Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 Ulla
/OOL · ah/
Meaning
“Will or determination”
Old Norse and Germanic feminine name meaning 'will' or 'determination'; deeply embedded in Scandinavian naming tradition and common in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.
Nicknames
ulle · ulka
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Classic Scandinavian name; feels rooted rather than trendy, though it peaks with older generations.
The cultural moment.
Common in Scandinavia from the early 20th century through the 1970s; less frequent for newborns since the 1990s.