Erika Forename
354th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,837,295 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Hungary
Erika Forename User-submission:
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'.
Read More About This ForenameErika Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 576,506 | 1:168 | 34 |
| Mexico | 100% | 324,966 | 1:382 | 77 |
| United States | 100% | 141,881 | 1:2,555 | 466 |
| Hungary | 100% | 118,687 | 1:83 | 25 |
| Brazil | 100% | 109,126 | 1:1,963 | 303 |
| Austria | 100% | 53,730 | 1:158 | 30 |
| Colombia | 100% | 42,992 | 1:1,111 | 180 |
| Peru | 100% | 41,745 | 1:762 | 147 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 41,300 | 1:731 | 105 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 34,955 | 1:235 | 47 |
| Ecuador | - | 34,860 | 1:509 | 102 |
| Chile | 100% | 28,682 | 1:614 | 141 |
| Indonesia | 95% | 21,646 | 1:11,917 | 1,666 |
| Spain | 100% | 17,604 | 1:2,643 | 331 |
| Italy | 100% | 16,289 | 1:3,749 | 392 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13,637 | 1:389 | 77 |
| Romania | 100% | 13,533 | 1:1,482 | 197 |
| Philippines | 99% | 12,468 | 1:8,503 | 1,210 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11,997 | 1:735 | 131 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10,475 | 1:1,012 | 243 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,646 | 1:5,653 | 1,075 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9,426 | 1:1,046 | 181 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,350 | 1:3,544 | 626 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8,716 | 1:4,907 | 460 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 8,351 | 1:1,929 | 350 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8,118 | 1:741 | 138 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6,852 | 1:1,555 | 198 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,751 | 1:939 | 170 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,197 | 1:2,727 | 508 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,035 | 1:790 | 169 |
| Russia | 99% | 5,585 | 1:25,825 | 636 |
| England | 100% | 5,407 | 1:10,284 | 808 |
| France | 100% | 4,579 | 1:14,516 | 782 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,391 | 1:890 | 148 |
| Madagascar | - | 4,232 | 1:5,584 | 1,110 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,954 | 1:2,638 | 420 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,869 | 1:2,970 | 570 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 3,480 | 1:707 | 186 |
| Latvia | 100% | 3,338 | 1:604 | 148 |
| Lithuania | 99% | 2,903 | 1:1,017 | 221 |
| Angola | - | 2,834 | 1:9,515 | 1,131 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2,712 | 1:2,635 | 405 |
| Australia | - | 2,405 | 1:5,679 | 711 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,204 | 1:6,998 | 1,019 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,134 | 1:24,737 | 2,345 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,078 | 1:2,639 | 421 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,782 | 1:39,319 | 4,544 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,522 | 1:2,252 | 311 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,515 | 1:84,479 | 4,056 |
| Uganda | 98% | 1,413 | 1:28,986 | 2,078 |
| Estonia | 99% | 1,344 | 1:979 | 228 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,073 | 1:3,309 | 356 |
| Israel | 100% | 975 | 1:8,618 | 1,163 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 877 | 1:8,252 | 884 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Denmark | - | 870 | 1:6,494 | 670 |
| Gabon | 100% | 762 | 1:2,472 | 591 |
| Portugal | - | 738 | 1:14,107 | 768 |
| Croatia | 100% | 733 | 1:5,753 | 593 |
| Namibia | - | 721 | 1:3,335 | 560 |
| Belarus | 98% | 671 | 1:14,132 | 286 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 670 | 1:26,488 | 1,434 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Congo | 85% | 601 | 1:8,335 | 1,120 |
| Albania | 100% | 591 | 1:5,155 | 984 |
| New Zealand | - | 591 | 1:7,675 | 906 |
| Norway | 100% | 581 | 1:8,834 | 817 |
| India | 77% | 579 | 1:2,098,235 | 107,735 |
| Ireland | 100% | 558 | 1:8,322 | 650 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 388 | 1:79,346 | 2,474 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 348 | 1:109 | 13 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 337 | 1:24,191 | 2,399 |
| Scotland | 100% | 316 | 1:16,932 | 902 |
| Greece | 100% | 300 | 1:36,448 | 1,438 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 299 | 1:101,839 | 7,126 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Malta | - | 278 | 1:1,544 | 319 |
| Egypt | - | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Haiti | 100% | 221 | 1:48,538 | 3,246 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 202 | 1:106,983 | 5,469 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 202 | 1:2,792 | 392 |
| Wales | 100% | 201 | 1:15,395 | 972 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 195 | 1:1,385 | 298 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 98% | 174 | 1:34,329 | 3,545 |
| Zambia | - | 164 | 1:96,676 | 4,657 |
| Kenya | - | 158 | 1:293,083 | 10,351 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 153 | 1:1,160,551 | 28,029 |
| Nepal | 74% | 143 | 1:199,212 | 8,515 |
| China | - | 130 | 1:10,508,121 | 59,684 |
| Armenia | 99% | 108 | 1:27,025 | 1,375 |
| Bulgaria | 95% | 82 | 1:85,249 | 3,256 |
| Moldova | - | 82 | 1:43,429 | 857 |
| Belize | 100% | 78 | 1:4,542 | 938 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 75 | 1:75,034 | 2,841 |
| Singapore | 100% | 73 | 1:86,124 | 7,225 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 71 | 1:2,194 | 488 |
| Hong Kong | - | 71 | 1:109,193 | 2,864 |
| French Polynesia | - | 65 | 1:4,275 | 767 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 65 | 1:355,014 | 14,807 |
| Bahamas | - | 63 | 1:6,339 | 890 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Jamaica | - | 47 | 1:61,345 | 3,197 |
| Liberia | 100% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 43 | 1:68,251 | 5,097 |
| Georgia | 83% | 41 | 1:91,182 | 3,465 |
| Turkey | 100% | 41 | 1:1,897,603 | 13,856 |
| South Korea | - | 40 | 1:138,611 | 6,160 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Iceland | 100% | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| San Marino | 100% | 27 | 1:1,219 | 223 |
| Turkmenistan | 75% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 26 | 1:18,294 | 459 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,965 | 404 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 24 | 1:146,852 | 3,281 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 21 | 1:1,131,890 | 40,612 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 18 | 1:535,719 | 10,650 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Afghanistan | 89% | 16 | 1:2,038,970 | 18,017 |
| Cuba | - | 16 | 1:719,160 | 3,314 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Kosovo | - | 16 | 1:116,340 | 5,962 |
| Benin | 100% | 15 | 1:705,056 | 20,455 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 10 | 1:63,458 | 2,374 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Abkhazia | 83% | 9 | 1:27,047 | 1,264 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Oman | - | 9 | 1:456,519 | 5,137 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Senegal | 100% | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 97% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
The alternate forms: Érika (708), Èrika (10), Erikà (4), Ērika (4), Êrika (3), Eríka (3) & Eriká (1) are calculated separately.
Erika (5,129) may also be a surname.
Erika Forename Meaning
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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Erika Demographics
Erika Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 272 (2016)
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Erika Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Erika in the Russian language | ||
| Эрика | erika | - |
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