Annika
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Annika is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It is a Swedish diminutive for Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke, a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna. Swedish-born retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam is a well-known bearer of the name.
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- Instance of
- female given name
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- language of work or name
- Finnish
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- A520
- Cologne phonetics
- 064
- Caverphone
- ANK111
- native label
- Annika
- name day
- April 10
- Commons category
- Annika (given name)
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Annika is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It is a Swedish diminutive for Anna, derived in the 15th century from Anneke, a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna. Swedish-born retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam is a well-known bearer of the name.
It is also a name that was in use for Black women in the mid- to late 1800s in the United States, according to census records. The name might have unknown origins in an African language, be a short form of another name such as Angelica, or be a combination of other names such as Anna and Monica. Anika is a spelling variant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Annika” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.