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[Facts] "Zula"
interesting theory on "Zula", but i don't think it's correct for all occurences. my Cajun-Sicilian grandmother (born ~1920) has that name after her Sicilian great aunt who had it as a nickname. no one still living in my family (including my grandmother) knows where it comes from, but "Zulu" seems an unlikely origin in this case. as a side note, the mfkane history theory is now generally believed to have been invented by South African whites to justify northward expansion, and the personality of Shaka himself is thought by many to have been invented for this purpose.
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Well there goes my Zula=Sulla theory :)As soon as I heard the name "zula" the name "Sulla" sprang to mind at once!
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By the way, Sulla took an extra surname later onTaken from Britannia.comTaken from Britannia.comLucius Cornelius Sulla (Felix),
b. 138 BC d. 78 BC, Puteoli [Pozzuoli], near Naples
victor in the first full-scale civil war in Roman history (88-82 BC) and subsequently dictator (82-79), who carried out notable constitutional reforms in an attempt to strengthen the Roman Republic during the last century of its existence. In late 82 he assumed the name Felix in belief in his own luck.It looks like great Roman leaders had an affection for names too.
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