Annika

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Annika is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name139K records spelled Annika30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Spanish

  Also written Anniká, Ánnika, Ännika, Αννικα, Αννίκα

• Polish given name3.8K records spelled Annika87 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Anika, Аничка, Аника, Аніка, Ანიჩკა

• English given name545 records spelled Annika114 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, Germany, India

  Languages: English, Bangla, German

  Also written Anika, อินกา, আনিকা, อินก๋า, Onika

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Annika is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German or Swedish

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Hebrew

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Annika är ett tyskt namn, ursprungligen en smekform till → Anna. Namnet, äldst i formen Anneke, får under medeltiden formen Annika och blir vanligt i Sverige först i slutet av 1600-talet. Namnet fick ökad popularitet efter en gestalt i Astrid Lindgrens Pippi Långstrump-böcker, som utkom första gången på 1940-talet. I den rikssvenska almanackan 21 april och i den finlandssvenska 9 december.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, ) Annike: weibl. Vom., nieder­ deutsche und schwedische Koseform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Swedish: pet form of ANNA , apparently derived from the German dialect from Anniken .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 66 years between 1957–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Annika Jankellb. 1961SESwedish television host and journalist
• Guri Schankeb. 1961NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian singer
• Maria Lundqvistb. 1963SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress
• Annika Hallinb. 1968SESwedish actress
• Annika Sörenstamb. 1970SESwedish American golfer
• Annika Blendlb. 1981DEGerman actress
• Annika Saarikkob. 1983FIFinnish politician
• Annika Beckb. 1994DEGerman tennis player
• Bea Millerb. 1999USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Annika Hockeb. 2000DEGerman figure skater

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 659 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Annika?

We estimate roughly 87 thousand people bear Annika (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Annika have the most bearers?

Annika is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled annika.

Where is Annika most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Annika is densest in Finland — about 1 in 235 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Annika compared with other names?

In Germany, Annika is the 302nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Annika a male or female name?

Annika is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Annika mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.