Ursula (given name)

Ursula
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Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	German, English, Irish
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Word/name	ursa
Meaning	"(she-)bear"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Uschi, Urs

Ursula is a feminine given name in several different languages. The name is derived from a diminutive of the Latin ursa, which means "bear". The name has been rather uncommon in the English-speaking world, although its use has been recently influenced by the Swiss-born actress Ursula Andress (born 1936). Urszula is the Polish version of the name.

In German-speaking regions, Uschi is a common nickname for people named Ursula.

People with the name

• Saint Ursula
• Ursula, theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup U (mtDNA)
• Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels (1450-1508), a princess of Brandenburg by birth
• Ursula of Brandenburg (1488-1510), German noblewoman
• Ursula Andress (born 1936), Swiss actress
• Ursula Appolloni (1929–1994), Canadian politician
• Ursula Bagdasarjanz (born 1934), Swiss violinist
• Ursula Bloom (1892–1984), British novelist
• Ursula Buckel (1925–2005), German soprano singer
• Ursula Burns (born 1958), American businesswoman
• Ursula Caberta, (born 1950) German politician, critic of the Church of Scientology
• Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961), Australian writer
• Ursula Engelen-Kefer (born 1943), German labor leader
• Ursula Fanthorpe (1929–2009), British poet
• Ursula Franklin (born 1921), Canadian metallurgist
• Ursula Gauthier, French journalist.
• Uschi Glas (born 1944), German actress
• Ursula Goodenough (born 1943), American biologist and writer
• Ursula Haubner (born 1945), Austrian politician
• Ursula Hegi (born 1946), American author
• Ursula Holden-Gill (born 1974), British actress
• Ursula Howells (1922–2005), British actress
• Ursula Jeans (1906–1973), British actress
• Uschi Keszler (born 1948), German
• Ursula Koch (born 1941), Swiss politician
• Ursula Ledóchowska (1865–1939), Austrian-born Polish religious leader
• Ursula Lehr (born 1930), German academic and politician
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929), American author
• Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958), German politician
• Ursula Martinez (born 1966), British writer and performer
• Ursula Merchant (born 1932), German performance artist
• Ursula Mommens (1908-2010), British potter
• Úrsula Murayama, (born 1972) Mexican actress
• Ursula Niebuhr (1908–1997), American theologian
• Uschi Obermaier (born 1946), German
• Ursula Plassnik (born 1956), Austrian politician
• Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (c. 1504–1570), English noblewoman
• Ursula Reit (1914-1998), German actress
• Ursula Rucker, American recording artist
• Ursula von Rydingsvard (born 1942), American sculptor
• Ursula Schäppi (born 1941), Swiss actress, playwright and comedian
• Ursula Southeil (1488–1561), English soothsayer
• Ursula Stephens (born 1954), Australian politician
• Ursula Vernon (born 1977), American artist and writer
• Ursula Moray Williams (1911–2006), British author
• Ursula Vaughan Williams (1911–2007), British poet
• Ursula Wyss (born 1973), Swiss economist and politician

Fictional characters

• Ursula the Pig Woman, proprietor of a hot food stall and public lavatory, in the 1614 play Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy by Ben Jonson
• Úrsula, in the television series Skimo
• Ursula (The Little Mermaid) the Sea Witch, in the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid
• Ursula, in the comic strip Brewster Rockit
• Ursula, in the 2000 video game Kingdom Hearts
• Ursula, in the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
• Ursula Brangwen, in the 1915 novel The Rainbow and the 1920 novel Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
• Ursula Buffay, in the television series Mad About You and Friends
• Ursula Hartmann, from the anime/manga series Strike Witches
• Ursula, on the animated television series George of the Jungle and George of the Jungle (film)
• Ursula, in the animated film Kiki's Delivery Service
• Ursula, in the Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops video game
• Úrsula, in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Ursula, in the 1996 movie Set It Off
• Ursula, in the Pokémon Anime
• Ursula, in the cartoon Kérem a következőt!