Ulla

See also: ulla, úlla, and Úlla

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish Ulla. Diminutive form of Ulrikke.

Proper noun

Ulla

1. a female given name

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 468 females with the given name Ulla have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish Ulla.

Proper noun

Ulla

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Ulla f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Ulla: Ulluson
• daughter of Ulla: Ulludóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ulla
accusative	Ullu
dative	Ullu
genitive	Ullu

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Ulla, from Ulrika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulːɑ/, [ˈulːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ul‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Ul‧la

Proper noun

Ulla

1. a female given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 14 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     VAIMO. Etkö tunne enään minua? Olenhan minä Ulla, sinun vaimos.

     WIFE: Don't you know me any more? I'm Ulla, your wife.

   • 1922, Anni Swan, Pikkupappilassa, WSOY, published 1966, pages 138–139:

     Siinä seisoo Ulrik Schöring itse ilmi elävänä ratsastuspiiska kädessä ja katselee häntä viattomana kuin kapalovauva. Ulla kohosi istumaan ja loi petturiin niin musertavan katseen kuin ikinä saattoi.
     —Ulla, sinä et tervehtinyt serkkuasi, sanoo rikollinen ja kohtaa röyhkeästi tytön leimuavan katseen.
     Ei vastausta.
     —Mehän olemme kaimoja.

     There stood Ulrik Schöring himself alive and well with a riding whip in one hand, and staring upon her innocently like a swaddled baby. Ulla rose up to sit and cast upon the traitor as crushing of a gaze as she ever could.
     —Ulla, you didn't greet your cousin, the criminal says and imprudently meets the girl's fiery gaze.
     No response.
     —We share the same name.

Declension

Inflection of Ulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Ulla	Ullat
genitive		Ullan	Ullien
partitive		Ullaa	Ullia
illative		Ullaan	Ulliin
		singular	plural
nominative		Ulla	Ullat
accusative	nom.	Ulla	Ullat
	gen.	Ullan
genitive		Ullan	Ullien Ullain rare
partitive		Ullaa	Ullia
inessive		Ullassa	Ullissa
elative		Ullasta	Ullista
illative		Ullaan	Ulliin
adessive		Ullalla	Ullilla
ablative		Ullalta	Ullilta
allative		Ullalle	Ullille
essive		Ullana	Ullina
translative		Ullaksi	Ulliksi
abessive		Ullatta	Ullitta
instructive		—	Ullin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ullani Ullani accusative nom. Ullani Ullani gen. Ullani genitive Ullani Ullieni Ullaini rare partitive Ullaani Ulliani inessive Ullassani Ullissani elative Ullastani Ullistani illative Ullaani Ulliini adessive Ullallani Ullillani ablative Ullaltani Ulliltani allative Ullalleni Ullilleni essive Ullanani Ullinani translative Ullakseni Ullikseni abessive Ullattani Ullittani instructive — — comitative — Ullineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ullasi Ullasi accusative nom. Ullasi Ullasi gen. Ullasi genitive Ullasi Ulliesi Ullaisi rare partitive Ullaasi Ulliasi inessive Ullassasi Ullissasi elative Ullastasi Ullistasi illative Ullaasi Ulliisi adessive Ullallasi Ullillasi ablative Ullaltasi Ulliltasi allative Ullallesi Ullillesi essive Ullanasi Ullinasi translative Ullaksesi Ulliksesi abessive Ullattasi Ullittasi instructive — — comitative — Ullinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ullamme Ullamme accusative nom. Ullamme Ullamme gen. Ullamme genitive Ullamme Ulliemme Ullaimme rare partitive Ullaamme Ulliamme inessive Ullassamme Ullissamme elative Ullastamme Ullistamme illative Ullaamme Ulliimme adessive Ullallamme Ullillamme ablative Ullaltamme Ulliltamme allative Ullallemme Ullillemme essive Ullanamme Ullinamme translative Ullaksemme Ulliksemme abessive Ullattamme Ullittamme instructive — — comitative — Ullinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ullanne Ullanne accusative nom. Ullanne Ullanne gen. Ullanne genitive Ullanne Ullienne Ullainne rare partitive Ullaanne Ullianne inessive Ullassanne Ullissanne elative Ullastanne Ullistanne illative Ullaanne Ulliinne adessive Ullallanne Ullillanne ablative Ullaltanne Ulliltanne allative Ullallenne Ullillenne essive Ullananne Ullinanne translative Ullaksenne Ulliksenne abessive Ullattanne Ullittanne instructive — — comitative — Ullinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ullansa Ullansa accusative nom. Ullansa Ullansa gen. Ullansa genitive Ullansa Ulliensa Ullainsa rare partitive Ullaansa Ulliaan Ulliansa inessive Ullassaan Ullassansa Ullissaan Ullissansa elative Ullastaan Ullastansa Ullistaan Ullistansa illative Ullaansa Ulliinsa adessive Ullallaan Ullallansa Ullillaan Ullillansa ablative Ullaltaan Ullaltansa Ulliltaan Ulliltansa allative Ullalleen Ullallensa Ullilleen Ullillensa essive Ullanaan Ullanansa Ullinaan Ullinansa translative Ullakseen Ullaksensa Ullikseen Ulliksensa abessive Ullattaan Ullattansa Ullittaan Ullittansa instructive — — comitative — Ullineen Ullinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• Ulla-Maija
• Ullanlinna

Statistics

• Ulla is the 38^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 16,000 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,309 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Galician

Alternative forms

• Ulha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested as Ulla in Classical Latin (Pomponius Mela) and as Ulia during the Middle Ages. From a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lHyeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuʎɐ]

Proper noun

Ulla m

1. a river in Galicia, Spain
   1. a village in Maceda parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
   2. a village in Berres parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
2. a toponymical surname

Derived terms

• Antas de Ulla
• Ponte Ulla
• Ribadulla
• ullao
• Ulloa

See also

• Ulla on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Ulla” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Ulla” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ulia

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lH-yeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

Proper noun

Ulla m sg (genitive Ullae); first declension

1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, still called this way

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ulla
genitive	Ullae
dative	Ullae
accusative	Ullam
ablative	Ullā
vocative	Ulla

References

• Bascuas López, Edelmiro (1999). “Ulla, Veleia y otros derivados de la raíz indoeuropea wel- ‘hacer girar’”, in Veleia, 16, pp. 159-216.
• “Ulla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ulla”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Ulrika. First recorded in Sweden in 1771. Later also used as a pet form of Ursula and Hulda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɵla/

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Proper noun

Ulla c (genitive Ullas)

1. a female given name
   • 1790, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans epistel n:o 71:

     Ulla, min Ulla, säj, får jag dig bjuda
     rödaste smultron i mjölk och vin

     Ulla, my Ulla, say may I offer you
     reddest strawberries in milk and wine

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 61 989 females with the given name Ulla living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.