Ursula
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Ursula, name of a fourth century saint.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ).sjʊ.lə/, /ˈɜː(ɹ).ʃʊ.lə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.sə.lə/
Proper noun edit
Ursula
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]::Scene I:
- Whisper her ear, and tell her, I and Ursula / Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse / Is all of her;
- 1857 Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter III:
- "Is her name Ursula?" And I called to mind the little girl who had tried to give some bread to the hungry John Halifax, and whose cry of pain we heard as the door shut upon her. Poor little lady! how sorry I was.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
female given name
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Estonian edit
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Ursula
- a female given name
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ursula
- a female given name
- 1961, Maria Partanen., Valkeat talot, WSOY, page 84:
- Ja kaikki tekivät ehdotuksia. Minäkin olisin halunnut oikein kauniin nimen vauvalle mutta en saanut sitä sanotuksi, kukaan ei kysynyt minulta. Ja äiti sanoi:
—Pannaankos Ursula Genoveva.
Kaikki nauroivat mutta minun sydämessä tuntui ihan tuska. Hädissäni minä juoksin makuukamariin äidin sängyn alle ja rukoilin: hyvä Jumala elä anna niiden antaa vauvalle sellasta nimmee. Minä ihan itkin: Ursula Genoveva. Se oli kauhea, se oli ihan julma hyi se oli inhottava nimi.- And everybody suggested names. I would've liked the baby to get a beautiful name too, but I didn't get to say it, as nobody asked me. The mother said::
—Should we go with Ursula Genoveva.
Everyone laughed, but my heart was filled with anguish. I ran alarmed to the bedroom under mother's bed and prayed: dear God, don't let them give a name like that to the baby. I was weeping: Ursula Genoveva. It was terrible, so cruel, such a disgusting name.
- And everybody suggested names. I would've liked the baby to get a beautiful name too, but I didn't get to say it, as nobody asked me. The mother said::
Declension edit
| Inflection of Ursula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ursula | Ursulat | ||
| genitive | Ursulan | Ursuloiden Ursuloitten | ||
| partitive | Ursulaa | Ursuloita | ||
| illative | Ursulaan | Ursuloihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Ursula | Ursulat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Ursula | Ursulat | |
| gen. | Ursulan | |||
| genitive | Ursulan | Ursuloiden Ursuloitten Ursulainrare | ||
| partitive | Ursulaa | Ursuloita | ||
| inessive | Ursulassa | Ursuloissa | ||
| elative | Ursulasta | Ursuloista | ||
| illative | Ursulaan | Ursuloihin | ||
| adessive | Ursulalla | Ursuloilla | ||
| ablative | Ursulalta | Ursuloilta | ||
| allative | Ursulalle | Ursuloille | ||
| essive | Ursulana | Ursuloina | ||
| translative | Ursulaksi | Ursuloiksi | ||
| abessive | Ursulatta | Ursuloitta | ||
| instructive | — | Ursuloin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Statistics edit
- Ursula is the 771st (tied with 3 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 274 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,164 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Ursula. Compare the popular form Ursel, from Middle High German Ursele.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Ursula f (proper noun, genitive Ursulas or (with an article) Ursula)
- a female given name, very popular in German speaking countries from the 1930s to the 1960s
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ursa (“she-bear”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈur.su.la/, [ˈʊrs̠ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.su.la/, [ˈursulä]
Proper noun edit
Ursula f sg (genitive Ursulae); first declension
- a female given name
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ursula |
| Genitive | Ursulae |
| Dative | Ursulae |
| Accusative | Ursulam |
| Ablative | Ursulā |
| Vocative | Ursula |
References edit
- Ursula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Ursula”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Ursula. First recorded in Sweden in 1477.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Ursula c (genitive Ursulas)
- a female given name
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
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Úrsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)
- a female given name from Spanish