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Erika (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Related names
  
Eric, Erik

Word/name
  
Old Norse

Pronunciation
  
Eh-rik-AH alternatively Eh-RI-kah

Meaning
  
"eternal ruler", "one ruler", "ever powerful"

The given name Erika, or Erica, is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-NorseZ*aina(z) meaning "one" or "some", or from Proto-Norse *aiwa(z) meaning "fair" or "tradition". The second element -ríkr derives either from *rík(a)z meaning "ruler" or "prince" (cf. Gothic reiks), or from an even older Proto-Germanic *ríkiaz which meant "powerful" and "rich". The name is thus usually taken to mean something along the lines of "one ruler", "autocrat", "eternal ruler" or "ever powerful".

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It is a common name in many Western societies. It is also a popular given name in Japan. Erica is also the name of a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as "heaths" or "heathers" in English, and is the Latin word for "heather".

People

  • Érika Alcocer Luna (born 1974), Mexican singer, winner of the second generation of La Academia
  • Erika Alexander (born 1969), American actress
  • Erica Alfridi (born 1968), Italian race walker
  • Erika Araki (born 1984), Japanese national volleyball team captain
  • Erica Bartolina (born 1980), American pole vaulter
  • Erica Bougard (born 1993), American heptathlete
  • Erika von Brockdorff (1911–1943), German resistance fighter during the Second World War
  • Erica Campbell (born 1981), former American glamour model
  • Erica Atkins-Campbell, (born 1972), American singer most famous from Mary Mary
  • Erika Christensen (born 1982), American actress
  • Erika Coimbra (born 1980), Brazilian volleyball player
  • Erika Cosby, American painter and daughter of Bill Cosby
  • Erika Cremer (1900–1996), German physicist
  • Erica Durance (born 1978), Canadian actress best known for her role as Lois Lane on Smallville
  • Erika Eleniak (born 1969), American actress and Playboy Playmate
  • Erika Fisch (born 1934), German athlete
  • Erika Fuchs (1906–2005), German translator
  • Erika González (born 1972), Mexican freestyle swimmer
  • Erika Hansen (born 1970), American swimmer
  • Erika Heynatz (born 1976), Australian model, actress, singer and television personality
  • Erica Hill (born 1976), American journalist
  • Erica Jarder (born 1986), Swedish long jumper
  • Erika Jayne, dance/electronica artist
  • Erica Johansson (born 1974), Swedish long jumper
  • Erica Jong (born 1942), American author
  • Erika Kinsey (born 1988), Swedish high jumper
  • Erika Kirpu (born 1992), Estonian épée fencer
  • Erika Landin, actress and Big Brother contestant
  • Erika Liebman (1738–1803), Swedish poet
  • Erika de Lone, (born 1972), retired American professional tennis player
  • Erica Luttrell (born 1982), Canadian actress
  • Erika Mann (1905–1969), German writer, the daughter of Thomas Mann
  • Erika Mann (politician) (born 1950), German politician
  • Erika Mitchell is the real name of author E. L. James (born 1963)
  • Érika Olivera (born 1976), Chilean marathon runner
  • Erica Packer (born 1975), Australian singer and model
  • Erica Parsons (born 1998), a child who was abused and murdered
  • Erika Pluhar (born 1939), Austrian actress, singer and author
  • Erica Rose (born 1982), American long-distance swimmer
  • Erika Rudolf (born 1954), Hungarian high jumper
  • Erica Sakurazawa (born 1963), Japanese manga author
  • Érika or Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 1988), Brazilian football defender
  • Erika Sawajiri (沢尻 エリカ, born 1986), Japanese gravure model, singer and actress
  • Erika Slezak (born 1946), American actress best known for her long-running role as Viki Davidson on One Life to Live
  • Érika de Souza (born 1982), Brazilian basketball player
  • Erika Steinbach (born 1943), German politician
  • Erika Toda (戸田 恵梨香, born 1988), Japanese actress
  • Erika Umeda (born 1991), Japanese singer and model, former member of Cute
  • Erika Wendt (1917–2003), German WWII spy
  • Erika Yazawa (born 1990), Japanese gravure model, actress and member of Idoling!!!
  • Erykah Badu (born 1971), American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist, and actress

    • Fictional characters

  • Erica Reyes, a now-deceased werewolf in MTV's television series Teen Wolf.
  • Erika Berger, a character in the novels comprising the "Millennium series" by Stieg Larsson
  • Erica Farrell, a former character from the original Degrassi series
  • Erica Fontaine, a character from the Sakura Taisen franchise
  • Erica Goldberg, a character from The Goldbergs
  • Erica Hahn, a character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy
  • Erica Hartmann, a character from the Strike Witches anime
  • Hayasaka Erika, a major character in the webcomic Megatokyo
  • Erika Ford, a character from the American television sitcom Friends
  • Erika Furudo, a character in Umineko no Naku Koro ni
  • Erica Kane, a long-running character on the American soap opera All My Children
  • Erika Kohut, the main character in the novel The Piano Teacher of the Austrian nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek
  • Erica Strange, the main character of Being Erica, a Canadian comedy-drama series on CBC Television
  • Erica Yurken, the protagonist of the novel Hating Alison Ashley and its film adaptation
  • Erika Kurumi, a character from the anime series HeartCatch PreCure!
  • Princess Eirika, one of two main characters in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
  • Erika or Arika Amazake, a character from the role-playing video game franchise Medabots
  • Erika or Eriko, a character from the anime series Idol Densetsu Eriko
  • Erika, a character from the anime series Daimos
  • Erika (Pokémon), a character who operates the Celadon City Gym in Pokémon media
  • Erika (Underworld), a character from the 2003 Underworld film
  • Erika Itsumi, the vice-commandant of Kuromorimine Girls High School from the Anime series Girls und Panzer
  • Erika, Yuuki Asuna's avatar in Alfheim Online from the Light Novel "Sword Art Online"
  • Erika Shinohara, the heroine of the Anime series "Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji"
  • Erika, the name of all angels in the serial podcast "Welcome to Nightvale"
  • Erica Davidson - first governor of Wentworth Detention Centre in the original Prisoner series

    • References

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