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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Ursula: Latin Meaning of Ursula: "little female bear"
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A saint's name with a noteworthy literary background, including uses by Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona and Much Ado About Nothing, Ben Johnson, Walter Scott, Longfellow and D. H. Lawrence. In real life, her two most well known representatives are writer Ursula Le Guin and actress Ursula Andress.

Caveat: Today's kids might associate this name with the campy, corpulent octopus in Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Famous People Named Ursula

Ursula Goodenough, American biologist and writer
Ursula Mayes, American model from 'Deal or No Deal'
Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
Ursula K. Le Guin, American author
Usula Parker, American child actress
St. Ursula, patron of female students

Pop Culture References for the Name Ursula

Ursula is the main antagonist in the Disney animated movie "The Little Mermaid."
Ursula Buffay is the twin sister of Phoebe Buffay on the sitcom "Friends."
Ursula, a character in the movie "George of the Jungle" played by Leslie Mann
Ursula is Kim McAffee's best friend in the musical "Bye, Bye, Birdie"

Irsala, Irsaline, Orsa, Orsala, Orsel, Orsola, Ursa, Ursala, Ursela, Ursella, Ursely, Ursie, Ursilla, Ursillane, Ursley, Ursola, Ursulette, Ursuline, Ursy

Ursula's International Variations

Vorsila (Czech) Sula, Ulli, Urmi (Estonian) Ulla, Urse (German) Urzula (Latvian) Ursule (Romanian) Ursulina (Spanish)