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Is "Arica" (f) a real name?

by Rachael (guest)

7/9/2004, 8:15 AM

My friend and I are writing a story together. We liked the name Erica (this is how I thought it was spelled) but she thought it was spelled Arica instead. We liked her version better, so we went with that...now I'm just wondering if that's a real spelling of anyone. If so, could you please tell me the origin of the name and any other information would also be useful. Thanks!

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- New Daddy

7/17/2004, 8:25 PM

http://www.zilverendolfijn.nl/zd/zd.pl?a=fc&c=1&kt=EN&s=c&k=THORGAL%2C14&f=sb

Here is a different spelling: Aarica

Click the link there you will see where that name comes from.

- SHANNON (guest)

7/10/2004, 7:09 PM

"PLACE" name are often female names...as AFFRICA is celtic "the pleasant" sounding like ,but not related to africa...DALLAS is teutonic "the playful", irish "the skilled", CAROLINA german "the strong and womanly"....Best thing about writing it, is that you can define it -many writter do just that-

- Elodia

7/9/2004, 6:05 PM

I know a boy from school named Aric, pronounced like Eric, so I see no reason why Arica can't be a female version of Aric. Good luck with your story! :)

- genis (guest)

7/9/2004, 1:13 PM

What defines a 'real' name? Arica is a variant of Erica and I know at least one person who uses/has that name on their birth certificate.

- Andy (guest)

7/9/2004, 8:44 AM

btn tells you everything about ERICA (except the original language of the word for "heather" is Greek).
Try google for ARICA, as far as I can see this is a place-name in Chile. Don't ask me what it means.

Andy ;—)

- Ennejil (guest) +1

7/9/2004, 8:39 AM

All I know is that Arica is a place in either Spain or Mexico...It could very well be a name.

- Rachael (guest)

7/9/2004, 9:17 AM

Thanks for helping me out!

I appreciate your input; the closest I had come was that Arica was the name of a city in Peru, I believe. I was just curious to see if it was used as a person's name. Thanks again!

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