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[Facts] Annika
Is Annika ever used as a full name (rather than a pet form) in Holland, Sweden, and other countries to which it is native? Or is "Annika" as a formal name more of a British / American adaption?_____________________________________________________________________Elinor'Why do people with closed minds, always open their mouths?'
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One of my second cousins (in Holland, I'm Dutch) is called Annika, and I'm pretty sure it's her full name. As X Mar said, though, in Holland, nns are more and more commonly used as full names.
I know one other Annika, but she is Finnish and I don't know if it's her full name or a nn...~Lully Lulla~

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Actually Dutch people use nn as full names all the time, we don't really distinguish between nn and full names. So Annika will be used as a full name in the Netherlands
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Anneke is used as a full and formal name by Afrikaans-speaking people in South Africa; I've also known one who was of Dutch descent and had Anneke as her full name.It would perhaps be rather like naming an English-speaking child Nancy or Megan as their full names instead of Anne or Margaret - perfectly possible and unremarkable!
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Annika, Anneke and MajkenThe Dutch form Anneke may be considered a nn, I don't know.But Annika in Sweden is certainly not considered or used as a nn.One famous Annika in Sweden is Pippi's friend in the books about Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.There is another Swedish name, Majken, which I think comes from a Dutch pet name for Maria, but this is certainly not seen as a nn in Sweden."You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
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My Danish baby name book says, that Majken is a German pet form of Maria. But I don't know with Sweden on this matter.As for Annika... I've only met one, my age when 14-15 years old, in my entire life. And as I recall, one of her parents were Swedish.
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THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
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There is a separate entry for it in Roland Otterbjörk's Svenska förnamn, with an indication that it has been in use in Sweden since 1521, so it seems to be used as a separate name in Sweden at least. And I would think that Annika Sorenstam would be evidence in and of herself that this name is used independently in Sweden.
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