Erykah

Where Erykah comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Erykah.

  • Germanic
Erykah through the years
  1. 1997
    Around this time: Baduizm by Erykah Badu
    Album, 1997 · Source
  2. 1997
    Debut at its peak, #757
    #757 among girls with 279 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,358.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Erica and Erika.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Erykah in Wikidata.

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