Erica

EH-rick-ah

Norse, feminine form of Eric

"eternal ruler"

Erica Origin and Meaning

The name Erica is a girl's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler".

The straightforward Erica is a Norse feminization that was long associated with the complex, mega-popular character Erica Kane, played by Susan Lucci for decades on the soap opera All My Children. Used in Scandinavia since the early eighteenth century, where it was usually spelled Erika, it was in the Top 50 girls' list in the USA in the 1970s and eighties.

It is worth noting that Erica is also a flower name, in which sense it is its own name, rather than a feminisation.

The most prominent bearer of the name in recent times is novelist Erica Jong, author of the influential Fear of Flying.

Erica Rank in US Top 1000

# 899 in the US

Erica Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 846 on Nameberry

Erica Popularity

• 899 US 2018
• 846 Nameberry 2024
• 232 Unique 2023
• 500 England 2023
• 55 Portugal 2014

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Famous People Named Erica

• Erica Jong American author
• Erica Hubbard American actress
• Erica Durance Canadian actress
• Erica Louise (Baxter) Packer Australian singer and model
• Erica Jennifer Fernandes Indian actress
• Erica Lara Rose American swimmer
• Erica Tremblay Canadian actress
• Erica Campbell American model
• Erica Monique Atkins Campbell, American singer
• Erica Lindbeck American voice actress
• Erica Ruth Hill American TV journalist
• Erica Luttrell Canadian actress
• Erica Simone Barnett American Broadway actress
• Erica Pereira American ballerina
• Erica Carroll Canadian actress
• Erica Wester artist and creator of 2013 short film "Welcome to Hell" and the comic of the same name
• Erica Andrews (born Eddie Salazar) Mexican drag and beauty queen

Erica in Pop Culture

• Erica Sinclair character in Netflix show, "Stranger Things"
• Erica Kane character on American soap "All My Children"
• Erica Hahn character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Erica Bing daughter of Chandler and Monica on TV's "Friends;" twin of brother Jack
• Erica Harrington character in the "Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls" series
• Erica Stoltz character in movie "The Yards"
• Erica Jones character from "My Babysitter's a Vampire"
• Erica Goldberg character on TV's "The Goldbergs"
• Erica Reyes character on MTV's "Teen Wolf"
• Erica character in the "St Clare" series by Enid Blyton
• Erica Cartwright character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Erica genus of winter heather
• Erica "Yoga Jones" Jones character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
• Erica Farrell character on the original Degrassi TV series
• Erica Fontaine character in the Sakura Taisen series
• Erica Hartmann character in anime "Strike Witches"
• Erica Goldberg character in "The Goldbergs"
• Erica Strange main character on Canadian TV series "Being Erica"
• Erica Yurken main character in "Hating Alison Ashley" by Robin Klein
• Erica Davidson character on Australian TV series "Prisoner"
• Erica Hale character in book series "Spy School"