Entry № 462 · Akkadian origin

Gula Gula — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GOO-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Akkadian
Meaning
"Babylonian goddess of healing (with sacred dog)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Akkadian)

A name that means "babylonian goddess of healing (with sacred dog)".

Gula is from the Akkadian/Sumerian Gula (the great one). 1400 BCE) is one of the longest preserved Mesopotamian theological hymns and a document of ancient medical religious practice; her cult predated and influenced subsequent healing deities including the Greek Asclepius and the Roman Aesculapius. Princess Gula — modern revival naming.

Babylonian goddess of healing.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒄖𒆷
Transliteration
Gula
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡuː.lə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Gula stands.

Gula does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gulas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Gula
Babylonian healing goddess.

Names connected to Gula.

The number behind Gula.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gula reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.