Meaning Of
Erykah
Gender:
Girl
Categories:  Nature, English
Origin Meaning:
Norse
External  ruler
Origin  Meaning:
Latin
Heather
Pronunciation:
(EHR ee kah) /(EHR ih kah)
Form Of: Eric
Used In :  English speaking countries
Additional Info:  Feminine  of Eric,  Erica  is also the Latin  name of a plant  known in English as heather,  but that word has different  origin.

More Information:

The Meaning of her name? In her early youth, she decided to change the spelling of her name from Erica to Erykah, as she firmly believed her original name to be her 'slave' name. The term 'kah' signifies the inner self, which, when translated from Arabic, means 'can do no wrong'. Badu is also an African name for the 10th born child used for the Ashanti people in Ghana. Additionally in a letter written to Erykah from her father "Badu in Arabic means truth and light...good choice kid,".

Meaning Of Badu
Categories: African,Akan, Ghanaian
Origin: African
Meaning:
Tenth
Prounication: 
(BAH doo)
Form Of: 
Itself (Badu)