Ulla
Ulla is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Ulla is a short form of the first name Ursula common in Germany ; it can also be shortened to Ulrike .
Name bearers
As far as known, the actual first name is given if Ulla is the first name :
- Ulla Berkéwicz (* 1948 as Ursula Schmidt), German actress, writer and publisher
- Ulla van Daelen (* 1962; actually Ursula Gramsch), German harpist
- Ulla Dydo (1925–2017), Swiss / American author, editor and renowned Gertrude Stein expert
- Ulla Hahn (* 1945), German writer
- Ulla Holthoff (* 1958), German sports journalist and former water polo player
- Ulla Jacobsson (1929–1982), Swedish actress, in the German-speaking area Ulla Jacobsen
- Ulla Jelpke (* 1951; actually Ursula Jelpke), German politician (Die Linke)
- Ulla Jessen (* 1946), Danish film actress
- Ulla Lohmann (* 1977), German photojournalist and documentary filmmaker
- Ulla Meinecke (* 1953), German musician
- Ulla Norden (1940-2018), German pop singer
- Ulla Oster (* 1956; actually Ulrike Oster), German jazz musician (double bass, composition)
- Ulla Plener (* 1933), German historian
- Ulla Salzgeber (* 1958; née Helbing), German dressage rider
- Ulla Schmidt (* 1949 as Ursula Radermacher), German politician (SPD)
- Ulla Strand (1943–2007; nee Rasmussen), Danish badminton player
- Ulla Wessels (* 1965), German philosopher with an analytical orientation
- Ursula Pia von Bernus (1913–1998), known as the “black magician” Ulla in the 1980s
Name bearer
- Ulla bar Ishmael (3rd / 4th century), Amora
Companies
- Ulla Popken , fashion retailer
See also
- Ula (Düna) , a left tributary of the Düna in Belarus