Meaning and background
The story behind Ula
Ula is an established affectionate short form of the feminine names Urszula in Polish and Uršula in Slovene, as recorded by an edited onomastic reference. The spellings of those longer names reflect their own languages, and similar-looking words elsewhere need not have the same history. Its two-syllable form is convenient as a call name, but it should not be assigned every proposed translation found on informal name sites.
- Origin
- Polish diminutive of Urszula, or Slovene diminutive of Uršula; forms of Ursula. Source
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About Ula
Recorded as a dog’s name
Ula appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/julə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
View dictionary notation
/julə/ · primary stress on syllable 1Y UW1 L AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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