Ulrica

Ulrica

English

Alternative forms

• Ullrica, Ullricka (rare)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ulrica

1. A female given name, rare in English.
   • 1819, 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!

   • 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.

Translations

female given name

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

Macedonian: (please verify) Ulrika (Ulrika) Norwegian: Ulrike, Ulrikke (no) Polish: Ulryka (pl) Portuguese: Ulrica Russian: Ульри́ка f (Ulʹríka) Slovak: Ulrika Spanish: Ulrica Swedish: Ulrika (sv), Ulla (sv)

Anagrams

• Uralic, curial, lauric, uracil

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Ulrica f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Ulrica

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Spanish

Proper noun

Ulrica f

1. A female given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ulrica c (genitive Ulricas)

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