Ursula

Where Ursula comes from

From Latin Ursula, the name of a fourth century saint. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos cognate with Arcady.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ursula
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #740 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #441
    45 babies named Ursula — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1929
    Ursula K. Le Guin born
    American fantasy and science fiction author
  4. 1958
    Ursula von der Leyen born
    President of the European Commission since 2019
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission since 2019, born 1958
  • Ursula K. Le Guin · American fantasy and science fiction author, 1929–2018
  • Ursula Andress · Swiss actress, born 1936
  • Ursula Karven · German actress and author, born 1964
  • Ursula Franklin · Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, and educator, 1921–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.