Erika (given name)
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Erika or Erica is a feminine given name. The name Erica is Old Norse
for "ever powerful" or "ruler of the people." It is also frequently alternatively spelled Erika. Its masculine forms are Erik, Eric and Derek. It is a common name in many European and American countries, and in Australia. Erica is also the name of a yellow German flower. It is also a given name in Japan
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Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
for "ever powerful" or "ruler of the people." It is also frequently alternatively spelled Erika. Its masculine forms are Erik, Eric and Derek. It is a common name in many European and American countries, and in Australia. Erica is also the name of a yellow German flower. It is also a given name in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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People
- Érika Alcocer LunaErika Alcocer LunaErika Alcocer Luna, or simply Erika, was born on July 19, 1974 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She rose to fame by becoming the winner of the second generation of La Academia.- Voice :...
(born 1974), Mexican singer, winner of the second generation of La Academia - Erika AlexanderErika AlexanderErika Alexander is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, and as Maxine Shaw on the FOX sitcom Living Single. She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a...
(born 1969), American actress - Erika ArakiErika ArakiErika Araki is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She serves as captain for the national team from 2009, and for Toray team from 2010....
(born 1984), Japanese national volleyball team captain - Erika von BrockdorffErika von BrockdorffErika von Brockdorff was a German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime during the Second World War. Brockdorff belonged to the Red Orchestra resistance movement....
(1911–1943), German resistance fighter during the Second World War - Erica CampbellErica CampbellErica Rose Campbell is an American former glamour model.-Career:Campbell was the Playboy Special Editions Model of the Year for 2005...
(born 1981), former American glamour model. - Erika ChristensenErika ChristensenErika Jane Christensen is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic , Swimfan , How to Rob a Bank , and The Perfect Score , among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC...
(born 1982), American actress - Erika CoimbraErika CoimbraErika Kelly Pereira "Kiki" Coimbra is a volleyball player who competed for Brazil in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games...
(born 1980), Brazilian volleyball player - Erika CremerErika CremerErika Cremer was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as the most important pioneer in gas chromatography, as she first conceived the technique in 1944.-Family:Cremer was from a family of scientists and university professors...
(1900–1996), German physicist - Erica DuranceErica DuranceErica Durance is a Canadian actress. She has also been credited as Erica Parker. She is best known for her role as Lois Lane in the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.- Early life :...
(born 1978), Canadian actress best known for her role as Lois Lane on Smallville - Erika EleniakErika EleniakErika Eleniak is an American Playboy Playmate and actress, perhaps best known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain. She also starred in the films Under Siege and The Beverly Hillbillies.-Early life:...
(born 1969), American actress and Playboy Playmate - Erika FuchsErika FuchsErika Fuchs, née Petri , was a German translator.Born into a well to do large family, Fuchs spent most of her childhood and youth in Belgard in Pomerania, where in 1921 she was the first girl to be admitted to the boys' Gymnasium - she passed her Abitur exam there in 1926...
(1906–2005), German translator - Erika Ginsberg-Klemmt (born 1966), American author and early 'Technomad'
- Erika GonzálezErika GonzálezErika González Haydee is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Her best result there was 25th place in the Women's 800m Freestyle event.-References:*...
(born 1972), Mexican freestyle swimmer - Erica Grong (born 1968), Norwegian-American entrepreneur
- Erika HansenErika HansenErika Marie Hansen is a retired female butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988...
(born 1970), American swimmer - Erika JayneErika JayneErika Jayne is an American Dance/Electronica singer/dancer who currently lives in Los Angeles, California, but was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia....
, dance/electronica artist - Erica JongErica JongErica Jong is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.-Career:A 1963 graduate of Barnard College, and with an M.A...
(born 1942), American author - Erika LandinErika LandinErika Michelle Landin is an American actress and former pilates instructor, who appeared on two seasons of the reality TV show Big Brother, placing fourth in Big Brother 4 in 2003 and placing second in Big Brother: All-Stars in 2006...
, actress and Big Brother contestant - Erika Liebman (1738–1803), Swedish poet
- Erica LuttrellErica LuttrellErica Shukrani Luttrell is a Canadian-born actress of American and Tanzanian parentage.-Biography:Born in Toronto, Canada to a Tanzanian mother and an American father, Luttrell is the youngest of four girls. She can speak some French and Swahili. She began her acting career at age two in several...
(born 1982), Canadian actress - Erika MannErika MannErika Julia Hedwig Mann was a German actress and writer, the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann and Katia Mann.-Life:...
(1905–1969), German writer, the daughter of Thomas Mann - Erika Mann (politician)Erika Mann (politician)Erika Mann is a German politician and was a Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1994 - 2004...
(born 1950), German politician - Érika OliveraÉrika OliveraÉrika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon runner from Chile. She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003...
(born 1976), Chilean marathon runner - Erica PackerErica PackerErica Packer is an Australian singer and model. She is also the wife of Australia's third richest man, James Packer....
(born 1975), Australian singer and model - Erika PluharErika PluharErika Pluhar is an actress, singer and author from Austria and was born on 28 February 1939 in Vienna.Erika Pluhar is the daughter of Anna and Dr Josef Pluhar. One of her sisters, Ingeborg G...
(born 1939), Austrian actress, singer and author - Erica RoseErica RoseErica Rose is an American long-distance swimmer and former World Champion, a feat she achieved at age 15.-References:* -- official website....
(born 1982), American long-distance swimmer - Erika RudolfErika RudolfErika Rudolf is a retired Hungarian high jumper.She finished eighth at the 1973 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the 1977 European Indoor Championships. She became Hungarian champion in 1971 and 1976.-References:*...
(born 1954), Hungarian high jumper - Erica SakurazawaErica Sakurazawais a Japanese manga author whose works are mostly published in josei magazines. She has some works published in the adult manga magazine Manga Burikko.-Works:*Ai shiau Koto shika dekinai*Angel Breath*Boku no Angel Dust*Cherry ni Omakase...
(born 1963), Japanese manga author - ÉrikaErikaErika may refer to* Érika Cristiano dos Santos, a female football/ soccer player* Erika , an oil tanker* Erika , a German march* Erika Sawajiri, a Japanese actress and singer who uses the stage name ERIKA as a singer...
or Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 1988), Brazilian football defender - Erica Sanders (born 1981), American pornographic actress
- Erika SawajiriErika Sawajiriis a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika...
(born 1986), Japanese gravure model, singer and actress - Erika SlezakErika SlezakErika Alma Hermina Slezak is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria Lord on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live...
(born 1946), American actress best known for her long-running role as Viki Davidson on One Life to Live - Erika SteinbachErika Steinbach' is a German conservative politician and president of the Federation of Expellees. She has been representing the Christian Democratic Union and the state of Hesse as a member of the Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, since 1990...
(born 1943), German politician
- Erika TodaErika Toda, is a Japanese actress from Kobe. She originally debuted as a gravure model at age 13.She starred in many dramas like Liar Game, Code Blue, Ryusei no Kizuna and Keizoku 2: SPEC. She has had supporting roles in many popular Japanese TV dramas such as BOSS, Nobuta wo Produce, Engine and Gal Circle...
(born 1988), Japanese actress - Erika Tymrak (born 1991), female American football (soccer) player from the University of Florida
- Erika UmedaErika Umedawas a member of the J-pop group C-ute, under Hello! Project. She was also a member of ZYX along with Momoko Tsugunaga, Mari Yaguchi, Maimi Yajima, Megumi Murakami, and Saki Shimizu.-Musical career:...
(born 1991), Japanese singer - Erika Vaitogi, a Hawaiian woman
- Erika WendtErika WendtErika Wendt, née Erika Schwarze was a German secretary. During World War II, she was active as a Swedish spy as an employée of August Fincke, the German attaché of trade in Stockholm....
(1917–2003), German WWII spy - Erika YazawaErika Yazawais a Japanese gravure idol. She is from Tokyo, and was a first year member of the idol group Idoling!!!. Her nickname is 'Yaza-pai'.- Photographs :* Eri Color * No...
(born 1990), Japanese gravure model, actress and member of Idoling!!! - Erica Prince (born 1993), 4x800 Meter Record Holder
Fictional characters
- Erika Berger, a character in the novels comprising the "Millennium series" by Stieg LarssonStieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland Larsson , who wrote professionally as Stieg Larsson, was a Swedish journalist and writer, born in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå. He is best known for writing the "Millennium series" of crime novels, which were published posthumously...
- Erica Fontaine, a character from the Sakura Taisen franchise
- Erica HahnErica HahnErica Hahn is a fictional character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actress Brooke Smith. Hahn was a recurring character through the show's second and third seasons, and joined the main cast in the fourth season...
, a character from the ABC television series Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in... - Erica Hartmann, a character from the Strike Witches anime
- Hayasaka Erika, a major character in the webcomic Megatokyo
- Erica KaneErica KaneErica Kane is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children.The character has been portrayed by actress Susan Lucci since the show first aired in January 1970, until the last broadcast television episode aired in September 2011. Erica is considered to be the most popular...
, a long-running character on the American soap opera All My Children - Erika Kohut, the main character in the novel The Piano Teacher of the Austrian nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek
- Erica Strange, the main character of Being Erica, a Canadian comedy-drama series on CBC Television
- Erika Kurumi, a character from the anime series HeartCatch PreCure!HeartCatch PreCure!, also called HeartCatch Pretty Cure! is a Japanese anime series and the seventh Pretty Cure installment by Izumi Todo. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered on February 7, 2010 on TV Asahi, following Fresh Pretty Cure!, and ended on January 30, 2011, where it was followed by Suite...
- Princess Eirika, one of two main characters in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred StonesFire Emblem: The Sacred StonesFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, known in Japan as , is a tactical role-playing game for the Game Boy Advance published by Nintendo. It is the eighth game in the Fire Emblem series, the third and final game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance and the second game in the series to be...
- Erika (Pokémon), a character who operates the Celadon City Gym in Pokémon media
- Erika (Underworld), a character in the 2003 Underworld film