Annika
[ˈænɪkə]Meaning
Swedish diminutive of Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke
Background Story
Annika is a Swedish diminutive of Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke, a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna. It is common in Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Finland and Estonia, was borrowed into English and Faroese from Swedish, and has the variants Annica and Anneka, with Anika as a spelling variant. The name grew in popularity after 1969 through the character of that name in the Pippi Longstocking book, film and television series. United States census records also show it in use for Black women in the mid- to late 1800s, where its origin is uncertain - possibly a short form of Angelica or a combination of Anna and Monica.
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