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Erica

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -ɛɹɪkə
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 R IH0 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

any plant of the genus Erica

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: true heath

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heath

Narrower terms: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea, winter heath, spring heath, Erica carnea, bell heather, heather bell, fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea, cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, Cornish heath, Erica vagans, Spanish heath, Portuguese heath, Erica lusitanica, Prince-of-Wales'-heath, Prince of Wales heath, Erica perspicua

History

Etymology

A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.

Borrowed from Translingual Erica.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: Е́рика (Érika) — female given name
  • Czech: Erika — female given name
  • Danish: Erika — female given name
  • Estonian: Erika — female given name
  • Finnish: Eerika — female given name
  • Finnish: Eriika — female given name
  • Finnish: Eriikka — female given name
  • Finnish: Riikka — female given name
  • French: Érica — female given name
  • French: Érika — female given name
  • French: Erica — female given name
  • French: Erika — female given name
  • German: Erika — female given name
  • Greek: Έρρικα (Érrika) — female given name
  • Hungarian: Erika — female given name
  • Latvian: Ērika — female given name
  • Norwegian: Erika — female given name
  • Polish: Eryka — female given name
  • Portuguese: Érica — female given name
  • Russian: Э́рика (Érika) — female given name
  • Serbo-Croatian: Erika — female given name
  • Slovak: Erika — female given name
  • Swedish: Erika — female given name
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