Annika

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Annika or Annica is a female given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

The name Annika is a Scandinavian diminutive of the name Anna ( Hebrew for "the gifted").

Another origin of the name comes from the Greek, where it is derived from the goddess of victory "Nike".

name day

  • Name day for the originally Hebrew form is July 26th .
  • In Sweden: April 21 (1986–1992: August 7)

distribution

The name Annika quickly gained popularity in Germany in the early 1970s , having previously been practically unknown. The reason for this could be the Pippi Longstocking films that were released at that time and in which one of the main characters is Annika. From the beginning of the 1980s to the turn of the millennium, the name was among the twenty most commonly given female first names, in the 1990s it was often among the "top ten". Since then, its popularity has decreased somewhat.

Well-known namesake

First name

Fictional characters

  • Annika Hansen , human name of the Borg drone Seven of Nine in the science fiction series Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager
  • Annika Settergren , best friend of the children's book character Pippi Longstocking
  • Annika and Pegasus, cartoon character from the Barbie production and film company

variants

Anica, Annicka, Anik, Anika, Anike, Annica, Annik, Annike, Anniken , Annikka (Finnish), Annikki (Finnish)

Others

swell

  1. Statistics "Popular first names"