There are multiple origins and translations for the name Ulan:
1. Turkic (Kazakh ұлан, Karachay-Balkar улан, etc) name-forming which actually means - "son (Ul); youth; lad; the young man; hobbler, horse warrior; rider; wind".
2. Byryat or Kalmyk (Улан) from Mongolian Ulaan semantics - "red; ruby".
Ulan-Ude="red Ude (midday)".
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