,342 | 1,940 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 148 | 1:1,201 | 195 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 138 | 1:34,550 | 1,821 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 127 | 1:26,989 | 1,279 |
| Belize | 100% | 109 | 1:3,251 | 726 |
| Guyana | 100% | 103 | 1:7,410 | 1,217 |
| Jamaica | - | 89 | 1:32,396 | 2,175 |
| Dominica | - | 88 | 1:858 | 168 |
| Hungary | 100% | 83 | 1:117,973 | 783 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 80 | 1:288,449 | 12,816 |
| Aruba | - | 75 | 1:1,384 | 281 |
| Namibia | - | 73 | 1:32,934 | 2,462 |
| Croatia | 100% | 64 | 1:65,892 | 2,000 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 59 | 1:41,674 | 1,873 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 54 | 1:2,032 | 416 |
| Guam | - | 52 | 1:3,089 | 622 |
| Angola | 100% | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 44 | 1:120,683 | 1,066 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| China | - | 35 | 1:39,030,165 | 61,639 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 34 | 1:521,966 | 7,534 |
| Turkey | 100% | 34 | 1:2,288,286 | 15,233 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Jersey | 100% | 31 | 1:3,225 | 462 |
| Grenada | 100% | 30 | 1:3,604 | 642 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 26 | 1:275,077 | 16,312 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| Barbados | - | 23 | 1:12,600 | 1,209 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Singapore | - | 21 | 1:299,384 | 9,476 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 20 | 1:2,743 | 590 |
| Benin | 100% | 18 | 1:587,547 | 18,316 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Latvia | 100% | 17 | 1:118,567 | 2,105 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Curaçao | - | 16 | 1:9,738 | 620 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Iceland | 100% | 15 | 1:24,401 | 1,622 |
| Monaco | 100% | 15 | 1:2,564 | 491 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 13 | 1:3,499,993 | 7,073 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 11 | 1:1,670,861 | 39,584 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 10 | 1:597,328 | 17,002 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Albania | 100% | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Micronesia | - | 7 | 1:15,214 | 597 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Uršula (1,002), Úrsula (113), Ùrsula (2) & Úrsúla (19) are calculated separately.
Ursula (1,445) may also be a surname.
Ursula Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin diminutive of ursa ‘she-bear’. The legend of St Ursula and the 11,000 virgins was popular in the Middle Ages, and the name was fairly common. It is also found from time to time in the 17th-19th C, and has lately become more frequent.
Ursel Curia Regis Rolls 1200. Ursell Curia Regis Rolls 1207, Hundred Rolls 1273. Hursel Hundred Rolls 1273. Urcy Hundred Rolls 1273. Ourse Early S. English Legendary, 14th C (E.E.T.S. 87). Ursalay, Urseley Yorks Rec 1604.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In the Latin, ‘little bear,’ from ursa (cf. Ursa Major), a she-bear. The name sprang into popularity as a result of the merging of the old myth of the little bear and the stars with the legend of Ursula, the Breton maiden who, on the way to marry a British husband, was wrecked on the German coast and slain by the terrible Alaric in company with her virgin companions. (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from the Latin ursula, a young or small she-bear. In Inscrip. ap. Gruter it occurs five times as a woman’s name. Ursula was the name of the virgin saint martyred under Attila, King of the Huns.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Little bear, sig. of courage.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Diminutive of Ursa.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ursula Forename Popularity
Ursula Demographics
Ursula Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 25 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ursula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ursula in the Russian language | ||
| Урсула | ursula | - |
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