Anika (Devanagari: ) is a female given name of Arabic, African, Dutch, German, Hebrew, MÃÂori, Sanskrit, and Swedish origin and is also an alternative spelling of the name Annika or Anikha
The meaning of the name "Anika" is different in several languages, countries and cultures. It has more than one meaning available.
Anika means graceful, brilliant, or sweet-faced. It is derived from the Sanskrit word (), which literally means 'fearless', 'soldier', 'army' or 'face'. Anika also means splendor, edge or point. It is also one of the many names for Goddess Durga.
Anika means graceful and merciful. It is the Swedish pet form of the name Anna and it is similar to Anneke in the Netherlands.
In African regions it means "sweetness of face".
Anika is a German variant of Anna. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favoured", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial 'h'.
Grace; favour, unique. It originates from the Hebrew name Hannah.
In Arabic, Anika (Arabic writing : ãÃÂÃÂÃÂç) means unique. It is a variant of Aniqa (Arabic writing : ãÃÂÃÂÃÂé) which means "neat, elegant, unique or âÂÂsmart".
It is the Hawaiianization of Anita, which means graceful one.