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$Title{Names for Girls: U}
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Editors of Consumer Guide
Harder, Kelsey}
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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)