Entry № 2500 · Polish, Latin origin

Urszula Urszula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ OOR-shoo-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Polish, Latin

Meaning

"Little bear (Polish Ursula)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Polish)

The meaning

A name that means "little bear (polish ursula)".

Urszula is the Polish form of Ursula — Latin ursa (bear), "little bear."

Urszula Kozioł (born 1931) is the major Polish poet.

Little bear. The Polish Ursula.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Urszula

Transliteration: Urszula
Pronunciation: / ˈʊr.ʃuː.lə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Urszula stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Urszula · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Urszulas before her.

Real people

Urszula Kozioł

Polish poet.

born 1931

In fiction

Urszula

Common in Polish fiction.

Names connected to Urszula.

Numerology

The number behind Urszula.

The Free Spirit

Urszula reduces to five — the number of Polish little bear.

Parents on Urszula

Why families chose this name.

"Polish Ursula. Seven letters. Urszula."

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