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Summary
- No one named Jerica appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew meaning.
- Behind the Name’s user-contributed section lists Jerica as a variant of Jerrica, “probably an elaboration of Jerry, influenced by names such as Jessica and Erica.”
- Jerrica ranked in the US top 1,000 from 1986 to 1995 and Jerica from 1987 to 1993, both peaking in 1988, the years of the cartoon Jem and its heroine Jerrica Benton.
- Erica is the feminine form of Eric, from Old Norse Eiríkr, “ever ruler.”
- Jericho, the biblical city Jerica resembles, is a place name of uncertain origin, not a personal name.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, user-submitted names “Jerica” and “Jerrica,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/jerrica/submitted
- Behind the Name, “Erica” and “Eric.” https://www.behindthename.com/name/erica
- “Jem (TV series),” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jem_(TV_series)
- “Jérica,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9rica
- Strong’s Hebrew 3405, Yericho, with Brown-Driver-Briggs, Bible Hub. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3405.htm
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version: Deuteronomy 34:3; Joshua 6:20. References: Mark 10:46–52; Luke 19:1–10. Spanish and Portuguese spellings from the Reina-Valera 1960 and Almeida Revista e Corrigida.
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