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Ursula (given name)

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Gender
  
Feminine

Language(s)
  
Latin

Meaning
  
"(she-)bear"

Language(s)
  
German, English, Irish

Word/name
  
ursa

Variant form(s)
  
Uschi, Urs

Ursula is a feminine given name in several different languages. The name is derived from a diminutive of the Latin ursa, which means "bear". The name has been rather uncommon in the English-speaking world, although its use has been recently influenced by the Swiss-born actress Ursula Andress (born 1936). Urszula is the Polish version of the name.

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In German-speaking regions, Uschi is a common nickname for people named Ursula.

People with the name

  • Saint Ursula
  • Ursula, theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup U (mtDNA)
  • Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels (1450–1508), a princess of Brandenburg by birth
  • Ursula of Brandenburg (1488–1510), German noblewoman
  • Ursula Andress (born 1936), Swiss actress
  • Ursula Appolloni (1929–1994), Canadian politician
  • Ursula Bagdasarjanz (born 1934), Swiss violinist
  • Ursula Bloom (1892–1984), British novelist
  • Ursula Buckel (1925–2005), German soprano singer
  • Ursula Burns (born 1958), American businesswoman
  • Ursula Caberta, (born 1950) German politician, critic of the Church of Scientology
  • Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961), Australian writer
  • Ursula Engelen-Kefer (born 1943), German labor leader
  • Ursula Fanthorpe (1929–2009), British poet
  • Ursula Franklin (1921–2016), Canadian metallurgist
  • Ursula Gauthier, French journalist.
  • Uschi Glas (born 1944), German actress
  • Ursula Goodenough (born 1943), American biologist and writer
  • Ursula Haubner (born 1945), Austrian politician
  • Ursula Hegi (born 1946), American author
  • Ursula Holden-Gill (born 1974), British actress
  • Ursula Howells (1922–2005), British actress
  • Ursula Jeans (1906–1973), British actress
  • Uschi Keszler (born 1948), German
  • Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
  • Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939), Austrian-born Polish religious leader
  • Ursula Lehr (born 1930), German academic and politician
  • Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929), American author
  • Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958), German politician
  • Ursula Martinez (born 1966), British writer and performer
  • Ursula Merchant (born 1932), German performance artist
  • Ursula Mommens (1908–2010), British potter
  • Úrsula Murayama, (born 1972) Mexican actress
  • Ursula Niebuhr (1908–1997), American theologian
  • Uschi Obermaier (born 1946), German model and actress
  • Ursula Plassnik (born 1956), Austrian politician
  • Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (c. 1504–1570), English noblewoman
  • Ursula Ratasepp (born 1982), Estonian actress
  • Ursula Reit (1914–1998), German actress
  • Ursula Rucker, American recording artist
  • Ursula von Rydingsvard (born 1942), American sculptor
  • Ursula Schäppi (born 1941), Swiss actress, playwright and comedian
  • Ursula Southeil (1488–1561), English soothsayer
  • Ursula Stephens (born 1954), Australian politician
  • Ursula Vernon (born 1977), American artist and writer
  • Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006), British author
  • Ursula Vaughan Williams (1911–2007), British poet
  • Ursula Wyss (born 1973), Swiss economist and politician

    • Fictional characters

  • Ursula the Pig Woman, proprietor of a hot food stall and public lavatory, in the 1614 play Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy by Ben Jonson
  • Úrsula, in the television series Skimo
  • Ursula (Disney), from the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid
  • Ursula, in the comic strip Brewster Rockit
  • Ursula, in the 2000 video game Kingdom Hearts
  • Ursula, in the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
  • Ursula Brangwen, in the 1915 novel The Rainbow and the 1920 novel Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
  • Ursula Buffay, in the television series Mad About You and Friends
  • Ursula Hartmann, from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
  • Ursula, on the animated television series George of the Jungle and George of the Jungle (film)
  • Ursula, in the animated film Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Ursula, in the Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops video game
  • Úrsula, in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Ursula, in the 1996 movie Set It Off
  • Ursula, in the Pokémon Anime
  • Ursula, in the cartoon Kérem a következőt!
  • Ursula Beresford Todd, in the novel Life After Life (novel) by Kate Atkinson

    • References

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