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What does Sula mean?
Sula 
as a girls' name has its root in Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Sula is "peace; little she-bear". Sula is an alternate spelling of Shulamith (Hebrew): composer Shulamit Ran. Sula is also a variation of Ursula (Scandinavian, Latin).
Variations
VARIANT Seula
RELATED FORMS VIA SHULAMITH, URSULA Orsa, Shula, Ulla, Ursa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sula Myra (S.M.), ..
How popular is Sula?
Sula is a rare first name for females but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#46240 out of 150436, Top 31%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Sula reached its highest rank of #655 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
The only other popular varying form of Sula ranked in the Top 2000 is Ursula. These forms of Sula were popular as baby names a century ago, but now, the version Ursula has become somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Sula is alike in pronunciation to Ceila, Cela, Celia▼, Cili, Cilia, Cilla, Salli, Sally▼, Seelia, Seila, Selia, Selie, Siliya, Sillia, Silya, Suelo, Sylwia, Xyla, Xylia, Zalia, Zelia, Zila, Zilla, Zoela and Zola▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ayla▲, Beula, Byla, Dela, Dila, Ela, Eula▼, Fila, Gala, Giula, Huela, Iola▼, Jola, Lala, Lela▼, Lila▲, Lula▼, Myla▲, Nola, Nula, Nyla▲, Ola▼, Oula, Pola, Sal, Salma▲, Sana, Sara▼, Selda, Selma▼, Sena▼, Sera, Shela, Shila, Shura, Shyla, Sile, Silja, Simla, Sina, Skyla▲, Suse, Susi, Suze, Sylva, Syma, Tola, Tula, Tulla and Yula. These names tend to be more frequently used than Sula.
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