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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Urso m. Latin ursus '(he-)bear'.

The name of a 3rd C martyr and two 6th C French and Italian saints.

England
Latin
1185x1186 Ursi (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 20
France
Latin
1090x1101 Urso (nom) CartStPC XLIII; 1107 Ursone (abl) ibid. XVII; c1140 Urso (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XCVIII
628 Ursinus (nom) DCEL-2 CCXLV; 697 Ursinus (nom) ibid. Add. IX
Middle French
1567 Ursin RegPCC-1 p. 299
Italy
Latin
994 Ursoni (dat) RCI-Cam1 4
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Urso". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Urso.