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The first name Ulrica

A girl’s name meaning “ruler of all”, “wolf[like] ruler”.

3 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

Ulrica means “ruler of all”, “wolf[like] ruler”.

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

More names that mean king.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Ulrica at birth, 1880–2025

In 1979, 5 girls born in the United States were named Ulrica, the 11,903rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1967, when 8 were.

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61
babies named Ulrica since 1880
#11,903
rank in 1979
1967
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Ulrica in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

Oldřiška
Czech
Ulrikka
Danish, also Ulrikke
Ulla
Finnish, also Ulriikka
Ulrique
French, also Ulrica
Ulrike
German, also Ulka, Uli
Ulrika
Hungarian
Ulrike
Norwegian, also Ulrikke
Ulryka
Polish
Ульри́ка
Ulʹríka
Russian
Ulrika
Slovak
Ulrika
Swedish, also Ulla

Spelled Ulrica in Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish too.

Questions

What does the name Ulrica mean?
Ulrica means “ruler of all”, “wolf[like] ruler”.
When was Ulrica most popular?
1967 in the United States, when 8 babies were named Ulrica, its highest rank at 5,431st.