Given name
Ulrica
“wolf ruler; ruler of all”·“having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler”
Ulrica is a feminine form of Ulric. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Original GermanRica
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Ulrica carries the interpretation “wolf ruler; ruler of all.” Ulrica is a feminine form of Ulric. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Ulrica is used as a feminine counterpart of Ulric.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulrica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 0 boys · 61 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 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.
Ulrica’s family of names
Ulrica is a feminine form of Ulric. In English usage, Ulrica has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ulrike. Ulrica has a related form in Ulrike.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ulrica has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulrica
- Ulrica Hydman VallienSwedish artist and painter (1938-2018)
- Ulrica LindströmOlympic ice hockey playerborn 1979
- Ulrica MessingSwedish politicianborn 1968
- Ulrica PerssonSwedish female cross-country skierborn 1975
- Ulrica ArfvidssonSwedish fortune-teller (1734-1801)
- Ulrica Catharina StrombergSwedish courtier (1710–1777)
- Ulrica SchenströmSwedish communicator and politician1972–2025
- Ulrica WilsonAfrican-American mathematician
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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