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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Rica.

Short form of Frederica or other -rica names

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Gender context
Girl
Letters
4
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
2
First letter
R
Sources
2

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Rica mean?

Rica is independently documented as a short form of Frederica and other names ending in -rica. That exact account supplies a formation beyond the brief Cebuano usage entry.

Several longer names are possible, so no universal compound root should be inherited from Frederica alone. A similarly spelled ordinary adjective in another language is not automatically the source of this personal-name tradition.

References for this explanation

  1. Wiktionary contributors — Rica (Cebuano) ↗
  2. Behind the Name — rica ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

Cebuano

Ri · ca2 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Rica in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Rica appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Similar names to Rica

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

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What rhymes with Rica?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

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Follow the sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors — Rica (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  2. Behind the Name — rica (opens in a new tab)

    Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Short form of Frederica and other -rica names.