Federica
An Italian name at root, from the Latin for "peaceful ruler". In Poland it barely registers: only 134 women carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Federica Pronunciation
Federica is pronounced fe-de-REE-tsah (/fɛdɛˈrit͡sa/).
What Federica means
Where Federica comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Federica is the Italian feminine form of Federico. It came into Italian through the Latin Fridericus, a name assembled from two old Germanic elements, one meaning peace and one meaning ruler. Together they produce the sense the name still holds, peaceful ruler, or in Polish pokojowy władca.
The name belongs to Italy. Federica Pellegrini, the swimmer born in Spinea in 1988, carried it to Olympic gold in the 200m freestyle at Beijing in 2008, and later to a world record that stood for years. Through her the name reads as fast, competitive, hard to beat.
In Poland Federica stays rare. On a school register it sits among the Zuzannas and Julias like a visitor from further south. Say it once and you hear where it comes from.
That southern pull is the point. Federica keeps its Italian shape wherever it travels, and behind that shape sits the old promise of the meaning: a ruler at peace.
How many people are named Federica
1 in 168238 women in Poland is named Federica. 134 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2860 among female names.
Federica's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Federica as a middle name
Federica is a first name for 134 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2972nd, between Fatiha (7) and Folasade (7).
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#2970 Ewangelina7
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#2971 Fatiha7
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#2972 Federica7
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#2973 Folasade7
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#2974 Freyja7