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 [ 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. Annika is a pet form of Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). The spelling variants Anika (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) and Annica (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian) are forms of the name. 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 in 2003 with 0.054% of baby girls being named Annika. It ranked at #284 then. In 2008, it ranked at #402 with a usage of 0.038%, and it was the 2nd most popular after Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), among all girl names in its group. It was used 9 times more than Annika in 2008. Baby names that sound like Annika include Anneka (English, German, and Scandinavian), Acacia (English), Acaysha (English), Agace (French), Agasha (Russian), Aichoucha (French), Aisha (Arabic and English), Aishia (English), Akako, Akaysha (English), Akiko (Japanese), Akiyo (Japanese), Akosia (Twi), Akuwa (Ewe), Allicia (English), Annike (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Annikki (Finnish), Annukka (Finnish), Annushka (Russian), and Annuska (Hungarian and Russian). A famous person named Annika is Annika Sorenstam, Golfer, born 9 October 1970, Stockholm, Sweden. 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)"   |
