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The Ultimate Baby Name Book


Names for Girls:  U


Ula                Celtic "gift from the sea."
  Other spelling:  Eula

Ularia (see Hilary)

Ulla (see Ursula)

Umayma             Rwanda "little mother."

Una                Latin "one"; also, a variation of Agnes or Winifred.  This
                   name is fairly common in Ireland.  In the first book of
                   Spenser's Faerie Queene, the heroine Una symbolizes truth.
    Famous names:  Oona O'Neill Chaplin (actress)
                   Una Merkel (actress)
 Other spellings:  Ona, Oona

Undine             Greek "of the waves."  In Greek mythology, Undine was a
                   water sprite.
       Variation:  Ondine

Uness (see Agnes)

Urmi (see Ursula)

Ursa (see Ursula)

Ursel (see Ursula)

Ursie (see Ursula)

Ursley (see Ursula)

Ursola (see Ursula)

Ursula             Latin ursa, "bear."  The legend of St. Ursula may be
                   responsible for this name being the most-popular girls'
                   name beginning with U.  Ursula was the daughter of a
                   British noble who put a high price on her hand in marriage:
                   a three-year pilgrimage accompanied by ten- or
                   eleven-thousand virgins and enough ships to carry the
                   group.  It is said that a suitor complied and that Ursula
                   and the virgins made their way toward Rome, but they met
                   with Huns at Cologne and were slaughtered after refusing to
                   submit.  The story of St. Ursula may be disputed, but a
                   church in Cologne has a stone inscribed to the saint, who
                   is considered the patron of young women.  Ursula was a
                   more-popular name in the Middle Ages than it has been
                   since.
     Famous name:  Ursula Andress (actress)
       Nicknames:  Sula, Ursa, Ursie, Ursy
      Variations:  Orsel, Orseline (Dutch), Ulla (German), Urmi, Ursel,
                   Ursley, Ursola (Russian), Ursulina (Spanish)

Ursulina (see Ursula)

Ursy (see Ursula)