Erika
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 Erikainrare | ||
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
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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 |
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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, 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