Worldwide, Erke (Erke 
, Эрке 
, Ерке ) is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but uncommonly masculine first name. The first name Erke is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently male name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but uncommonly masculine name, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare female name. Also, Erke is the last name as well as the forename.