Meanings
alternative Fredericka
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, of quite rare usage, masculine equivalent Frederick.
1 more example
And there was the basic yet awful matter of my name, Frederica Hatch, due to the unfortunate coincidence of a maternal grandmother named Frieda, who died six weeks before I was born, and a favorite paternal great-uncle Frederic, who'd been a Freedom Rider at eighty. - - - When I asked if an accidental boy would have been Frederic, they said no. It was Frederica they loved.
2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16
Origin
From Frederick + -a. Compare Danish Frederikke, French Frédérique, German Friederike, and Italian Federica.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish Frederikke
- Frederikkefemale given name
Finnish Riikka
- Riikkafemale given name
French Frédérique
- Frédériquefemale given name
German Friederike
- Friederikefemale given name
Greek Φρειδερίκη
- Φρειδερίκη (Freideríki)female given name
Hungarian Friderika
- Friderikafemale given name
Italian Federica
- Federicafemale given name
Polish Fryderyka
- Fryderykafemale given name
Spanish Federica
- Federicafemale given name
Swedish Fredrika
- Fredrikafemale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Frederica
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Frederica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederica
“Frederica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederica. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frederica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederica.
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