Renika
Meaning of Renika
Renika is a feminine given name of uncertain but hybridized etymology, often interpreted as a modern amalgam of the French Renée (“reborn”) and the Germanic Erica (“ruler of people”), and occasionally linked to the Sanskrit Renuka (“born of dust”) lineage; its precise derivation, however, remains a subject of onomastic debate. Phonetically, it is rendered in English as reh-NEE-kuh (/ɹɛˈniːkə/), featuring a trochaic stress pattern with a mid-central lax onset and a tense high-front nuclear vowel. First appearing in U.S. Social Security records in the early 1970s—ranked approximately 740th with 11 recorded births in 1974—the name sustained a relatively stable foothold throughout the 1980s, oscillating between ranks 747 and 793 and averaging 15–25 annual occurrences. A modest peak occurred in 1983 (25 births; rank 751), after which usage gradually declined to single-digit frequencies by the mid-1990s, culminating in nine instances in 1998 (rank 870). Renika’s cool rarity and technical resonance align it with a cohort of anglophone names ending in -ika that gained traction during the late twentieth century, offering a distinctive yet analytically grounded choice for those seeking a name both uncommon and structurally precise.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as reh-NEE-kuh (/ɹɛˈniːkə/)
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