Ulrica

English

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Alternative forms

• rare: Ullrica, Ullricka

Etymology

A feminine form of the male given name Ulric ( German Ulrich), Germanic for "ruler of all" or "wolf ruler" or "wolf power".

Proper noun

Ulrica

1. A female given name, always rare in English.
   • 1819 - Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, chapter XXX

     Farewell, Front-de-Boeuf! — May Mista, Skogula, and Zernebock, gods of the ancient Saxons – fiends, as the priests now call them – supply the place of comforters at your dying bed, which Ulrica now relinquishes!

1. • 1975 - Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "Ulrica"

     "Forever is a word forbidden to men," asserted Ulrica and, to lighten the emphasis, she asked me to repeat my name, which she had not caught. "Javier Otárola," I told her. She tried to repeat it and couldn't. I failed, equally, with the name Ulrikke.

Related terms

• diminutives: Rica, Rika, Ricka, Ricki, Rickie, Ricky, Rikki, Rikkie, Rikky

Translations

female given name

Czech: Oldřiška (cs) f. Danish: Ulrikka, Ulrikke Dutch: Ulrica, Ulrika, Ulrike, Ulrikka Finnish: Ulla (fi) French: Ulrique, Ulrica German: Ulrike, Ulka, Uli, Rica Hungarian: Ulrika (hu) Italian: Ulrica (it)

Macedonian: Ulrika Norwegian: Ulrike (no), Ulrikke (no) Polish: Ulryka (pl) Portuguese: Ulrica (pt) Slovak: Ulrika (sk) Spanish: Ulrica (es) Swedish: Ulrika (sv), Ulla (sv)

Anagrams

• curial
• lauric
• uracil
• Uralic

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ulrica

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Ulrika.