Eka (first name)
Eka is a female and male given name , also the short form of Erika and Ekaterine .
Origin and meaning
The first name Eka comes from Sanskrit , eka means “one”, and is often given to the firstborn child. The Sanskrit word eka was also used in chemistry to denote chemical elements that have not yet been discovered, see Eka (chemistry) .
Well-known namesake
- Eka Tqeschelashvili (* 1977), Georgian politician and lawyer
- Eka von Kalben (* 1964), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), state chairwoman of Schleswig-Holstein
Well-known namesake
- Eka Tjipta Widjaja (1923–2019), founder of the Sinar Mas Group