Given name
Érika
Érika is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in French and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Érika is a feminine form of Éric.
Érika’s family of names
In French usage, Érika is a feminine form of Éric. In French usage, Érika has a conventional equivalent in the English form Erica. In French usage, Érika has a related form in Érica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Érika has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Érika
- ÉrikaBrazilian association football playerborn 1988
- Érika de SouzaBrazilian basketball player (born 1982)
- Erika JanuzaBrazilian actress and modelborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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