Ugla

loc · Latin script

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

Ugla is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iceland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 781K
  • SESweden1 in 10M

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.

Iceland (measured from records)

27 people, 2026

Sources
6 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Uğla in TR Türkiye, SY Syria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Ugla: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Ugla
  1. Old Norseugla“owl”(measured from records)
  2. Proto-Germanic*uwwalǭcompare English owl(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*up-(measured from records)

From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Sources 2

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ugla 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 Ugla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IS Iceland271 in 13K27——
SY Syria≈25 est.≈1 in 781K—Uğla5
TR Türkiye≈7 est.≈1 in 12M—Uğla5
SE Sweden11 in 10M1——
DK Denmark——5——

27 people counted by Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry), 2026. 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: Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Ugla is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Uğla

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Uğla

  • Russian name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia

    Also written Угла, Uğla

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Uğla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Uğla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Uğla

31 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)

Ugla 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 Norwegian Nynorsk, definite feminine singular of ugle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Serbo-Croatian, genitive singular of ugao

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Ugla
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—5#60,592

Reference works 4

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

What does the name Ugla mean, and where does it come from?
From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Danish ugle), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ ‘eagle-owl’ (compare… Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
In which country does Ugla have the most bearers?
In Iceland, the national register counted about 27 people named Ugla, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Ugla most common?
Ugla is densest in Iceland, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ugla?
In Iceland, the national register counted 27 people named Ugla in 2026, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

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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, “Ugla”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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