Frederica

Where Frederica comes from

From Frederick + -a. Compare Danish Frederikke, French Frédérique, German Friederike, and Italian Federica.
— Wiktionary's entry for Frederica
  • Germanic
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Frederica through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #733
    10 babies named Frederica, its best rank.
  3. 1900
    Frederica Sagor Maas born
    playwright, essayist and author
  4. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,931.
  5. 1945
    Frederica von Stade born
    American singer and recording artist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, of quite rare usage, masculine equivalent Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Frederica von Stade · American singer and recording artist, born 1945
  • Frederica Sagor Maas · playwright, essayist and author, 1900–2012
  • Frederica Wilson · U.S. Representative from Florida, born 1942
  • Frederica de Laguna · American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist, 1906–2004
  • Frederica Piedade · Portuguese tennis player, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.