Ursule

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Du latin Ursula, diminutif de ursus, « ours »

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/yʁsyl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ursule is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. In Congo - Brazzaville it is the 44th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 149K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 3.3K
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 12K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
120 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Brazzaville, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in French

Du latin Ursula, diminutif de ursus, « ours ».

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ursule counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ursule is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#809≈3,500 est.≈1 in 29K1Ursule7
CM Cameroon#935≈2,400 est.≈1 in 12K—Ursule13
CG Congo - Brazzaville#44≈1,600 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Ursule3
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈670 est.≈1 in 41K—Ursule3
FR France—≈460 est.≈1 in 149K2.1KUrsule120
BJ Benin#941≈260 est.≈1 in 50K—Ursule8
NL Netherlands—161 in 1.1M16——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ursule is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Uršulė

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Uršulė

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Uršulė

  • Lithuanian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, United States

    Also written Uršulė, Uršule

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Ürsüle

26 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ursule 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.

  • In French, Du latin Ursula, diminutif de ursa, «ourse».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Origine latine, de ursa « ourse ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Ursule Daniche, b. 1742Ursule Boze, b. 1771Ursule Feydeau de Vaugien, b. 1776Fortunée Briquet, b. 1782Amile-Ursule Guillebaud, b. 1800Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, b. 1808Salima Machamba, b. 1874Ursule Wibaut, b. 1887Ursule Molinaro, b. 1916Ursule Wong, b. 1976

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Ursule,Hi Ursule, (English)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Ursule
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)19652.1K#1,112
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—16#16,901
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)194410#490
CD Congo - KinshasaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#946
FR FranceDictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009)———
FR FranceLe Grand Guide des Prénoms———
CD Congo - KinshasaWGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Ursule have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Ursule in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ursule.
How do you pronounce Ursule?
A machine transcription gives /yʁsyl/ (IPA) for French.
What does the name Ursule mean?
Recorded meaning: Du latin Ursula, diminutif de ursus, « ours ».
Is Ursule a male or female name?
Ursule is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Ursule?
In the etymology graph, Ursula and Ursella are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Ursule?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 16 people named Ursule, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Ursule compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Ursule is the 809th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ursule” — the 809th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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