Ursula
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning little bear.
Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Ursula by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Ursula. In the US, 33 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 400 babies in 1967, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ursula. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Urszulalittle bear; a form of ursula4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a bear
Like Ursula, each of these has a bear in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Atlasto bear, endure; the Titan355 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bernadettebrave as a bear; feminine form of Bernard175 in the US (2017)
- Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
- Berniebrave bear; diminutive of Bernard26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Berla form of Berel, meaning bear15 in the US (2017)
- Osadivine bear11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ursula
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