Female first name (German): Erika, Heather, and the Erika; ereike = the heather, the heather (ancient Greek), Eric = the heather, the heather (Latin); use of the German Planzennamens Erika (Heath) as a first name, and the Name of the plant has Greek roots, and the of Plant-derived name merged with the same written female form of 'Eric' to 1 to Female first name (German, Scandinavian): Erika, the only ruler, Old Norse (two-part name); aen = alone; rikr = the ruler, the female name as a form of 'Eric' fused with the identically written name deriving from the German / Latin name for heather (the plant), the name only became popular towards the end of the 18th century, information on Erich male form:; made famous as the name of Swedish rulers, 'Erik' is a very common name in Sweden
