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Annika - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Annika
 
 

 



[ syll. an-ni-ka, ann-ika ] The girl name Annika is pronounced AE-ihKah KEY. Annika has its origins in the Hebrew language, and it is used largely in Dutch, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian. The spelling variants Anika (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) and Annica (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) are forms of the name. Annika is a pet form of Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic).

Annika is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2003 with 0.054% of baby girls being named Annika. It ranked at #284 then. In 2007, it ranked at #380 with a usage of 0.041%, and it was the 2nd most popular after Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), among all girl names in its group. It was used 9 times more than Annika in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Annika include Anneka (English, German, and Scandinavian), Agace (French), Aichoucha (French), Aisha (Arabic and English), Aishia (English), Annike (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Annikki (Finnish), Annukka (Finnish), Annushka (Russian), Annuska (Hungarian), Ayeesha (Arabic), Ayeisha (Arabic and English), Ossia (Irish), Aeisha (English), Aggi (English), Aggie (English and Scottish), Aggy (English and Scottish), Aicha (Arabic and French), Aiesha (Arabic), Aishah (Arabic), Anneke (Dutch), Asha (English and Indian), Assa (English), Assi (English), Azzie (English), Åsa (Scandinavian), Iesha (Arabic and English), Isis (English and German), Ash (English), Åse (Scandinavian), and Özge (Turkish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Annika: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


A famous person named Annika is Annika Sorenstam, Golfer, born 9 October 1970, Stockholm, Sweden.

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