Given name
Elika
“God will judge”
Elika is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will judge.”
Original Hebrewאליקא
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God will judge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God,” and the Hebrew verb qawa (קוה), “to collect.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Elika appears in 2 Samuel 23:25, 1 Chronicles 11:27.
- 2 Samuel 23:25
- 1 Chronicles 11:27
From biblical name research
Elika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419
- 0 boys · 419 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,563 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,563 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 545 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elika’s family of names
Elika has a related form in Elica. Elika has a related form in Elica. Elika has a related form in Elicka.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Elika
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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