Ulrika
One of the rarest names on this list: barely a dozen women in Poland carry it, all of them, and no girl has been given it in years. It comes from Germanic roots meaning "heritage ruler".
Ulrika Pronunciation
Ulrika is pronounced ool-REE-kah (/ulˈrika/).
What Ulrika means
Where Ulrika comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ulrika grows from the Old High German name Uodalrih. Its first part, uodal, meant inherited land, the property passed down within a family. Its second part, rih, meant ruler. Together they give the sense recorded here as heritage ruler, in Polish potężny dziedzic. The root is Germanic. The name found its lasting home in Scandinavia.
Sweden gives the clearest example. Ulrika Eleonora reigned as queen from 1718 to 1720, then handed the crown to her husband. Her name stayed common in Swedish parish records long after her reign ended.
A Polish child called Ulrika stands out on a class register. The form is Scandinavian, and it keeps its northern shape rather than softening into something local. No standard Polish diminutive attaches to it. What the name states plainly is old: one who rules over what the family has inherited.
How many people are named Ulrika
1 in 1878653 women in Poland is named Ulrika. 12 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #14611 among female names.
Ulrika as a middle name
Ulrika is a first name for 12 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1944th, between Tycjana (15) and Valencia (15).
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#1942 Tacjanna15
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#1943 Tycjana15
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#1944 Ulrika15
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#1945 Valencia15
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#1946 Vanda15