The baby name Ule is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OO-leh (IPA: /ˈuːlə/).
Ule is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Ule is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OO-leh (IPA: /ˈuːlə/).
Ule is Germanic in Origin.
Ule is a compact Germanic diminutive used in northern Europe, especially in Low German and Frisian, as a pet form of names beginning with Ul-. Most commonly it shortens Ulrich/Ulrik (from Old High German uodal 'ancestral estate' + rihhi 'ruler, powerful'), yielding the sense 'ruler of the ancestral land'. In some dialects it also abbreviates Ulf/Ulfr, the Old Norse word for 'wolf', so the name can carry either leadership or animal-strength connotations depending on the source.
As a given name, Ule has been sporadically recorded in northern Germany, Frisian regions of the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, though it is more typical as a nickname. Related and regional variants include Uli/Ulli (Standard German), Ueli (Swiss German), and Ulle (a Swedish/Norwegian nickname). Full-name counterparts are Ulrich/Ulrik (masculine) and Ulrike/Ulrika (feminine).
Ule is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 98 times, across 26 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #167 | 1 | 3,171 |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| MX | 0 | #444 | 2 | 8,339 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #555 | 6 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #860 | 6 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #966 | 17 | 16,355 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #994 | 8 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,247 | 8 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,604 | 11 | 28,008 |
Ule is popular in 26 countries — most recent births per country:
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