Erica

Erica \e-ri-ca, er-ica\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Erica used as a nicknames for boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced EHRihKah (English) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Erica: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Erica?

Erica has its origins in the Old Norse language. It is used largely in English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish. The meaning of Erica is 'ever ruling, lone ruler, island ruler'. Derived from ei which means 'ever, always' ; einn which means 'alone, lone' ; rikr which means 'ruler'. Erica the Latin name for the plant heather, and this could have promoted the adoption of the first name. English speakers first adopted the name in the late 18th century. In Scotland, it is sometimes taken as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Oighrig meaning of name. Erica is the feminine equivalent of the English, French, and Scandinavian name Eric meaning. The name Erica is used to a great extent; it has 43 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name name Aerica, nicknames for Aericka, Airika pronounciation, Arica meaning of name, name Arika, meaning of Eiric, short names for Eirica, Enrika definition, meaning of Ereka, name Ericca origin, name Ericha meaning, Erickah pronounciation, name Erics, name Erikaa origin, Erikah meaning, Erike name variations, nicknames for Erikka, name Erique origin, Errica name popularity, meaning of Erricka, Errika meaning of name, Eryca name variations, Eryka meaning, Erykah name variations, short names for Erykka, meaning of Eyrika, name Rickee, short names for Rika, meaning of Rikky, and Terica name popularity. Other English forms the contracted form meaning of Rica (used in German, and Spanish too), the familiar forms meaning of Ricci, Rick name popularity, short names for Ricki, Rickie meaning, baby name Ricky, Riki meaning and origin, and name Rikki origin, and the spelling variants Ericka name variations and Erika meaning (used in Czech, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic too). Forms used in foreign languages the Finnish short names for Eerika, the Hawaiian Elika name popularity, and the German and Portuguese Érica definition. See also the related forms, the English short names for Jerica and the English Rickilee definition. Erica is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1980s. At the peak of its usage in 1983, 0.543% of baby girls were named Erica. It was #33 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a substantial decline in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #424 with a usage of only 0.038%, was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Erica was used 1.613% more than the next ranked name, Erika name popularity, in 2010. Erica has primarily been a baby girl name in the last century.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Erica:

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The baby name Erica fun facts:

The name Erica in reverse order is "Acire".

The numerological value of the name Erica is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Erica?

Erica is in the top names in USA.