ÚRsula
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- [ OOR-soo-lə (Portuguese), OOR-soo-lah (Spanish) ]
- Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of URSULA.
 | URSULA female English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear". Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. In England the saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and the name came into general use at that time. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| DANISH: Ursula |
| DUTCH: Ursula |
| ENGLISH: Ursella, Ursula |
| FINNISH: Ursula |
| GERMAN: Ursula |
| HUNGARIAN: Orsolya |
| ITALIAN: Orsola |
| LATE ROMAN: Ursula |
| NORWEGIAN: Ursula |
| POLISH: Urszula |
| PORTUGUESE: Úrsula |
| SLOVENE: Uršula |
| SPANISH: Úrsula |
| SWEDISH: Ursula |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| GERMAN: Ulla, Ursel, Uschi |
| POLISH: Ula |
| SLOVENE: Urška |
| OTHER FORMS |
| GERMAN: Urs |
| ITALIAN: Orsina, Orsino, Orso |
| LATE ROMAN: Ursa, Ursinus, Ursus |