Gender:
Origin:
Norse
614 famous people named Erika found on Wikipedia.
123990 female, 548 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
896-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
73-th in year 1989
Used in: Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Slovene, Swedish
The given name Erika, or Erica, is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z), meaning "one, alone, unique", as in the form Æinrikr explicitly, or from *aiwa(z) "long time, eternity". The second element -ríkr stems either from *ríks "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic reiks) or from the therefrom derived *ríkijaz "kingly, powerful, rich". The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful".
It is a common name in many Western societies. It is also a popular given name in Japan. Erica is also the name of a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as "heaths" or "heathers" in English, and is the Latin word for "heather".
Form of Eric: eternal ruler, honorabale ruler.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Erika Jayne | 1969 | American singer, actress and television personality |
2 | Erika Christensen | 1982 | American actress |
3 | Erika Eleniak | 1969 | American actress |
4 | Erika Kaar | 1988 | |
5 | Erika Alexander | 1969 | Actress |
6 | Erika Cosby | 1965 | American artist |
7 | Erika Flores | 1979 | American actress |
8 | Erika Sawajiri | 1986 | Japanese actress |
9 | Erika Toda | 1988 | Japanese actress |
10 | Erika Heynatz | 1976 | Australian actress |
11 | Erika Buenfil | 1963 | Actress |
12 | Erika de la Rosa | 1981 | Actress, model |
13 | Erika Padilla | 1986 | Filipino actress |
14 | Erika Eiffel | 1972 | American archer |
15 | Erika Slezak | 1946 | American actress |
16 | Erika Ender | 1974 | |
17 | Erika Harlacher | 1990 | |
18 | Erika Tham | 1998 | |
19 | Erika Zoltán | 1962 | |
20 | Erika Chambers | Spy and assassin | |
21 | Erika Sanz | 1980 | Spanish actress |
22 | Erika Marozsán | 1972 | Hungarian actress |
23 | Erika Rabau | 2000 | German photographer and actress |
24 | Erika Anderson | 1963 | Actress |
25 | Erika Harold | 1980 | American politician |
26 | Erika Lauren Wasilewski | 1987 | American radio personality |
27 | Erika Wackernagel | 1925 | German actress |
28 | Erika Vikman | 1993 | |
29 | Erika Linder | 1990 | |
30 | Erika Deutinger | 1952 | Austrian actress |
31 | Erika M. Anderson | 1982 | American signer and songwriter |
32 | Erika Náray | 1967 | Hungarian actress |
33 | Erika Moen | 1983 | Cartoonist |
34 | Erika Van Tielen | 1983 | Belgian female tv-host |
35 | Erika Steinbach | 1943 | German politician |
36 | Erika Scheimer | 1960 | American actress |
37 | Erika Hoffman | 1965 | British actress |
38 | Erika Fasana | 1996 | Italian artistic gymnast |
39 | Erika Krause | 1924 | German television presenter, author and writer |
40 | Erika Bella | 1972 | Hungarian pornographic actress |
41 | Erika Ringor | 1974 | Americana ctor |
42 | Erika Radtke | 1937 | German actress and television presenter |
43 | Erika Mader | 1985 | Brazilian actress |
44 | Erika Christakis | ||
45 | Erika Medina | 1985 | American actress |
46 | Erika Monroe Williams | American television anchor | |
47 | Erika Sainte | 1981 | Belgian actress |
48 | Erika Mottl | 1942 | Austrian actress |
49 | Erika Fischer-Lichte | 1943 | German university teacher |
50 | Erika Jo | 1986 | American musician |
51 | Erika Bartos | 1974 | Writer, architect |
52 | Erika Landin | American actress | |
53 | Erika Ikuta | 1997 | Japanese actress |
54 | Erika Araki | 1984 | Japanese volleyball player |
55 | Erika Tarantal | 1979 | American journalist |
56 | Erika Riemann | 1930 | German writer |
57 | Erika Gerceg | 1988 | Ukrainian singer |
58 | Erika Tymrak | 1991 | National Women's Soccer League midfielder and member of the United States national team |
59 | Erika Blanc | 1942 | Italian actress |
60 | Erika Franke | 1954 | Major General and physician of the German Army |
61 | Erika Van Pelt | 1985 | Singer |
62 | Erika Brown | 1973 | Curler |
63 | Erika Skrotzki | 1949 | German actress |
64 | Erika Fong | 1986 | |
65 | Erika Umeda | 1991 | Japanese singer |
66 | Erika Johnson | 1982 | Swedish model |
67 | Erika Morini | 1904 | Austrian musician |
68 | Erika Jordan | 1982 | American model |
69 | Erika Moulet | 1982 | French journalist and television host |
70 | Erika Lopez | 1968 | Writer |
71 | Erika Miklósa | 1971 | Singer |
72 | Erika Salumäe | 1962 | Estonian racing cyclist |
73 | Erika Remberg | 1932 | Austrian film actress |
74 | Erika Pelikowsky | 1916 | Austrian actress |
75 | Erika Michelle Barré | 1979 | |
76 | Erika Hess | 1962 | Swiss alpine ski racer |
77 | Erika Weinzierl | 1925 | Austrian historian |
78 | Erika Kokay | 1957 | Brazilian politician |
79 | Erika Stucky | 1962 | Swiss actress |
80 | Erika Belle | American socialite, art curator, fashion designer, and dancer | |
81 | Erika Zuchold | 1947 | East German gymnast |
82 | Erika Farías Peña | ||
83 | Erika Holzer | American writer | |
84 | Erika J. Othen | 1988 | American singer |
85 | Erika Kinsey | 1988 | Swedish athletics competitor |
86 | Erika Sema | 1988 | Japanese tennis player |
87 | Princess Erika | 1964 | French singer |
88 | Erika Cool | Belgian actress | |
89 | Erika Vámos | 1974 | |
90 | Erika Nordby | 2000 | |
91 | Erika Holst | 1979 | Swedish ice hockey player |
92 | Erika Fuchs | 1906 | German translator |
93 | Erika Wallner | 1941 | Argentinian actress |
94 | Erika Honstein | 1980 | Mexican beauty pageant contestant |
95 | Erika Lawler | 1987 | Ice hockey player |
96 | Erika Pluhar | 1939 | Austrian actress and author |
97 | Erika Yazawa | 1990 | Japanese singer-turned-gravure idol |
98 | Erika Kiss | 1962 | |
99 | Erika Mann | 1950 | German politician |
100 | Erika Amato | 1969 | Singer and actress |
101 | Erika Rosenberg | 1951 | German writer |
102 | Erika Yamakawa | 1982 | Japanese gravure idol |
103 | Erika Schirmer | 1926 | German writer |
104 | Erika Cheetham | 1939 | Nostradamian scholar |
105 | Erika Müller-Fürstenau | 1924 | Actress |
106 | Erika Anschutz | 1988 | American archer |
107 | Erika Kirpu | 1992 | Estonian fencer |
108 | Erika Geisen | Australian bodybuilder | |
109 | Erika Bernardi | 1976 | Italian actress |
110 | Erika Schaefer | 1984 | American actress |
111 | Erika Schuchardt | 1940 | German politician |
112 | Erika Valek | 1982 | Colombian basketball player |
113 | Erika Palomino | 1967 | Brazilian journalist |
114 | Erika von Brockdorff | 1911 | German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime |
115 | Erika Köth | 1925 | Singer |
116 | Erika Rose | 1980 | President of Alicia Keys' multimedia company, AK Worldwide. Co-writer of "A Woman's Worth" from Alicia Keys' debut album |
117 | Erika Bergmann | 1915 | Nazi guard |
118 | Erika Flocken | 1912 | German physician (1912-1965) |
119 | Erika Lehmann | 1917 | Nazi spy |
120 | Erika Vázquez | 1983 | Spanish footballer |
121 | Erika Karp | American banker | |
122 | Erika Yamasaki | 1987 | Australian weightlifter |
123 | Erika Esop | ||
124 | Erika Runge | 1939 | German Writer and Film Director |
125 | Erika Rauschning | 1923 | German painter |
126 | Erika Fromm | 1909 | German psychologist |
127 | Erika Kamimura | 1992 | Japanese kickboxer |
128 | Erika Villaécija García | 1984 | Spanish swimmer |
129 | Erika Thormahlen | 1983 | American actress |
130 | Erika Engel | 1911 | German writer (1911-2004) |
131 | Erika Sunnegårdh | 1966 | Swedish opera singer |
132 | Erika Heß | 1934 | German politician |
133 | Erika Ferraioli | 1986 | Olympic swimmer |
134 | Erika Hansen | 1970 | American swimmer, Olympic athlete |
135 | Erika Bourguignon | 1924 | American anthropologist and university teacher (1924-2015) |
136 | Erika Nymgau-Odemar | 1889 | German actress and voice actress |
137 | Erika Rosenbaum | 1980 | Canadian actress |
138 | Erika Guevara Rosas | ||
139 | Erika Shields | ||
140 | Erika Selin | 1991 | Swedish singer |
141 | Erika Andersen | American author | |
142 | Erika de Lone | 1972 | American tennis player |
143 | Erika Giovanna Klien | 1900 | American artist |
144 | Erika Miyoshi | 1984 | Japanese singer |
145 | Erika Hebron | 1986 | American model |
146 | Erika Lee | American academic and writer | |
147 | Erika González | 1972 | Swimmer |
148 | Erika Cremer | 1900 | German chemist |
149 | Erika Ostrovsky | 1926 | Austrian writer |
150 | Erika Büsch | 1974 | |
151 | Erika Lust | 1961 | German painter |
152 | Erika Stiska | 1926 | German actress |
153 | Erika Berger | 1939 | German television presenter and journalist |
154 | Erika Nickrenz | American musician | |
155 | Erika Burkart | 1922 | Swiss writer |
156 | Erika Geiss | American politician | |
157 | Erika Mahringer | 1924 | Austrian female alpine skier |
158 | Erika Böhm-Vitense | 1923 | Astronomer |
159 | Erika Norberg | 1967 | Swedish singer and journalist |
160 | Erika Ritter | 1948 | Playwright and author |
161 | Erika Raum | Canadian musician | |
162 | Erika Abels d'Albert | 1896 | Austrian-German artist |
163 | Erika Nyström | 1983 | Beach volleyball player |
164 | Erika Simon | 1927 | German classical archaeologist |
165 | Erika Stefani | 1971 | Italian politician and lawyer |
166 | Erika Davies | 1981 | American musician |
167 | Erika Arlt | 1926 | German local historian (1926-2015) |
168 | Erika Wendt | 1917 | German spy |
169 | Erika Wedekind | 1868 | German opera singer |
170 | Erika Csomor | 1973 | Hungarian triathlete and distance runner |
171 | Erika Medveczky | 1988 | Canoeist |
172 | Erika Kurahashi | 1972 | Japanese manga artist |
173 | Erika Abril | 1978 | Colombian long-distance runner |
174 | Erika Szórádi | 1961 | Hungarian actress |
175 | Erika Rothenberg | 1950 | 1950 - present | American | Video Artist |
176 | Erika Martínez | 1979 | |
177 | Erika Grahm | 1991 | Swedish ice hockey player |
178 | Erika Hendsel | 1997 | Estonian tennis player |
179 | Erika Vuitton | 1986 | American actress |
180 | Erika Mutius | 1957 | German university teacher |
181 | Erika Stubenvoll | 1945 | |
182 | Erika F. Nagy | 1976 | |
183 | Erika Hoffmann | 1902 | |
184 | Erika Fox | 1936 | Composer |
185 | Erika Mocsári | 1933 | |
186 | Erika Sutton | 1987 | American soccer player |
187 | Erika Takao | 1987 | Japanese tennis player |
188 | Erika Liebman | 1738 | Swedish writer |
189 | Erika de Vasconcelos | 1965 | Writer |
190 | Erika Müller | Swiss curler | |
191 | Erika Kirsner | 1975 | Hungarian handball player |
192 | Erika Nissen | 1845 | Norwegian musician |
193 | Erika Herbst | 1925 | German writer |
194 | Erika Forster-Vannini | 1944 | Swiss politician |
195 | Erika Okuda | 1981 | Japanese actress |
196 | Erika Chávez | 1990 | Ecuadorian sprinter |
197 | Erika Renee Land | 1983 | |
198 | Erika Andreß | 1953 | German judge |
199 | Erika Hornstein | 1913 | German journalist |
200 | Erika Drees | 1935 |