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.
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