Ulrica

Ulrike is a female first name, which goes back to the masculine given name Ulrich. He comes from the Old High German; there is uodal = genotype, home and rihhi = rich. Distribution he finds especially since the 18th century into aristocratic circles. Since the beginning of the 20th century it was popular through newspaper and magazine stories.

Name-day

The feast dates back to the holy Ulrich and takes place on July 4th (St. Ulrich).

In 1987, the beatification of Ulrika of Hegne ( Franziska Nish ) was completed by Pope John Paul II. My name day is celebrated on May 8. Thus now the name Ulrike has its own name day.

Famous names winners

• Ulrike of Denmark (1656-1693), Queen of Sweden
• Ulrike I. Eleanor (1688-1741), Queen of Sweden
• Ulrike Flender (* 1982 ), German officer and first German Tornado pilot.
• Ulrike Folkerts ( * 1961), German actress
• Ulrike Grote ( born 1963 ), German actress, director and spokesperson
• Ulrike Hofbauer, German singer
• Ulrike Höfken (* 1955), German politician
• Ulrike Kargus (* 1983), German actress
• Ulrika Knape ( born 1955 ), Swedish Water jumper
• Ulrike Kolb ( born 1942 ), German writer and journalist
• Ulrike Kriener (* 1954), German actress
• Ulrike Krumbiegel (* 1961), German actress
• Ulrike von Levetzow (1804-1899), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's last love
• Ulrike Soon ( * 1960 ), German actress
• Ulrike Maier (1967-1994), Austrian ski racer
• Ulrike Meinhof (1934-1976), German journalist and co-founder of the Red Army Faction
• Ulrike flour ( * 1956 ), German politician
• Ulrike Meyfarth (* 1956), German athlete
• Ulrika Pasch (1735-1796), Swedish painter
• Ulrike Schmetz (* 1979), German football player

Variants

• Ike
• Riike
• Rika
• Rike
• Riken
• Rikerl
• Riki
• Kiki
• Ule
• Uli
• Ulla (short for Ursula, more rarely by Ulrike )
• Ulle
• Ulli
• Ullie
• Ully
• Ulrieke
• Ulricke
• Ulrika
• Ulrique (French)
• Ulrira
• Ulryka ( Polish)
• Ulschke
• Ulsche
• Uri ( Swiss )