Ursula was actually pretty common in medieval England Princess Ursula was the daughter of Cecily Neville and Richard Plantagenet Duke of York although she sadly died young. Another famous bearer was the English medieval soothsayer and fortune teller from Knaresborough Yorkshire Mother Shipton born Ursula Shipton and gave her predictions from a cave or grotto in the countryside and her predictions for the future are still pretty well known down to the modern day in England.
Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21,1929 - January 22, 2018) was an American novelist. She's best known for her works of speculative fiction, and her Earthsea fantasy series.Le Guin was the first woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel following the release of The Left Hand of Darkness in 1969. Le Guin would go on to win 7 more Hugos and receive numerous accolades throughout her career.
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Though the popular association with this name is the villan in the Little Mermaid, it always reminds me of the poor little girl, Ursula Sunshine Assaid, who's tragic death was covered in the media back in the early 80's. So every time I hear it I always think of the image of a sweet little girl.
I'm one of many who have not been able to hear this name without thinking of the sea witch from the film "The Little Mermaid". As I have grown older, I have grown to like it more, but for a long time this name scared me.
Another famous bearer was the English medieval soothsayer and fortune teller from Knaresborough Yorkshire Mother Shipton born Ursula Shipton and gave her predictions from a cave or grotto in the countryside and her predictions for the future are still pretty well known down to the modern day in England.