This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the pattern is *ca.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Greca f Italian (Rare)Italian feminine form of
Graecus. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred under Diocletian.
Gweirca f Medieval WelshOf uncertain origin and meaning; some sources assume that the name might actually have been
Gwerica.... [
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Huitaca f New World MythologyEtymology unknown. This was the name of the Muisca goddess of arts, dance and music, witchcraft, sexual liberation and the Moon who was turned into a white owl.
İncə f Azerbaijani (Rare)Means "artful, high quality; slim, slender; delicate, gentle, fine, soft" in Azerbaijani.
Ithaca f & m English (Rare)This name comes from the name of a Greek island, a legendary home of Odysseus, located in the Ionian Sea.... [
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Izença f KhakasFrom the Khakas
изен (izen) meaning "healthy".
Japonica f English (American, Modern, Rare)japonica is a Neo-Latin word meaning "japanese". As such, it is part of the name of several cultivated plants (e.g., Pieris japonica, Camellia japonica, or Skimmia japonica).
Jerca f SloveneOriginally a diminutive of
Jera, used as a given name in its own right.
Jerica f SloveneOriginally a diminutive of
Jera, used as a given name in its own right.
Jessca f English (American)Variant or a Short Form of Jessica. This name was used for a character in the show "Abbott Elementary" (2021-) played by Sabrina Brier.
Karaca f TurkishEither derived from
kara meaning "black" or else meaning "roe deer".
Leuca f GaulishDerived from Gaulish
leucos meaning "bright; clear; brilliant".
Lorca m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)The name
Lorca originated as a place name from the region of Navarre in Spain. Also famous as the surname of legendary Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was also the inspiration for legendary folksinger Leonard Cohen to name his now-grown up daughter Lorca.
Lubeca f GermanAllegoric personification of the German city Lübeck. Very rarely used as a given name.
Lyca f FilipinoUsed by Philipines' "The Voice Kids" first winner, Lyca Gairanod
Majestica f ObscureExtremely rare name, most likely intended to be an elaboration of the English word
majestic.
Marica f Roman MythologyIn Roman mythology, Marica was a nymph and the mother of
Latinus. The sacred forest near Minturnae was dedicated to Marica as well as a nearby lake. The origin and meaning or her name are uncertain... [
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Mecca f & m English (American, Rare)From the city of
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam. From there, it became a common noun for any place considered to be important to visit by people with a particular interest.
Melica f HebrewFrom the Hebrew name מִלְכָּה (Milkah), derived from מַלְכָּה (malkah) meaning "queen". This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to both the wife of Nahor and the daughter of Zelophehad.Variant of the name Milcah.
Mica f Medieval RomanianEither a contracted form of
Marica or a derivation from Romanian
mică, the feminine form of the adjective
mic "small, little".
Millarca f LiteratureInvented by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in his Gothic novella
Carmilla (1872), in which the title character, a vampire, uses this and other anagrams of her name (including
Mircalla) as aliases when she relocates.
Mimica f SloveneDiminutive of
Marija (via the diminutive
Mimi), used as a given name in its own right.
Nautica f English (American, Modern), African American (Modern)Likely based on the English word
nautical, which is derived from Latin
nauticus meaning "pertaining to ships or sailors", ultimately from Greek ναῦς
(naus) "ship". Use of the name may also be influenced by the American clothing company Nautica.
Nenca f NahuatlMeans either "to be idle, inactive, without profit" or "to have lived" in Nahuatl.
Nežica f SloveneDiminutive of
Neža, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Noctiluca f Roman Mythology, LiteratureFrom Latin
noctilūca meaning "something that shines by night" - thus also "moon" and "lantern" - from
nox "night" and
luceo "to shine". It may be an epithet of the Roman goddess
Juno... [
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Panca m & f IndonesianMeans "five" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit पञ्चन्
(pañcan).
Pannonica f ObscureIn the case of Baroness Pannonica "Nica" de Koenigswarter (1913-1988), a patron of several New York City jazz musicians and a member of the Rothschild family of Jewish bankers (born Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild), it was derived from the place name
Pannonia and given in reference to Eastern Europe's Pannonian plain... [
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Parca f Roman MythologyOne of the three goddesses of fate in relation to birthing. See also
Nona and
Decima. Parca or Partula oversees
partus, birth as the initial separation from the mother's body (as in English '"postpartum")... [
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Pasca f Medieval Italian, Medieval CornishDerived from Latin
pascha "(feast of) Passover". The Jewish Passover holiday often coincided with the Christian Easter holiday; this name was given to children born or christened on or near that holiday... [
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Plasença f Occitan (Rare)Derived from the French commune located in Aquitaine, Occitania. The name of the city comes from the motto given by its founder, King Alfonso VIII of Castile on the shield awarded to it:
ut placeat Deo et hominibus, meaning "to please God and man".... [
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