Wórša

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Wórša ( IPA: 'u̯ʊʀʃa ) is a female given name. It is the Upper Sorbian form of the name Ursula.

variants

Worša, Wuršula (both documented for the 17th century)
Woršula (literary)

For more information on the name, see the main article Ursula .

Well-known namesake

Jěwa Wórša Lanzyna (* 1928), Sorbian painter, graphic artist and ceramicist
Wórša Šołćic (* 1932), Sorbian author
Wórša Wićazowa (* 1949), Sorbian author

Individual evidence

↑ Walter Wenzel : Studies on Sorbian personal names. Part I: Systematic presentation. Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, 1987. pp. 99-100.
^ Otfried Preussler : Krabat. Würzburg: Arena, 1971.

Web links

Upper Sorbian Wiktionary: Wórša