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Ursula (female)

Pet Name(s):Uschi (F)
Masculine form:Urs (M)
   
Source(s): English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, German and Scandinavian, a diminutive of  Latin "she-bear".

Ursula is itself found in old documents in Latin, with appropriate case endings.

Uschi is a German pet name
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