Ursula

Origin

Name of a fourth century saint, Latin Ursula, from ursa ("female bear") and -ula (diminutive suffix), meaning "little she-bear".

Full definition of Ursula

Proper noun

1. .
• Shakespeare Ado|III:Scene I:Whisper her ear, and tell her , I and Ursula
  Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse
  Is all of her;
• 1857 Dinah Craik, , Chapter III:"Is her name Ursula?" And I called to mind the little girl who had tried to give some bread to the hungry John Halifax, and whose cry of pain we heard as the door shut upon her. Poor little lady! how sorry I was.

Derived terms

• Ursulian
• Ursuline