# Annika

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{{Wiktionary|Annika}}
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'''Annika''' is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [diminutive](/source/hypocorism) for [Anna](/source/Anna_(name)), derived in the [15th century](/source/15th_century) from [Anneke](/source/Anneke), a Dutch and Northern Germanic diminutive of Anna.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |publication-place=Oxford, England |series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |oclc=67869278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC |page=59 |access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref> Swedish-born retired professional golfer [Annika Sörenstam](/source/Annika_S%C3%B6renstam) is a well-known bearer of the name.

It is also a name that was in use for [Black women](/source/African_Americans) 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](/source/Angelica_(given_name)), or be a combination of other names such as Anna and [Monica](/source/Monica_(given_name)). [Anika](/source/Anika) is a spelling variant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-annikas-origins-a-mystery-popularity-is-not/article_562e23e4-441d-11ed-b061-5fe5f615970a.html |title=Cleveland Evans: Annika's origins a mystery, popularity is not |last=Evans |first=Cleveland Kent |date=9 October 2022 |website=omaha.com |publisher=Omaha World Herald |access-date=13 December 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

It is also common in [Germany](/source/Germany), [Finland](/source/Finland) and [Estonia](/source/Estonia) as well as in [Sweden](/source/Sweden), gaining popularity after 1969 from the character of that name in the [''Pippi Longstocking'' TV series](/source/Pippi_Longstocking_(1969_TV_series)), [film](/source/Pippi_Longstocking_(1969_film)) and [book](/source/Pippi_Longstocking_(novel)). [Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek) character [Seven of Nine](/source/Seven_of_Nine), whose name at birth was Annika Hansen, has also raised the profile of the name since the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/annika |title=Annika |last= |first= |date= |website=nameberry.com |publisher=Nameberry |access-date=5 January 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

==Women==
* [Annika Beck](/source/Annika_Beck) (born 1994), German tennis player
* [Annika Belshaw](/source/Annika_Belshaw) (born 2002), American ski jumper
* [Annika Bryn](/source/Annika_Bryn) (born 1945), Swedish author and freelance journalist
* [Annika Chambers](/source/Annika_Chambers) (born 1985), American singer
* [Annika Drazek](/source/Annika_Drazek) (born 1995), German bobsledder and track and field athlete
* [Annika Duckmark](/source/Annika_Duckmark) (born 1971), Swedish television presenter
* [Annika Ernst](/source/Annika_Ernst) (born 1982), German actress
* [Annika Fohn](/source/Annika_Fohn) (born 1987), German politician
* [Annika Fredén](/source/Annika_Fred%C3%A9n) (born 1978), Swedish handball player
* [Annika Hagström](/source/Annika_Hagstr%C3%B6m) (born 1942), Swedish journalist
* [Annika Hallin](/source/Annika_Hallin) (born 1968), Swedish actress
* [Annika Herlitz](/source/Annika_Herlitz) (born 1984), Swedish singer
* [Annika Hocke](/source/Annika_Hocke) (born 2000), German skater
* [Annika Hoydal](/source/Annika_Hoydal) (born 1945), Faroese singer
* [Annika Idström](/source/Annika_Idstr%C3%B6m) (1947–2011), Finnish writer
* [Annika Kipp](/source/Annika_Kipp) (born 1979), German television presenter
* [Annika Kjærgaard](/source/Annika_Kj%C3%A6rgaard) (born 1971), Swedish singer
* [Annika Langvad](/source/Annika_Langvad) (born 1984), Danish cross-country mountain biker
* [Annika Larsson](/source/Annika_Larsson) (born 1972), Swedish photographer
* [Annika Lemström](/source/Annika_Lemstr%C3%B6m) (born 1964), Finnish sailor
* [Annika Marks](/source/Annika_Marks), American actress
* [Annika Mombauer](/source/Annika_Mombauer) (born 1967), British academic and historian
* [Annika Morgan](/source/Annika_Morgan) (born 2002), German snowboarder
* [Annika Noelle](/source/Annika_Noelle) (born 1986), American actress and model
* [Annika Norlin](/source/Annika_Norlin) (born 1977), Swedish pop artist and journalist
* [Annika Östberg](/source/Annika_%C3%96stberg) (born 1954), Swedish convicted murderer
* [Annika Penickova](/source/Annika_Penickova) (born 2009), American tennis player
* [Annika Reeder](/source/Annika_Reeder) (born 1979), British artistic gymnast
* [Annika Saarikko](/source/Annika_Saarikko) (born 1983), Finnish politician
* [Annika Saarnak](/source/Annika_Saarnak) (born 1988), Estonian swimmer
* [Annika Sieff](/source/Annika_Sieff) (born 2003), Italian ski jumper
* [Annika Sörenstam](/source/Annika_S%C3%B6renstam) (born 1970), Swedish professional golfer
* [Annika Ström](/source/Annika_Str%C3%B6m) (born 1964), Swedish artist
* [Annika Svahn](/source/Annika_Svahn) (fl. 1714), Finnish dragoon
* [Annika Tammela](/source/Annika_Tammela) (1979–2001), Estonian footballer
* [Annika Taylor](/source/Annika_Taylor) (born 1993), British cross-country skier
* [Annika Thor](/source/Annika_Thor) (born 1950), Swedish author
* [Annika Uvehall](/source/Annika_Uvehall) (born 1965), Swedish Olympic swimmer
* [Annika Viilo](/source/Annika_Viilo) (born 1965), Finnish orienteer
* [Annika Wedderkopp](/source/Annika_Wedderkopp) (born 2004), Danish singer and actress
* [Annika Wells](/source/Annika_Wells) (born 1996), American singer
* [Annika Wickihalder](/source/Annika_Wickihalder) (born 2001), Swedish singer
* [Annika Zeyen](/source/Annika_Zeyen) (born 1985), German wheelchair basketball player

==Fictional characters==
* Annika Attwater, in the TV series ''[You](/source/You_(TV_series))''
* [Annika Bengtzon](/source/Annika_Bengtzon), fictional journalist in a novel series by Liza Marklund
* Annika Hansen, birth name of [Seven of Nine](/source/Seven_of_Nine), in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' TV series
* Annika Sellberg, protagonist of the 1984 miniseries [''Annika''](/source/Annika_(1984_TV_series))
* [Annika Settergren](/source/Annika_Settergren), in the novel ''Pippi Longstocking''
* Annika Stormare, an identity assumed by the protagonist of ''[Codename: Annika](/source/Codename%3A_Annika)'', a 2023 Finnish-Swedish TV series
* Annika Strandhed, protagonist of the 2021 British TV series [''Annika''](/source/Annika_(2021_TV_series))
* Princess Annika, in ''[Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus](/source/Barbie_and_the_Magic_of_Pegasus)''
*Agent Annika, in ''[American Assassin](/source/American_Assassin)''

==See also==
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* [Anika](/source/Anika), spelling variant
* [Anike (rapper)](/source/Anike_(rapper))

==References==
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{{Given name}}
Category:Feminine given names
Category:Swedish feminine given names
Category:German feminine given names
Category:Finnish feminine given names
Category:Danish feminine given names
Category:Estonian feminine given names
Category:Dutch feminine given names

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