Comments for the name Ursula

Ursula is really an elegant name! It reminds me of a tall, delicate, blonde or dark-haired woman and Ursula K. Le Guin the arthor!

Ursula is a nice enough name in and of itself, but I can't hear it without thinking of the villainess in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"; that's where I first heard it.

Ursula is a pretty name, but reminds my of the sea witch on The Little Mermaid. :(

I've got a friend Ursula, but we just call her Ursh because it's difficult to pronounce. I think it's a cool name. Urshie?

Famous bearer: Ursula Andress.

Ursula is the name of Phoebe's twin sister on the sitcom Friends, both characters are played by Lisa Kudrow.

Ursula Flint married Hogwarts headmaster Phineus Nigellus Black they had five children.

My name is Urša. It's another version of the name. It's average where I come from.

Interesting what Amarillana wrote about the Slovenian name Ursa (can't write it correctly on my keyboard.) Yrsa is a very uncommon name in Sweden, thanks to that comment I've managed to find out it is related to Ursula.

Ursula Stanhope is the main female character in the Disney movie "George of the Jungle."

Wasn't Ursula the name of the evil woman in the Little Mermaid? If my memory serves me correct, I think it was.

I'm one of many who have not been able to hear this name without thinking of the sea witch from the film "The Little Mermaid". As I have grown older, I have grown to like it more, but for a long time this name scared me.

Another famous bearer is Ursula LeGuin, the great science fiction writer. Two of her novels wone both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards.

Nothing of elegance, grace or sophistication can enter my mind at the sound of Ursula, entirely because of the Little Mermaid.

Though the popular association with this name is the villan in the Little Mermaid, it always reminds me of the poor little girl, Ursula Sunshine Assaid, who's tragic death was covered in the media back in the early 80's. So every time I hear it I always think of the image of a sweet little girl.

Can also be pronounced URS-la, urs like the other pronunciations, not like yours.

My mum's name is Ursula, and she can't stand people pronouncing it 'URSH-ula', she pronounces it 'URS-ula'. Also she hates to be called 'Ursh' or 'Urshie'.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Ursula here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

I like the name. I think it is strong and beautiful.

Ursula is a model for the gameshow Deal or No Deal.

It is a very special name, but unfortunately people don't name their children like this anymore. It has something noble and so strangely feminine.

Nope, can't say I like it very much. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Sounds like a witch's name. Of course, I might be heavily influenced by the Little Mermaid lol, but it just doesn't sound like a good name, especially through childhood. Poor kid would get teased to beat the band. Honestly, can you imagine a mother cooing at her toddler and being like "Peekaboo, Ursula!"

I can very easily picture that.

Ursula is a fine name, gorgeous but not in the obvious way.

For some reason I've always liked this name. I can't figure out why!

I only saw The Little Mermaid a few times as a child (it was one of the few Disney movies I didn't own), and I barely remember the witch, so I associate it instead with the beautiful Ursula Andress. I rather like the name, and in response to another comment, I really CAN hear someone cooing to their little Ursula. I think it's a nice, normal Latinate sort name without cartoon associations, and while it's not one of my favorites, I like it.

There is the artist Ursula Vernon, a very nice, witty, and talented lady who paints surreal fruit and animals and clockwork.

Ursula is a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

I adore the name Ursula. It's at the very top of our list along with Wilhelmina - both very rarely used in Australia! I tire of the Little Mermaid comments - with sons called Felix and Theodore, it's obvious popular culture doesn't affect my love of certain names. :) Then again that movie came along after my childhood. Associations are very powerful, but if I were to have a daughter Ursula, the tots of 2010 would not be aware of it. Their parents may.

The English pronunciation of this name is horrible. The name should be pronounced ''OOR-syu-lah'' in English, then it would sound pretty. This is a pretty cool name despite the negative associations to the Little Mermaid, but I wouldn't use a saint name. Not if I can avoid it. Either way, this name sounds nicely unusual, but not totally weird.

In England the pronunciation is "Ursyuhla", with a definite 'y' glide after the 's'.

I prefer this pronunciation to the American one. It's an alright name, I associate it more with Ursula Andress than The Little Mermaid.

I like this name, considering it's one of the few girls' names starting with U that's well-known. But why isn't it more popular? Guess the Little Mermaid was too much for this beautiful name! I guess people don't want to use names like this on their daughters and instead want to use crap like Madison (barf) or Kendall (gag).

I think Ursula is a really elegant, lovely name. I still do associate with with the sea witch, but I can separate it I guess. I love Ursulie, the cute French version even more, and am surprised there's no listing for it. Ursuline is also rather nice.

I really don't like this name. It looks and sounds ugly.

No matter how this name was pronounced, it'd still be ugly.

I first heard this name from the sea witch in The Little Mermaid; although I like this name and it's quite pretty and you don't see too many names that start with a "U", I can't stop thinking of the evil woman from the movie. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Eew. I hate this name. There's something about the the two u's that makes this name sound simply ugly. Not to mention the famous seawitch impressions.

I first encountered this name at an impressionable age when I first watched The Little Mermaid. This became my favorite Disney princess movie, so this name is now, unfortunately, synonymous with the sea witch. If I try really, really hard, I can get some elegance out of it, but I just don't get it. No offense to the real Ursulas out there; it's just what happens with first impressions!

My great-grandmother's name! Not really my favourite name, but it's rare and kind of neat. Ursula. Well, I don't know, I think I just don't like the letter "U". Still not my favourite, but it could be cute on the right person!

It's not a bad SOUNDING name, but apparently it means She-Bear? That paired with Ursula the sea witch makes it difficult to picture anyone under 200 pounds with this name.

I love my middle name so much I used to go by it, and still usually sign my name with my middle name included. For a long time I even wanted to name my first daughter Urszula (using the Polish spelling to tell us apart). I like that it's pretty much a universal name, with equivalents in a lot of other languages and cultures.

I don't see why some inconsequential cartoon movie from 20 years ago should suddenly matter more to some people than thousands of years of positive history and associations. (I have the same issue with why a lot of people hate the name Damien.) My parents chose my middle name in honor of one of the characters in the D. H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow.

Ursula is also the name of a vampire in one of the new vampire chronicles by Anne Rice.

Weird, but I'd rather meet someone with this than McKenzie and Caylee.

I have never liked this name, but it still reminds me of a very classy lady.

I really like this name; I don't know it's just different, and plus there aren't many U names that sound intelligible. I think it's just a really lovely name, and definitely usable on any age. :)

I think Ursula is quite beautiful. It DOES remind me of that devious, octopus witch from the Little Mermaid, but not entirely. As others have said, I believe it's sophisticated and original. Plus it would age well, from childhood to adulthood.

Even with "The Little Mermaid" as one of my favorite Disney Movies growing up, I still loved the sound of the sea witch's name, Ursula. In fact, I remember thinking as a child, "Why does the sea witch have a prettier name than the mermaid?" (Not to say that I don't like Ariel--it's a very nice name! But I actually prefer Ariella.) Then again, I was a weird child, and for some reason I liked the Disney villains' names: Ursula; and from Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty," I briefly had a fascination with the name Millicent; and in Cinderella, her two stepsisters were Anastasia and Drizella (which at the time I thought was Drusilla) so I named the two plants in our living room Anastasia and Drusilla. I know, I was a weird kid--although I also loved Anastasia because of the Russian princess--but still.
Long story short (too late), I've loved the name Ursula for most of my life.

This name is pronounced in British English as "UR-syə-lə", which the webmaster should add to the main page sometime. [noted -ed]

Ursula Stephens (b 1954) is an Australian politician. She is a senator with the Australian Labor Party. She was born in Ireland.

I think this name sounds very exotic and rather kinky.

Weird and ugly. Put this name at the bottom of the list of names in the world.

This name is not particularly nice sounding for me, mainly because of the harsh 'urs' sound in the beginning. Love the meaning though, 'little bear'.

Spanish pronunciation is wrongly stated. It's OOR-soo-lah (emphasis on the 1st syllable). [noted -ed]

I'm sorry but this has got to be the worst name ever! I think it is the ugliest girls name and please do not torture your child calling them this disgustingness!

Ursula of Austria (1541-1543), ninth daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She died young.

I always thought the name Ursula was a little hard done by, I don't mind it at all.

Ursula Nordstrom, author of the book "The Secret Language," bore this name.

I used to think this name was really really ugly. Now I realize that's probably because of The Little Mermaid. I don't know if I would like it or not if The Littler Mermaid association wasn't there. I guess the sound is kind of nice, but I just can get the evil octopus picture out of my head...

Ethereal and elegant name - with a lot of history. Better than Mackenzie and Madison any day!

Ursula is a really regal and classy name also I love the history and really do plan on naming my daughter this but don't think people is going to forget the little mermaid, first off Disney movies lives forever for example sleeping beauty was made in the 1950's and people still watch it. So yeah there always going to have this childhood stigma to it but what name don't? But it has this cool elegant witchy feel to it that makes it worth while and it's less likely that this name is going to be popular. If you do have a daughter with this name then read the original version of the story before showing the movie so she can understand.