Erika
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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]
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, 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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