Danish

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.

Faroese

Proper noun

Ulla f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Ulla, from Ulrika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈulːɑ]
• Hyphenation: 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 (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.

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ulla

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 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.

Icelandic

Verb

ulla ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ullaði, supine ullað)

1. to stick one's tongue out

   Það er dónalegt að ulla!

   It's rude to stick your tongue out!

Synonyms

• (to stick one's tongue out): reka út úr sér tunguna

Derived terms

• ull

Latin

Adjective

ūlla

1. nominative feminine singular of ūllus
2. nominative neuter plural of ūllus
3. accusative neuter plural of ūllus
4. vocative feminine singular of ūllus
5. vocative neuter plural of ūllus

ūllā

1. ablative feminine singular of ūllus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ullen

Noun

ulla m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ull

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ulla f

1. definite singular of ull