Urszula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oor-SHOO-la
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Urszula is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little bear”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Urszula mean?
Latin: Polish form of Ursula, from ursa 'she-bear'
“little bear”
Saint Ursula was a legendary British princess martyred with her companions at Cologne.
Is Urszula a girl's or a boy's name?
Urszula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Urszula in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Urszula, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Urszula in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Urszula in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
Nicknames for Urszula
- Ula 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Urszula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Safa, Khadija, Aisha, Layla, Abeeha, Liyana, Hafsa, Ayla, Amaya, Ayra, Amara
Names related to Urszula
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Urszula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/urszula, updated 20 October 2026.