Jerikah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jerikah

What is the meaning of the name Jerikah ?

The baby name Jerikah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced juh-REE-kah (JEH-REE-kah); IPA: /dʒəˈriːkə/ or /dʒɛˈrɪkə/.

Jerikah is Hebrew in Origin.

Jerikah is a modern English given name, a creative spelling of Jerika/Jerica. It likely arose in late-20th-century American use as a blend of Jeri (a short form of Gerald/Geraldine or Jeremy) with the fashionable -ica/-ika ending, or as a J-initial twist on Erica. Pop culture helped normalize the pattern through the 1980s cartoon heroine Jerrica Benton; the terminal -h in Jerikah simply signals an -ah sound, akin to Sarah or Micah.

Meaning varies with the chosen root. Via Erica, it ultimately traces to Old Norse Eirikr, "ever-ruler" or "eternal ruler." Through Jeri from Gerald/Geraldine, it reflects the Germanic elements ger "spear" and wald "rule," hence "spear-ruler." Some also read it as a feminine echo of Jericho, from Hebrew Yeriho, linked to "fragrance" or the "moon." Variants include Jerika, Jerica, Jericka, Jerrika, and Jeryka; nicknames include Jeri, Rika, and Rica.