Uršula
Only six women in Poland carry this spelling of Urszula, so most Poles have never met one. The name goes back to Latin for "little bear".
Uršula Pronunciation
Uršula is pronounced oor-ŠOO-lah (/urˈšula/).
What Uršula means
Where Uršula comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uršula grows from Latin. The root is ursa, the she-bear, with ursus for the male. Add the diminutive ending and the word softens into "little bear," in Polish niedźwiedziczka. A large animal named small. That contrast sits at the start of the name.
In Polish the form most people meet is Urszula, with the same Latin bear underneath. The short version is Ula, two syllables that fit a class register and a birthday cake. Saint Ursula, a martyr venerated since the medieval church, carried the name into wide European use, which is one documented reason it spread.
Call a girl a little bear and you name something small that will not stay small. The Latin gives the animal. The diminutive gives the tenderness. On a form at the urząd the full Uršula looks formal, though at home she answers to Ula. The meaning holds under all of it: ursa, bear, and the little bear who takes the name.
How many people are named Uršula
1 in 3757306 women in Poland is named Uršula. 6 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #24423 among female names.