Erika

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The name Erika is Old Norse for "ever powerful" or "ruler of the people." It is also frequently spelled Erica. Its masculine forms are Erik, Eric and Derek. It is a common name in many European countries, and in Australia, North America, South America. Erika is also the name of a yellow German flower. It is also a given name in Japan.

People

• Erika Alcocer, Mexican singer, winner of the second generation of La Academia
• Erika Alexander, American actress
• Erika von Brockdorff (1911–1943), German resistance fighter during the Second World War
• Erika Christensen, American actress
• Erika Coimbra (born 1980), Brazilian volleyball player
• Erika Cremer (1900–1996), German physicist
• Erica Durance, Canadian actress best known for her role as Lois Lane on Smallville
• Erika Eleniak (born 1969), American actress and Playboy Playmate
• Erika Fuchs (1906–2005), German translator
• Erika González (born 1972), Mexican freestyle swimmer
• Erika Hansen (born 1970), American swimmer
• Erika Jayne, dance/electronica artist
• Erica Jong, American author
• Erika Landin, actress and Big Brother contestant
• Erika Mann, German writer, the daughter of Thomas Mann
• Erika Mann, German politician
• Erika Olivera, Chilean marathon runner
• Erika Pluhar (born 1939), Austrian actress, singer and author
• Erica Rose (born 1982), American long-distance swimmer
• Erika Rudolf (born 1954), Hungarian high jumper
• Erica Sakurazawa, Japanese manga author
• Erika Sawajiri, Japanese gravure model, singer and actress
• Erika Slezak, American actress best known for her long-running role as Viki Davidson on One Life to Live
• Erika Steinbach (born 1943), German politician
• Erika Toda, Japanese actress
• Erika Tymrak, female American footballer (soccer player) from the University of Florida
• Erika Umeda, Japanese singer

Fictional characters

• Erica Hartmann, a character from the Strike Witches anime
• Hayasaka Erika, a major character in the webcomic Megatokyo
• Erica Kane, 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, main character of Being Erica, a Canadian comedy-drama series on CBC Television
• Erica Fontaine from the Sakura Taisen franchise

See also

• Erica (disambiguation)

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