Annika
Annika is a girl name of Scandinavian origin, ranked #64 in popularity, meaning Grace, favor.
What Annika means
Grace, favor.
Annika sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Annika comes from
Scandinavian names carry Old Norse roots forward into modern Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, often in softened, shortened forms.
Annika is recorded as Scandinavian in origin. Browse other Scandinavian names.
How popular is Annika?
Annika is ranked #64, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Annika
Two ideas meet in Annika: Scandinavian and grace and gentleness. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Themes: Scandinavian, Grace
Names like Annika
These share Annika's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Maja — Splendid, great.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Linnea — The twinflower.
- Aksel — Father of peace.
- Axel — Father of peace.
- Lars — Crowned with laurel.
- Mathias — Gift of God.
- Anouk — Grace, favor.
- Anya — Grace, favor.
- Astrid — Divinely beautiful.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Aifric — Pleasant and agreeable.