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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?
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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~
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~
This message was edited 11/29/2005, 5:43 PM
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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!
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 Majken
The 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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
The 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."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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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.
~ Charlie Blue
On Vacation In France.
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ I'm 10.
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.
~ Charlie Blue
On Vacation In France.
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ I'm 10.
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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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