Friederike (first name)
Friederike is a German female given name . The male form of the first name is Friedrich .
Origin and meaning
Friederike is the feminine form of the Old High German male given name Friedrich and is made up of the syllables frid = "peace" and ric = "rich". Hence the name means something like "The Kingdom of Peace" or "Princess of Peace" .
The name is also assigned the meaning: "mighty protector" :
fridu = peace, protection, security (Old High German) rihhi = rich, powerful, power, rule, the ruler (Old High German)
name day
The March 3 and the July 18th is the name day of Friedrich and thus also by Friederike.
Related forms of names
- German : Friederika , Frieda , Frida , Rika , Rike , Rieke , Riki , Friedi , Friedie , Frieke , Frika , Fricka , Friedel , Fritzi , Frizzi , Frederike, Frederika , Tike , Freddy , Friede , Freddie , Fredi , Frede , Fredde ;
- English : Frederica
- Italian : Federica
- Romansh : Fadrica , Fadrina
- Spanish : Frederica , Federica
- French : Frédérique
- Danish : Frederikke , Rikke
Well-known namesake
- Friederike Bognár (1840–1914), German actress
- Friederike Brion (1752–1813), childhood sweetheart 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 von Hannover and Cumberland (1848–1926), German nobles, member of the House of Hanover
- Friederike von Hanover (1917–1981), Queen of the Hellenes, Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- Friederike Kempner (1828–1904), German poet
- Friederike Kempter (* 1979), German actress
- Friederike Mayröcker (* 1924), Austrian writer
- Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778–1841), Princess of Prussia, Princess of Solms-Braunfels and Queen of Hanover.
- Friederike von Prussia (1767–1820), Duchess of York and Albany
- Friederike von Reden (1774–1854), pietistic benefactress
- Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (1675–1709), by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (1715–1775) , by marriage the last duchess of Sachsen-Weißenfels
- Friederike von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1811–1902), last Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760), German actress and co-founder of regular drama
- Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg (1729–1796), later known as Catherine II , or Catherine the Great
Other meaning
- Friederike (Operetta) , a Singspiel by Franz Lehár
- (538) Friederike , an asteroid
- Friederike (ship, 1905) , a British cargo ship that was self- sunk as a Russian auxiliary ship in 1918
- Friederike (Schiff, 1929) , a tanker in the German Navy during World War II
- Friederike ( storm low ), a strong storm that hit large parts of Europe on January 18, 2018