Erica Forename
Approximately 643,900 people bear this name
Erica Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Eric (q.v.). Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 does not mention this name, though she gives the Swedish form Erika. The use of it in England seems to derive from the name of the heroine of Edna Lyall’s very popular novel We Two (1884).
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 237,621 | 1:1,526 | 324 |
| Brazil | 100% | 163,245 | 1:1,312 | 205 |
| Argentina | 100% | 29,408 | 1:1,454 | 247 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22,085 | 1:5,621 | 618 |
| Ghana | 100% | 12,754 | 1:2,116 | 354 |
| Colombia | 100% | 11,369 | 1:4,203 | 507 |
| Philippines | 99% | 10,824 | 1:9,794 | 1,330 |
| England | 100% | 10,595 | 1:5,248 | 555 |
| Chile | 100% | 10,216 | 1:1,723 | 276 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9,844 | 1:5,362 | 857 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9,829 | 1:1,720 | 359 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9,414 | 1:1,052 | 342 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,080 | 1:6,749 | 1,252 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,953 | 1:3,398 | 773 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,912 | 1:5,604 | 836 |
| Peru | 100% | 5,576 | 1:5,701 | 822 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,533 | 1:4,874 | 763 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,457 | 1:2,826 | 506 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,782 | 1:9,730 | 753 |
| Australia | - | 4,445 | 1:3,073 | 495 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 4,013 | 1:4,014 | 552 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,886 | 1:2,537 | 371 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,615 | 1:23,351 | 936 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,572 | 1:3,193 | 527 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,548 | 1:69,688 | 4,506 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,546 | 1:11,862 | 1,200 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,504 | 1:3,521 | 531 |
| Congo | 99% | 2,400 | 1:2,087 | 335 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,264 | 1:113,942 | 12,517 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,843 | 1:1,564 | 378 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,841 | 1:11,738 | 1,301 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,777 | 1:2,553 | 454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,403 | 1:5,811 | 607 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,352 | 1:71,507 | 1,740 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,283 | 1:1,468 | 355 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,268 | 1:13,980 | 971 |
| Zambia | - | 1,257 | 1:12,613 | 1,281 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,045 | 1:10,145 | 1,040 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,036 | 1:5,809 | 787 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 935 | 1:7,740 | 860 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| China | - | 836 | 1:1,634,038 | 40,681 |
| Thailand | 100% | 813 | 1:86,182 | 7,667 |
| El Salvador | - | 780 | 1:8,130 | 661 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 764 | 1:1,782 | 348 |
| Panama | 100% | 718 | 1:5,441 | 906 |
| Scotland | 100% | 673 | 1:7,950 | 619 |
| Kenya | 100% | 610 | 1:75,913 | 4,450 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 593 | 1:17,591 | 1,733 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 586 | 1:51,962 | 4,256 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 573 | 1:8,321 | 828 |
| Uganda | 94% | 522 | 1:78,462 | 3,941 |
| Wales | 100% | 483 | 1:6,406 | 663 |
| Egypt | - | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Belgium | 100% | 459 | 1:25,033 | 1,722 |
| Hong Kong | - | 459 | 1:16,890 | 2,031 |
| Japan | - | 450 | 1:284,413 | 8,288 |
| Ireland | 100% | 449 | 1:10,342 | 725 |
| Namibia | - | 438 | 1:5,489 | 790 |
| Finland | 100% | 435 | 1:12,605 | 888 |
| India | 100% | 372 | 1:3,265,801 | 144,403 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 360 | 1:9,521 | 732 |
| Bahamas | - | 359 | 1:1,112 | 284 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| France | 100% | 339 | 1:196,078 | 3,218 |
| Liberia | 96% | 320 | 1:13,788 | 1,080 |
| Romania | 100% | 317 | 1:63,255 | 3,258 |
| Malawi | 100% | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 262 | 1:7,035 | 664 |
| Haiti | 100% | 261 | 1:41,099 | 2,847 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 251 | 1:14,145 | 778 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Qatar | 100% | 220 | 1:10,771 | 1,749 |
| Norway | 100% | 208 | 1:24,675 | 1,366 |
| Singapore | 100% | 201 | 1:31,279 | 5,866 |
| Belize | 100% | 187 | 1:1,895 | 427 |
| Guyana | 100% | 160 | 1:4,770 | 874 |
| Malta | - | 153 | 1:2,806 | 475 |
| Denmark | - | 148 | 1:38,172 | 1,635 |
| South Korea | 100% | 129 | 1:42,980 | 3,096 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Russia | 100% | 95 | 1:1,518,250 | 11,258 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 90 | 1:1,030 | 246 |
| Moldova | 100% | 84 | 1:42,395 | 848 |
| Austria | 100% | 83 | 1:102,581 | 2,130 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 79 | 1:292,100 | 12,939 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 73 | 1:325,612 | 22,880 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 72 | 1:7,349 | 863 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 67 | 1:1,665 | 307 |
| Grenada | 100% | 66 | 1:1,638 | 351 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Botswana | - | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 55 | 1:10,563 | 1,047 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Greece | 100% | 51 | 1:214,403 | 4,245 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 49 | 1:2,240 | 453 |
| Bermuda | - | 47 | 1:1,379 | 322 |
| Benin | 100% | 42 | 1:251,806 | 10,936 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:913 | 199 |
| Sudan | - | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 31 | 1:5,736 | 925 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 27 | 1:2,032 | 465 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Czechia | 100% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:2,786 | 595 |
| Hungary | 100% | 22 | 1:445,080 | 1,710 |
| Iran | - | 21 | 1:3,737,946 | 16,749 |
| Macau | - | 21 | 1:28,962 | 428 |
| Albania | 100% | 20 | 1:152,328 | 8,921 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17 | 1:420,705 | 16,716 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Jersey | 100% | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:4,657 | 727 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Iceland | 100% | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 6 | 1:6,309 | 521 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 93% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Érica (46,541), Eríca (1) & Èrica (1) are calculated separately.
Erica (2,268) may also be a surname.
Erica Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Eric (q.v.). Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 does not mention this name, though she gives the Swedish form Erika. The use of it in England seems to derive from the name of the heroine of Edna Lyall’s very popular novel We Two (1884). A correspondent to Notes and Queries mentions it as ‘a curious name’ in 1898. Some users of the name now identify it with Latin erica, the botanical name for the heath.
The female form of the preceding.
Teutonic (feminine) - A mighty lord or a hero.
A Greek name, meaning: The heath blossom. (Teutonic) Mighty heroine: ever regal.
User-submitted Reference
Erika, Erica, or Ericka is a feminine form of the name Erik or Eric, which comes from the Old Norse name Eiríkr.
It comes from ei-, meaning 'alone', 'one' or 'unique' or 'eternity', 'always', 'ever' or 'long time', and -rikr, meaning 'ruler', 'king' or 'monarch'. However, some believes that the name is influenced by the old Germanic word ehrei, meaning 'honor'.
The meaning for the name Erika is then given as 'sole ruler', 'eternal ruler', 'brave ruler' or 'ever powerful'.
The name is also that of a flower plant genus - the Ericaceae is commonly known as the heath or heather, but is in some cases, as in South Africa, called the 'Erika flower'.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsThis name is a feminine form of Eric, which means 'sole ruler' or 'external ruler'.
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