Frederica (given name)
Frederica is a feminine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is closely related to the masculine name Frederick, of Germanic origin. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements frid, or peace, and ric, meaning "ruler" or "power".
Notable people with the name include:
- Frederica Chase Dodd, American social worker
- Frederica Darema, Greek American physicist
- Frederica Detmers, American botanist
- Frederica Freyberg, American television anchor and producer
- Frederica Going, American actress
- Frederica Jansz, Sri Lankan journalist
- Frederica de Laguna, American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist
- Frederica Sagor Maas, American dramatist and playwright
- Frederica Massiah-Jackson, American judge
- Frederica Mathewes-Green, American author and speaker
- Frederica Perera, American environmental health scientist
- Frederica Piedade, Portuguese tennis player
- Frederica Plunket, Irish aristocrat
- Frederica Maclean Rowan, British author and translator
- Frederica von Stade, American singer
- Frederica J. Turle, British author of juvenile fiction
- Frederica Williams, American health administrator
- Frederica Wilson, American politician
Variants
- Bedřiška - Czech
- Federica - Italian, Spanish
- Fredi - English
- Freddy - English
- Freddie - English
- Freddi - English
- Freddey - English
- Frederica - English, Portuguese
- Frederikke - Danish
- Frédérique - French
- Frédérika - French
- Fredrika - Finnish, Swedish
- Frici - Hungarian
- Friederike - German
- Friðrika - Icelandic
- Fritzi - German
- Fryderyka - Polish
- Φρειδερίκη - Greek
- Miroslava - Czech
- Rica - English
- Riika - Finnish
- Riikka - Finnish
- Rika - Dutch, Swedish
- Rike - German
- Rikke - Danish
- Frederiek - Dutch