Frederica (given name)

Friederike is the feminine form of the masculine name Friedrich.

Origin and Meaning

Friederike is the feminine form of the derived from the Old High German, Friedrich masculine name and is composed of the syllables = frid "peace" and ric = rich " together. Hence the name means something like " The Kingdom of Peace of " or " peace princess ".

The name is also the meaning " powerful protector" assigned:

Fridu = peace, protection, safety ( Old High German) rihhi = rich, powerful, power, rule, ruler ( Old High German)

Name-day

March 3 and July 18 is the feast of Friedrich and thus also of Frederica.

Related forms of the name

  • German: Friederike, Friederika, Frieda, Frida, Rika, Rike, Rieke, Riki, Friedi, Friedie, Frieke, Frika, Fricka, Friedel, Fritzi, Frizzi, Frederike, Frederika, Tike, Freddy, peace, Freddie Fredi, Frede, Fredde; Frisian: Fiete, Fita
  • Low German: Frederike, Fiete, Fita, Fidi

Famous names winners

  • Friederike Bognár (1840-1914), German actress
  • Friederike Brion (1752-1813), early love of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; see also Friederike ( operetta )
  • Friederike Brun (1765-1835), German - Danish writer
  • Friederike Burger, (1882-1971), wife of the journalist Felix von Winternitz, then first wife of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig
  • Friederike Ellmenreich (1775-1845), German actress and writer
  • Friederike of Hanover and Cumberland (1848-1926), German nobleman, member of the House of Hanover
  • Frederica of Hanover (1917-1981), Queen of the Hellenes, Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Brunswick- Lüneburg
  • Friederike Kempner (1836-1904), German poet
  • Friederike Kempter (* 1979), German actress
  • Mayröcker (* 1924), Austrian writer
  • Friederike of Mecklenburg -Strelitz (1778-1841), Princess of Prussia, Princess of Solms- Braunfels and Queen of Hanover.
  • Friederike of Prussia (1767-1820), Duchess of York and Albany
  • Friederike von Reden (1774-1854), pietist benefactress
  • Friederike of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg (1675-1709), by marriage Princess of Anhalt- Zerbst
  • Friederike of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg (1715-1775), last by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Weissenfels
  • Friederike of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg (1811-1902), last Duchess of Anhalt- Bernburg
  • Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697-1760), German actress and co-founder of the regular drama
  • Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt- Zerbst -Dornburg (1729-1796), later known as Catherine II, or Catherine the Great

Other significance

  • Friederike ( operetta ), a Singspiel by Franz Lehár
  • (538 ) Friederike, an asteroid
  • Friederike (ship, 1905), a British cargo ship that was scuttled in 1918 as a Russian auxiliary ship propelled
  • Friederike (ship, 1929), a tanker of the German Navy in World War II
Woman Name day Frida (given name) Frederica (given name) Freddy (given name) Princess Frederica of Hanover Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Solms-Braunfels Anhalt-Bernburg
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