Ulrica

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proper noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.

    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!

    1819, Walter Scott, chapter XXX, in Ivanhoe
    1 more example

    "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.

    1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “Ulrica”, in The Book of Sand

Origin

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

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Translations

Czech Oldřiška
  • Oldřiškafemale given name
Danish Ulrikka, Ulrikke
  • Ulrikkafemale given name
  • Ulrikkefemale given name
Dutch Ulrica, Ulrika
  • Ulricafemale given name
  • Ulrikafemale given name
  • Ulrikefemale given name
  • Ulrikkafemale given name
Finnish Ulla, Ulriikka
  • Ullafemale given name
  • Ulriikkafemale given name
French Ulrique, Ulrica
  • Ulriquefemale given name
  • Ulricafemale given name
German Ulrike, Ulka
  • Ulrikefemale given name
  • Ulkafemale given name
  • Ulifemale given name
  • Ricafemale given name
Hungarian Ulrika
  • Ulrikafemale given name
Italian Ulrica
  • Ulricafemale given name
Norwegian Ulrike, Ulrikke
  • Ulrikefemale given name
  • Ulrikkefemale given name
Polish Ulryka
  • Ulrykafemale given name
Portuguese Ulrica
  • Ulricafemale given name
Russian Ульри́ка
  • Ульри́ка (Ulʹríka)female given name
Slovak Ulrika
  • Ulrikafemale given name
Spanish Ulrica
  • Ulricafemale given name
Swedish Ulrika, Ulla
  • Ulrikafemale given name
  • Ullafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Ulrica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulrica

MLA

“Ulrica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulrica. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ulrica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulrica.

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