Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Federica is a romanization of فدریکا. فدریکا comes from Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Federica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 274
- 0 boys · 274 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,367 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,367 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 863 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Federica’s family of names
In Italian usage, Federica has a diminutive in Chicca. In Italian usage, Federica shares a linguistic root with the English form Frederica. In Italian usage, Federica has a conventional equivalent in the German form Friederike.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Federica has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Federica
- Federica MogheriniItalian politician, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairsborn 1973
- Federica MontsenySpanish politician, anarchist, intellectual and writer (1905–1994)
- Frederica of HanoverQueen consort of Greece as the wife of King Paul; daughter of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953)1917–1981
- Federica PellegriniItalian swimmer (1988)
- Federica BrignoneWorld Cup alpine ski racer from Italyborn 1990
- Frederica Louisa of Hesse-DarmstadtQueen consort of Prussia1751–1805
- Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of OrangeConsort of Prince William V of Orange (1751-1820)
- Princess Friederike of Hesse-DarmstadtGerman noble (1752-1782)
- Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-DarmstadtPrincess of Hesse-Darmstadt and of Hesse-Kassel1698–1777
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