Entry № 719 · Swedish origin

Annika Annika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-nee-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Swedish
Meaning
"Grace"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Swedish)

A name that means "grace".

Annika is a Swedish and Scandinavian diminutive of Anna, keeping that classic name's meaning of grace and favour while adding a crisp, Nordic lilt. It is warm and friendly, yet clean and modern.

A little Anna — crisp and Nordic.

The name in its native script.

Annika
Transliteration
Annika
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.nɪ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Annika stands.

Annika does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Annikas before her.

Real people
Annika Sörenstam
Swedish professional golfer.
born 1970
In fiction
Annika
Pippi Longstocking's friend.
1945 onward

Names connected to Annika.

The number behind Annika.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Annika reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.