eric

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• /ˈɛɹɪk/
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From Middle English Eric, from Old English Eoric, from Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”)), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”)). Less likely from einn (“sole, alone”) + ríkr (“ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare Danish Erik, German Erich. Possible doublet of Euric.

From Irish éiric.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِرِيك (ʔirīk) — male given name
• Armenian: Էրիկ (Ērik) — male given name
• Belarusian: Э́рык (Éryk) — male given name
• Bengali: এরিক (erik) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Е́рик (Érik) — male given name
• Catalan: Èric — male given name
• Cherokee: ᎡᎵᎩ (eligi) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 埃里克 (Āilǐkè) — male given name
• Czech: Erik — male given name
• Danish: Erik — male given name
• Dutch: Erik — male given name
• Esperanto: Eriko — male given name
• Estonian: Erik — male given name
• Estonian: Eerik — male given name
• Faroese: Eirikur — male given name
• Finnish: Eerik — male given name
• Finnish: Eero — male given name
• Finnish: Erkki — male given name
• French: Éric — male given name
• Galician: Eurico — male given name
• Georgian: ერიქ (erik) — male given name
• German: Erich — male given name
• Greek: Ερρίκος (Erríkos) — male given name
• Greek: Έρικ (Érik) — male given name
• Greenlandic: Eerik — male given name
• Hindi: एरिक (erik) — male given name
• Hungarian: Erik — male given name
• Icelandic: Eiríkur — male given name
• Italian: Erico — male given name
• Japanese: エリック (Erikku) — male given name
• Korean: 에릭 — male given name
• Latin: Ērīcus — male given name
• Latin: Euricus — male given name
• Latvian: Ēriks — male given name
• Lithuanian: Erikas — male given name
• Māori: Eriki — male given name
• Norwegian: Erik — male given name
• Norwegian: Eirik — male given name
• Old Norse: Eiríkr — male given name
• Polish: Eryk — male given name
• Portuguese: Érico — male given name
• Punjabi: ਐਰਿਕ (airik) — male given name
• Russian: Э́рик (Érik) — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Erik — male given name
• Slovak: Erik — male given name
• Slovene: Êrik — male given name
• Spanish: Erico — male given name
• Swedish: Erik — male given name
• Turkish: Erik — male given name
• Ukrainian: Е́рік (Érik) — male given name