專有名詞
词源
Eric的陰性形,源自古諾爾斯語。也和花屬有關。
释义
艾麗卡,女子名
But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.
1994 Erica Jong: Fear of Fifty: page 140: