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MumOfOneAndAHalf · 18/01/2020 12:37

Erica?

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MikeUniformMike · 18/01/2020 14:49

Fine but quite unusual. Older people might remember Erica Roe.
As a plant it's heather, which could be a name.

Angie6868 · 18/01/2020 14:42

I don't like it

DramaAlpaca · 18/01/2020 14:41

If it's spelled Erika it's nice, it has a sort of cool, Scandi feel.

Erica looks more dated, very 70s, but it's OK.

Both would be a refreshing change these days.

WoodliceInSunderland · 18/01/2020 14:38

Lovely name!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/01/2020 14:36

I love it. My DDs friend is Erica. Named after her Grandad. It is one of those names though where I think most people would assume it was after someone.

Dyra · 18/01/2020 14:30

I think it's a nice name. Not too popular, not unusual, not horribly old, easy to spell, would work at all ages.

Clangus00 · 18/01/2020 13:56

Nothing wrong with it.

MamaDane · 18/01/2020 13:51

It's nice Smile

onalongsabbatical · 18/01/2020 13:49

Oh really lovely!

hazandduck · 18/01/2020 13:14

Ooh yes I like!

Whatsyourflava · 18/01/2020 13:13

I like it

I really love Eric for a boy but had forgotten Erica. A hidden gem defs

HorridHamble · 18/01/2020 12:53

I really like it. I like the way it sounds, how it looks on paper and it’s a name that ends in an -a, without being flouncy and frilly. My daughter has a similar name. Thumbs up from me.

BikeRunSki · 18/01/2020 12:48

I like it’s meaning (Heather) more that the sound of the name IYSWIM, although I do know a toddler Erica who is very sweet.

Aniticipate Erica/Erika spelling mix ups.

Rainsnow · 18/01/2020 12:46

Dislike a lot

DrWAnker · 18/01/2020 12:42

Lovely. Unusual without being unusual iyswim.

Jokat · 18/01/2020 12:41

I personally find it quite harsh-sounding, but I don't dislike it. I love that it is unusual these days, but everyone would know how to say and spell it.