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Sula
WDYT of Sula?It used to be used a little bit in the US, more than 100 years ago.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/sula/top?submitted=yes
Could be a diminutive of Ursula? - I don't know.
Seems to have been most popular near the peak of Lula's popularity though.Can you imagine it as a rediscovered baby name today?
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It's alright but I prefer Ursula.
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If it's SOO-la, rhyming with Lula, then I guess it was also partly popular because of Susie. The etymology could be related to Ursula, Sulo, Sulev, súil*, Selah, Susie? But my main namey sound associations would be Sulla (the Roman), Suleyman and Tula / Toula. I think it reminds me of "Siúil a Rúin" also, but that'd be more like Shula, which I haven't really heard as a name.Yeah, I could see it as a modern name. Why not. It even seems like it could be unisex to me. I think it fits in OK with Selah, Lola, Sole, Oona, Arlo, Luca, Remy, Soren.

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I like it
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My first association would be with Toni Morrison - which isn't a bad association by any means.I could see it as a diminutive of Ursula, or maybe just a pet name in general for other names with "S" and "L" sounds as part of them.I don't necessarily like it and I don't see it being likely to be rediscovered as a baby name today. Then again, I would never have predicted the meteoric rise of Eleanor as a given name in the US today, so my predictions are basically worth nil.
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I think it's lovely and subtly melodic. I like it as a nickname for Ursula or, perhaps less intuitively, for Susanna. I think it could also stand on its own.
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Toni Morrison had a book called "Sula" about a woman of that name.
It just sounds like a couple of syllables put together, and not in an especially attractie way. The first sound just isn't pleasant. Sullen, sewer, sully, just ... no.
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I like it but it reminds me too much of the Toni Morrison novel.
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It is intriguing, though I'm bothered that it reminds me of the Finnish word "sula", meaning "molten, melted". I don't think it will get as popular Lula: even Zula has a better shot to become trendy again in my opinion.
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I'd assume a modern Sula would be named after the Toni Morrison character.
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I don't like it. It's sounds like a witch's name to me. I prefer Ursula even if there's the Disney character named Ursula the sea witch (her alter ego name is Vanessa). I also prefer Lula or even Lulabelle.
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