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It's alright but I prefer Ursula.

If it's SOO-la, rhyming with Lula, then I guess it was also partly popular because of Susie. The etymology could be related to Ursula, Sulo, Sulev, súil*, Selah, Susie? But my main namey sound associations would be Sulla (the Roman), Suleyman and Tula / Toula. I think it reminds me of "Siúil a Rúin" also, but that'd be more like Shula, which I haven't really heard as a name.

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Yeah, I could see it as a modern name. Why not. It even seems like it could be unisex to me. I think it fits in OK with Selah, Lola, Sole, Oona, Arlo, Luca, Remy, Soren.

This message was edited 7/25/2022, 8:22 PM

I like it

My first association would be with Toni Morrison - which isn't a bad association by any means.

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I could see it as a diminutive of Ursula, or maybe just a pet name in general for other names with "S" and "L" sounds as part of them.

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I don't necessarily like it and I don't see it being likely to be rediscovered as a baby name today. Then again, I would never have predicted the meteoric rise of Eleanor as a given name in the US today, so my predictions are basically worth nil.

I think it's lovely and subtly melodic. I like it as a nickname for Ursula or, perhaps less intuitively, for Susanna. I think it could also stand on its own.

Toni Morrison had a book called "Sula" about a woman of that name.
It just sounds like a couple of syllables put together, and not in an especially attractie way. The first sound just isn't pleasant. Sullen, sewer, sully, just ... no.

I like it but it reminds me too much of the Toni Morrison novel.

It is intriguing, though I'm bothered that it reminds me of the Finnish word "sula", meaning "molten, melted". I don't think it will get as popular Lula: even Zula has a better shot to become trendy again in my opinion.

I'd assume a modern Sula would be named after the Toni Morrison character.

I don't like it. It's sounds like a witch's name to me. I prefer Ursula even if there's the Disney character named Ursula the sea witch (her alter ego name is Vanessa). I also prefer Lula or even Lulabelle.