Ulrica

Alternative forms

• Ullrica, Ullricka rare

Origin

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

Full definition of Ulrica

Proper noun

1. , 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.

Anagrams

• curial
• lauric
• uracil
• Uralic