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[ 3 syll. e-ri-ka, er-ika ] The girl name Erika is pronounced as EHRihKah †. Erika is largely used in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. It is derived from Old Norse origins. Erika is a variant spelling of the name Erica (English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish). Erika is a rather popular baby girl name. The name's popularity rose from the 1950s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of very modest use only. Its usage peaked in 1990 with 0.222% of baby girls being given the name Erika. It had a ranking of #74 then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.049% and its ranking #331. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Erika, Erica was the most widely used. In 2008, it was more frequently used than Erika by 11% . Baby names that sound like Erika include Erica (English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish), Ericca, Ericka (English), Erikah, Errika (English), Eryka, Aerica, Airika (English), Érica (Portuguese), Ereka, Erikka, Erisha (Indian), Erykah (English), Erikaa, Eryca, Irka (Czech and Latvian), Ursa (English), Ursie (English), Ursy (English), and Urse (English).
† Pronunciation for Erika: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
