# Ursula
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Ursula, the name of a fourth century saint.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɜː(ɹ).sjʊ.lə/, /ˈɜː(ɹ).ʃʊ.lə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɝ.sə.lə/

### Proper noun

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

* Ursulian
* Ursuline

#### Translations
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Latin Ursula.

### Proper noun

Ursula
* a female given name

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Ursula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈursulɑ/, [ˈurs̠ulɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ursulɑ
* Hyphenation: Ur‧su‧la

### Proper noun

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.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Ursula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ursulani
Ursulani
accusative
nom.
Ursulani
Ursulani
gen.
Ursulani
genitive
Ursulani
Ursuloideni Ursuloitteni Ursulaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Ursulaani
Ursuloitani
inessive
Ursulassani
Ursuloissani
elative
Ursulastani
Ursuloistani
illative
Ursulaani
Ursuloihini
adessive
Ursulallani
Ursuloillani
ablative
Ursulaltani
Ursuloiltani
allative
Ursulalleni
Ursuloilleni
essive
Ursulanani
Ursuloinani
translative
Ursulakseni
Ursuloikseni
abessive
Ursulattani
Ursuloittani
instructive
comitative
—Ursuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ursulasi
Ursulasi
accusative
nom.
Ursulasi
Ursulasi
gen.
Ursulasi
genitive
Ursulasi
Ursuloidesi Ursuloittesi Ursulaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Ursulaasi
Ursuloitasi
inessive
Ursulassasi
Ursuloissasi
elative
Ursulastasi
Ursuloistasi
illative
Ursulaasi
Ursuloihisi
adessive
Ursulallasi
Ursuloillasi
ablative
Ursulaltasi
Ursuloiltasi
allative
Ursulallesi
Ursuloillesi
essive
Ursulanasi
Ursuloinasi
translative
Ursulaksesi
Ursuloiksesi
abessive
Ursulattasi
Ursuloittasi
instructive
comitative
—Ursuloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ursulamme
Ursulamme
accusative
nom.
Ursulamme
Ursulamme
gen.
Ursulamme
genitive
Ursulamme
Ursuloidemme Ursuloittemme Ursulaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Ursulaamme
Ursuloitamme
inessive
Ursulassamme
Ursuloissamme
elative
Ursulastamme
Ursuloistamme
illative
Ursulaamme
Ursuloihimme
adessive
Ursulallamme
Ursuloillamme
ablative
Ursulaltamme
Ursuloiltamme
allative
Ursulallemme
Ursuloillemme
essive
Ursulanamme
Ursuloinamme
translative
Ursulaksemme
Ursuloiksemme
abessive
Ursulattamme
Ursuloittamme
instructive
comitative
—Ursuloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ursulanne
Ursulanne
accusative
nom.
Ursulanne
Ursulanne
gen.
Ursulanne
genitive
Ursulanne
Ursuloidenne Ursuloittenne Ursulainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Ursulaanne
Ursuloitanne
inessive
Ursulassanne
Ursuloissanne
elative
Ursulastanne
Ursuloistanne
illative
Ursulaanne
Ursuloihinne
adessive
Ursulallanne
Ursuloillanne
ablative
Ursulaltanne
Ursuloiltanne
allative
Ursulallenne
Ursuloillenne
essive
Ursulananne
Ursuloinanne
translative
Ursulaksenne
Ursuloiksenne
abessive
Ursulattanne
Ursuloittanne
instructive
comitative
—Ursuloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ursulansa
Ursulansa
accusative
nom.
Ursulansa
Ursulansa
gen.
Ursulansa
genitive
Ursulansa
Ursuloidensa Ursuloittensa Ursulainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Ursulaansa
Ursuloitaan Ursuloitansa
inessive
Ursulassaan Ursulassansa
Ursuloissaan Ursuloissansa
elative
Ursulastaan Ursulastansa
Ursuloistaan Ursuloistansa
illative
Ursulaansa
Ursuloihinsa
adessive
Ursulallaan Ursulallansa
Ursuloillaan Ursuloillansa
ablative
Ursulaltaan Ursulaltansa
Ursuloiltaan Ursuloiltansa
allative
Ursulalleen Ursulallensa
Ursuloilleen Ursuloillensa
essive
Ursulanaan Ursulanansa
Ursuloinaan Ursuloinansa
translative
Ursulakseen Ursulaksensa
Ursuloikseen Ursuloiksensa
abessive
Ursulattaan Ursulattansa
Ursuloittaan Ursuloittansa
instructive
comitative
—Ursuloineen Ursuloinensa :

#### Statistics

* 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

* luraus

## German
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ursula. Compare the popular form Ursel, from Middle High German Ursele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʊʁzula/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ur‧su‧la

### Proper noun

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

* Ursel
* Uschi

## Latin
### Etymology

From ursa (“she-bear”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈur.su.la/, [ˈʊrs̠ʊɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈur.su.la/, [ˈursulä]

### Proper noun

Ursula f sg (genitive Ursulae); first declension
* a female given name

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### References

* 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, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin Ursula. First recorded in Sweden in 1477.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ursula c (genitive Ursulas)
* a female given name

### See also

* Yrsa

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Úrsula.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔuɾsula/ [ˌʔuɾ.sʊˈla]
* Rhymes: -uɾsula
* Syllabification: Ur‧su‧la

### Proper noun

Úrsulá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)
* a female given name from Spanish