Viorica is a

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female

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, derived from

''viorea'', a

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(flower). Notable people with the name include: * Viorica Agarici, a Romanian nurse, the chairwoman of the local Red Cross in the city of Roman during World War II and the Ion Antonescu regime * Viorica Cortez, a Romanian-born French mezzo-soprano * Viorica Cucereanu, a journalist from the Republic of Moldova *

Viorica Dăncilă Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (; born 16 December 1963) is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019. She is the first woman in Romanian his ...

, a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party * Viorica Dumitru, a former Romanian sprint canoer * Viorica Ioja, a former Romanian rowing coxswain *

Viorica Ionică Viorica Ionică (20 June 1955 – 16 August 2020) was a Romanian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1 ...

, a former Romanian handball player *

Viorica Iordache Viorica Iordache (born June 18, 1971) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992 1992 was designa ...

, a Romanian sprint canoer *

Viorica Lepădatu Viorica is a Romanian female given name, derived from Romanian ''viorea'', a violet (flower). Notable people with the name include: * Viorica Agarici, a Romanian nurse, the chairwoman of the local Red Cross in the city of Roman during World War I ...

, a retired Romanian rower * Viorica Moisuc, a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament *

Viorica Marian Viorica Marian is a Moldovan-born American psycholinguist, cognitive scientist, and psychologist known for her research on bilingualism and multilingualism. She is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorder ...

, is a scientist with expertise in bilingualism and multilingualism *

Viorica Neculai Viorica Neculai (later Ilica, born 6 February 1967) is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in eights she won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics and gold medals at the 1989 and 1993 world championships. She should not be confused with Veronic ...

, a retired Romanian rower * Viorica Susanu, a Romanian Olympic rower *

Viorica Țigău Viorica Țigău (born 12 August 1979) is a Romanian Heptathlon, heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 1998 World Junior Championships and finished 18th at the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olymp ...

, a Romanian heptathlete *

Viorica Țurcanu Viorica Țurcanu (born 26 April 1954) is a Romanian fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded a ...

, a Romanian fencer *

Viorica Ursuleac Viorica Ursuleac (26 March 1894 – 22 October 1985) was a Romanian operatic dramatic soprano. Life and career Ursuleac was born the daughter of a Greek Orthodox archdeacon, in Chernivtsi, which is now in Ukraine, on 26 March 1894. Following tr ...

, a Romanian operatic soprano *

Viorica Viscopoleanu Viorica Viscopoleanu (née Belmega, born 8 August 1939) is a retired Romanian long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff ...

, a retired Romanian Olympics long jumper

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