Ülle
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name, variant of Ülo
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ülle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country, where it is the 62nd most common given name.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 741(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 130K
- SESweden1 in 276K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Estonia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 741 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, variant of Ülo
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ülle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ülle is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In vot, seal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ülle Ullab. 1934EEEstonian actress and dancer (1934-2016)
- Ülle Kukkb. 1937EEEstonian botanist and conservationist (born 1937)
- Ülle Aaskivib. 1950EEEstonian politician and lawyer (1950-2007)
- Ülle Mustb. 1952EEEstonian official (born 1952)
- Ülle Rajasalub. 1953EEEstonian politician (born 1953)
- Ülle Tomingb. 1955EEEstonian dancer, actress, singer and dance pedagogue (1955-2025)
- Ülle Kaljusteb. 1957EEEstonian actress (born 1957)
- Ülle Tarkiainenb. 1957EEEstonian historian (born 1957)
- Kauksi Ülleb. 1962EEEstonian poet (born 1962)
- Ülle Lichtfeldtb. 1970EEEstonian actress (born 1970)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 4.2K | #20 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 4.2K | #18 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 375 | #1,267 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 43 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 20 | #24,611 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #27,218 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 19 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ülle mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, variant of Ülo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Ülle a male or female name?
- Ülle is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ülle?
- In the etymology graph, Ülo is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ülle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Ülle in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ülle.
- How common is the name Ülle?
- In Finland, the national register counted 43 people named Ülle, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.
- How common is Ülle compared with other names?
- In Estonia, Ülle is the 62nd most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ülle?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%BClleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ülle” — the 62nd most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.