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I used to despise the name Erika but I am really starting to like it. I love the flower association that it has. I think Erika has more strength to it than Erica but I like both. Do you think it could make a comeback? It was actually not common for very long and never made the top 30 if I remember correctly.
What are your opinions on Erika?
What are your opinions on Erika?
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I like the sound of it, but I think I prefer the look of Erica. It does sound very dated to me though, although I don't think I've ever met an Erika/Erica.
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No offence to anyone named Erika or Erica, but I've never been fond of this name - or of Ulrika. The reason is that Erika and Ulrika are common names here, while my name, Fredrika, is uncommon and I've been called Ulrika or Erika more often than I can remember. Rebecka, Victoria, Frida and Felicia are other names I've been called. It's pretty tiring.
This message was edited 3/30/2017, 12:28 PM
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Too dated for me. I think it needs another couple of decades.
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I love Erica! Erika is good too, but I prefer it with the C. Same way I feel about Eric / Erik, only I like Erica more than I like Eric. I think the usage was sudden, short, and intense enough that it won't make a comeback very soon. Too much of a "mom" name. But neither was it such a fad name that it'll die out.
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Yes, maybe it was too intense. It never seemed that dated to me because it was only common for a short time, but if you take both spellings into consideration...Still I think it's nice :)
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Real life Erica here
Hi!
I was born in '91, when Erica's popularity (#40) was just starting to fall (Erika was #84). I have a feeling that Erica's popularity in the U.S. outstripped Erika's because it was the spelling Erica Kane used on "All My Children" (which was where my mom first heard the name - I'm essentially named after a soap opera character). So I have a feeling my name will be a little dated when I become a senior citizen, along with Jessica, Brittany, Ashley, Tiffany...
That said, it's not totally unfamiliar nowadays. Both spellings still chart in the Top 1000.
As for when they're kids... well, I've hardly ever heard of a kid who likes their name - they pretty much always think their friends have better names, because they're inherently more novel - but I had difficulty with Erica growing up. It was really easy for bullies to drop the ending -a and call me "Eric" (didn't help that my hair was kept short throughout childhood, because I hated barrettes and hair ties). However, now I can hardly imagine being called anything else, and I often get compliments - especially from people from other countries.
Also, people ALWAYS misspelled my name as Erika, even after they were told it was "with a C." Funnily enough, real-life Erikas I've met have told me that *their* names were always misspelled as Erica. So basically, whichever spelling you choose, be prepared for your daughter's name to constantly be spelled the other way. (I think the same thing is going to happen to the Aidans / Aidens of this generation.)
Hi!
I was born in '91, when Erica's popularity (#40) was just starting to fall (Erika was #84). I have a feeling that Erica's popularity in the U.S. outstripped Erika's because it was the spelling Erica Kane used on "All My Children" (which was where my mom first heard the name - I'm essentially named after a soap opera character). So I have a feeling my name will be a little dated when I become a senior citizen, along with Jessica, Brittany, Ashley, Tiffany...
That said, it's not totally unfamiliar nowadays. Both spellings still chart in the Top 1000.
As for when they're kids... well, I've hardly ever heard of a kid who likes their name - they pretty much always think their friends have better names, because they're inherently more novel - but I had difficulty with Erica growing up. It was really easy for bullies to drop the ending -a and call me "Eric" (didn't help that my hair was kept short throughout childhood, because I hated barrettes and hair ties). However, now I can hardly imagine being called anything else, and I often get compliments - especially from people from other countries.
Also, people ALWAYS misspelled my name as Erika, even after they were told it was "with a C." Funnily enough, real-life Erikas I've met have told me that *their* names were always misspelled as Erica. So basically, whichever spelling you choose, be prepared for your daughter's name to constantly be spelled the other way. (I think the same thing is going to happen to the Aidans / Aidens of this generation.)
This message was edited 3/30/2017, 11:55 AM
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I don't think it will be as dated as Ashley or Tiffany, simply because it was less common and for a shorter time :) I didn't know about the soap opera character but that kind of explain why its popularity was so short lived, maybe people forgot about it when the character disappeared.
Hahaha yes I think it would get misspelled a bit, but at least it is easier to say 'no, with a C' than 'no, K-A-Y-T-L-Y-N-N-E' ;) You have a really nice name! I love the flower :)
Hahaha yes I think it would get misspelled a bit, but at least it is easier to say 'no, with a C' than 'no, K-A-Y-T-L-Y-N-N-E' ;) You have a really nice name! I love the flower :)
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Thanks, Perrine. :-)
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We have a gay friend named Derrick and I started calling him Derricka. He didn't mind.
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Funny you should mention that...
My stepbrother's name is Derek, so sometimes when my dad and his mom want to talk to both of us, they say, "Hey, Dereka!" (Or would it be Derica? Hmmmm...) It's basically a family in-joke.
I minded being called Eric in school, though (and really that was just one of many, many taunts - middle school especially was not a good time for me), because I really was quite girly; I just hated hair pieces pulling on my scalp and didn't like makeup back then, mostly because I didn't really know how to use it.
My stepbrother's name is Derek, so sometimes when my dad and his mom want to talk to both of us, they say, "Hey, Dereka!" (Or would it be Derica? Hmmmm...) It's basically a family in-joke.
I minded being called Eric in school, though (and really that was just one of many, many taunts - middle school especially was not a good time for me), because I really was quite girly; I just hated hair pieces pulling on my scalp and didn't like makeup back then, mostly because I didn't really know how to use it.
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I had a friend in high school named Erica. I had another friend named Alison. They both had names that were more fashionable when we were young adults than I did. Their names were up-and-coming when we were born, whereas my name was past its prime and starting to fall when we were born. But I remember my mother saying that she hated both the names Erica and Alison so I don't think there was any chance of my getting an up-and-coming name lol.
Anyhoo, while I have no love at all for Alison (or Allison), at one point I kind of liked Erika and Erica. But now I think it's rather harsh and I don't find the first syllable "air" too attractive. I don't think my old buds Erica and Alison are really better off name-wise than I am, despite the fact that my name is more "old lady".
Anyhoo, while I have no love at all for Alison (or Allison), at one point I kind of liked Erika and Erica. But now I think it's rather harsh and I don't find the first syllable "air" too attractive. I don't think my old buds Erica and Alison are really better off name-wise than I am, despite the fact that my name is more "old lady".
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My mom was thirty years ahead of her time with my name. Everyone assumes that Miriam is the mom and I'm the child, makes me batty. We continually get things in the mail addressed to "The Parents of Haven Surname." My husband has a similar problem, as he goes by the nickname of Xander. I joke that we sound like a pair of hipster toddlers rather than geeky adults.
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I am actually surprised at how Allison (this spelling!) is holding up. It sounds really 70s to me but it is still going strong. My guess is because parents like Ally and Allie. It always surprises me how Allison became more common than Alison. Maybe it also has something to do with Allie, which seems closer to Allison than Alison. In any case I really dislike Allison, it looks like it is falling over to the left any second :P Seems unbalanced. I don't really care for Alison either but at least there is something medieval and classic about it.
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