Ula

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Ula is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Hindi51%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Ula in Hindi.

• English20%

  Initialism of uncommitted logic array.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Polish6.3%

  genitive singular of ul

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Arabic5.6%

  high rank, prestige, glory. See Rif‘at 4.3,

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

  high rank, prestige, glory

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ula, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Oona
• Ursa
• Little
• Uma
• Una
• German
• Irish
• Isla
• English
• French
• Maeve
• Anna

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Ula is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Üla, Ulã, Ùľä, Ûlâ, Ūla

• Turkish given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, India, Iraq

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Üla, Ūla, Ülẫ, Ûlâ, Ûlå

• Polish given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Slovenia, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Hula, Üla, Ulã, Ула

• Indonesian given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Türkiye

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Ula, Ula', Ülã

• Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, India

  Also written Űľä

• Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Nigeria, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ùlà, Üla, Ǔľã, Ulà, Ūlã

• Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, United States, Syria

  Also written Üla

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Ūla, Uļa, Ulā, Ulâ, Ūlā

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Ula is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Rsi Ula Vatayana (५); Acarya Ula Varsnivrddha

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• feminine of Se

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

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.

• Ula Stöcklb. 1938DEGerman filmmaker, writer, director and actress
• Ula Pregelb. 1953SISlovenian painter
• Ula Schneiderb. 1960ATvisual artist
• Ula Sickleb. 1978CACanadian-Polish choreographer and performer
• Ula Furlanb. 1983SISlovenian actress
• Ula Berlanb. 1989SISlovene cyclist
• Ula Hafnerb. 1993SISlovenian alpine skier
• Ula Ložarb. 2002SISlovene singer
• Ula Yvette TaylorUSAmerican professor of African American studies

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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Ula come from?

high rank, prestige, glory. See Rif‘at 4.3, Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.

What does the name Ula mean?

In English, Initialism of uncommitted logic array.

What are other forms of the name Ula?

In the etymology graph, Ursula, Uschi and Ursel are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Urszula.

How do you pronounce Ula?

A machine transcription gives /ˈjuɫə/ (IPA) for Hindi.

Is Ula a male or female name?

Ula is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Slovenia (stat.si Imena rojstva) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Ula have the most bearers?

In Slovenia, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Ula, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Ula most common?

Ula is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.3 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Ula?

In Slovenia, the national register counted 1,618 people named Ula in 2025, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.