# Ulla
## Danish
### Etymology

From Swedish Ulla. Diminutive form of Ulrikke.

### Proper noun

Ulla
* a female given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 468 females with the given name Ulla have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Swedish Ulla.

### Proper noun

Ulla
* a female given name

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Ulla f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Ulla: Ulluson
* daughter of Ulla: Ulludóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Ulla, from Ulrika.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈulːɑ/, [ˈulːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ulːɑ
* Hyphenation: Ul‧la

### Proper noun

Ulla
* a female given name
** 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
    VAIMO. Etkö tunne enään minua? Olenhan minä Ulla, sinun vaimos.WIFE: Don't you know me any more? I'm Ulla, your wife.
** 1922, Anni Swan, Pikkupappilassa, WSOY, published 1966, pages 138–139:Siinä seisoo Ulrik Schöring itse ilmi elävänä ratsastuspiiska kädessä ja katselee häntä viattomana kuin kapalovauva. Ulla kohosi istumaan ja loi petturiin niin musertavan katseen kuin ikinä saattoi. —Ulla, sinä et tervehtinyt serkkuasi, sanoo rikollinen ja kohtaa röyhkeästi tytön leimuavan katseen. Ei vastausta. —Mehän olemme kaimoja.There stood Ulrik Schöring himself alive and well with a riding whip in one hand, and staring upon her innocently like a swaddled baby. Ulla rose up to sit and cast upon the traitor as crushing of a gaze as she ever could. —Ulla, you didn't greet your cousin, the criminal says and imprudently meets the girl's fiery gaze. No response. —We share the same name.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Ulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ullani
Ullani
accusative
nom.
Ullani
Ullani
gen.
Ullani
genitive
Ullani
Ullieni Ullaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Ullaani
Ulliani
inessive
Ullassani
Ullissani
elative
Ullastani
Ullistani
illative
Ullaani
Ulliini
adessive
Ullallani
Ullillani
ablative
Ullaltani
Ulliltani
allative
Ullalleni
Ullilleni
essive
Ullanani
Ullinani
translative
Ullakseni
Ullikseni
abessive
Ullattani
Ullittani
instructive
comitative
—Ullineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ullasi
Ullasi
accusative
nom.
Ullasi
Ullasi
gen.
Ullasi
genitive
Ullasi
Ulliesi Ullaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Ullaasi
Ulliasi
inessive
Ullassasi
Ullissasi
elative
Ullastasi
Ullistasi
illative
Ullaasi
Ulliisi
adessive
Ullallasi
Ullillasi
ablative
Ullaltasi
Ulliltasi
allative
Ullallesi
Ullillesi
essive
Ullanasi
Ullinasi
translative
Ullaksesi
Ulliksesi
abessive
Ullattasi
Ullittasi
instructive
comitative
—Ullinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ullamme
Ullamme
accusative
nom.
Ullamme
Ullamme
gen.
Ullamme
genitive
Ullamme
Ulliemme Ullaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Ullaamme
Ulliamme
inessive
Ullassamme
Ullissamme
elative
Ullastamme
Ullistamme
illative
Ullaamme
Ulliimme
adessive
Ullallamme
Ullillamme
ablative
Ullaltamme
Ulliltamme
allative
Ullallemme
Ullillemme
essive
Ullanamme
Ullinamme
translative
Ullaksemme
Ulliksemme
abessive
Ullattamme
Ullittamme
instructive
comitative
—Ullinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ullanne
Ullanne
accusative
nom.
Ullanne
Ullanne
gen.
Ullanne
genitive
Ullanne
Ullienne Ullainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Ullaanne
Ullianne
inessive
Ullassanne
Ullissanne
elative
Ullastanne
Ullistanne
illative
Ullaanne
Ulliinne
adessive
Ullallanne
Ullillanne
ablative
Ullaltanne
Ulliltanne
allative
Ullallenne
Ullillenne
essive
Ullananne
Ullinanne
translative
Ullaksenne
Ulliksenne
abessive
Ullattanne
Ullittanne
instructive
comitative
—Ullinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ullansa
Ullansa
accusative
nom.
Ullansa
Ullansa
gen.
Ullansa
genitive
Ullansa
Ulliensa Ullainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Ullaansa
Ulliaan Ulliansa
inessive
Ullassaan Ullassansa
Ullissaan Ullissansa
elative
Ullastaan Ullastansa
Ullistaan Ullistansa
illative
Ullaansa
Ulliinsa
adessive
Ullallaan Ullallansa
Ullillaan Ullillansa
ablative
Ullaltaan Ullaltansa
Ulliltaan Ulliltansa
allative
Ullalleen Ullallensa
Ullilleen Ullillensa
essive
Ullanaan Ullanansa
Ullinaan Ullinansa
translative
Ullakseen Ullaksensa
Ullikseen Ulliksensa
abessive
Ullattaan Ullattansa
Ullittaan Ullittansa
instructive
comitative
—Ullineen Ullinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Ulla-Maija
* Ullanlinna

#### Statistics

* Ulla is the 38th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 16,739 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,358 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Ulha (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Attested as Ulla in Classical Latin (Pomponius Mela) and as Ulia during the Middle Ages. From a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lHyeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuʎɐ]

### Proper noun

Ulla m
* A river in Galicia, Spain
** A village in Maceda parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
** A village in Berres parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
* a toponymical surname

#### Derived terms

* Antas de Ulla
* Ponte Ulla
* Ribadulla
* ullao
* Ulloa

### See also

* Ulla on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{gl}$

### References

* “Ulla” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
* “Ulla” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
* Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Ulia

### Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lH-yeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

### Proper noun

Ulla m sg (genitive Ullae); first declension
* A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, still called this way

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### References

* Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216.
* Ulla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Ulla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Swedish
### Etymology

Short form of Ulrika. First recorded in Sweden in 1771. Later also used as a pet form of Ursula and Hulda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɵla/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ulla c (genitive Ullas)
* a female given name
** 1790, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans epistel n:o 71:Ulla, min Ulla, säj, får jag dig bjuda rödaste smultron i mjölk och vinUlla, my Ulla, say may I offer you reddest strawberries in milk and wine

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 61 989 females with the given name Ulla living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.