Erika
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Spelling variant of Erica, the feminine form of Eric, or borrowed directly from modern Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Eiríkr.
Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]female given name — see Erica
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Erica
Declension
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of Erik.
Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name
Estonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of Erik.
Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Erik, equivalent to English Erica
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Erika: Erikuson
- daughter of Erika: Erikudóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Erika |
Accusative | Eriku |
Dative | Eriku |
Genitive | Eriku |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Older variant of Eerika.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerika or Eriika, masculine equivalent Erik, equivalent to English Erica
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Erika (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Erika | Erikat | |
genitive | Erikan | Erikoiden Erikoitten | |
partitive | Erikaa | Erikoita | |
illative | Erikaan | Erikoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Erika | Erikat | |
accusative | nom. | Erika | Erikat |
gen. | Erikan | ||
genitive | Erikan | Erikoiden Erikoitten Erikain rare | |
partitive | Erikaa | Erikoita | |
inessive | Erikassa | Erikoissa | |
elative | Erikasta | Erikoista | |
illative | Erikaan | Erikoihin | |
adessive | Erikalla | Erikoilla | |
ablative | Erikalta | Erikoilta | |
allative | Erikalle | Erikoille | |
essive | Erikana | Erikoina | |
translative | Erikaksi | Erikoiksi | |
abessive | Erikatta | Erikoitta | |
instructive | — | Erikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Erika is the 195th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,242 female individuals (and as a middle name to 6,460 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Érik; variant form Érica
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Erika f
Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Erik; variant form Erica; sometimes interpreted as a flower name
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Erika | Erikák |
accusative | Erikát | Erikákat |
dative | Erikának | Erikáknak |
instrumental | Erikával | Erikákkal |
causal-final | Erikáért | Erikákért |
translative | Erikává | Erikákká |
terminative | Erikáig | Erikákig |
essive-formal | Erikaként | Erikákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Erikában | Erikákban |
superessive | Erikán | Erikákon |
adessive | Erikánál | Erikáknál |
illative | Erikába | Erikákba |
sublative | Erikára | Erikákra |
allative | Erikához | Erikákhoz |
elative | Erikából | Erikákból |
delative | Erikáról | Erikákról |
ablative | Erikától | Erikáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Erikáé | Erikáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Erikáéi | Erikákéi |
Possessive forms of Erika | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Erikám | Erikáim |
2nd person sing. | Erikád | Erikáid |
3rd person sing. | Erikája | Erikái |
1st person plural | Erikánk | Erikáink |
2nd person plural | Erikátok | Erikáitok |
3rd person plural | Erikájuk | Erikáik |
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]Erika
Lithuanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika f
- a female given name
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of Erik.
Proper noun
[edit]Erika
- a female given name
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Erika f (genitive singular Eriky, nominative plural Eriky, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name. Diminutives: Eja, Ejka
Declension
[edit]Declension of Erika
Further reading
[edit]- “Erika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of Erik. First recorded in Sweden in 1686 in the Latinate spelling Erica.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Erika c (genitive Erikas)
- a female given name
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- English terms derived from Old Norse
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Germanic languages
- English female given names from Old Norse
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech given names
- Czech female given names
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Estonian female given names from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/erikɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/erikɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
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- Finnish female given names
- Finnish female given names from Old Norse
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- French 3-syllable words
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
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- German female given names from North Germanic languages
- de:Flowers
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
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- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
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- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
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- Slovak 3-syllable words
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- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
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- Swedish proper nouns
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