Eric

See also: eric and Éric

English

Alternative forms

• Erik
• Erick

Etymology

From Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr, from ei (“always, eternal”) (see aye), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz, from *aizō (“honor”), 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk

Proper noun

Eric

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1859 Frederic William Farrar: Eric, or Little by Little: A Tale of Roslyn School. Chapter II:

     "What's your name?" "Eric - I mean Williams." "Then why don't you say what you mean?"

   • 1959 Roentgens, Rads and Riddles: A Symposium on Supervoltage Radiation Therapy. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1959. page 71:

     Mark it. Professor Roberts does not like the name Eric. This happens to be one of his given names, and it is a very honorable one. Eric was the first Viking explorer of the North American continent, and this ERIC we hope will be an explorer in the fields of complex therapy.

Related terms

• feminine forms: Erica, Erika

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: إِرِيك m (ʔirīk)
• Armenian: Էրիկ (Ērik)
• Belarusian: Э́рык m (Éryk)
• Bengali: এরিক (erik)
• Catalan: Èric m
• Cherokee: ᎡᎵᎩ (eligi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾里克 (Àilǐkè)

• Czech: Erik m
• Danish: Erik c
• Dutch: Erik (nl)
• Esperanto: Eriko
• Estonian: Erik, Eerik
• Faroese: Eirikur m
• Finnish: Eerik (fi) (historical), Eero (fi), Erkki (fi) (given name)
• French: Éric (fr)
• Galician: Eurico (gl)
• Georgian: ერიქ (erik)
• German: Erich (de)
• Greenlandic: Eerik
• Hindi: एरिक m (erik)
• Hungarian: Erik (hu)
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• Icelandic: Eiríkur (is) m
• Italian: Erico (it)
• Japanese: エリック (erikku)
• Korean: 에릭 (erik)
• Latin: Ericus, Euricus
• Latvian: Ēriks
• Lithuanian: Erikas (lt)
• Maori: Eriki
• Norwegian: Erik (no) m, Eirik (no) m
• Old Norse: Eiríkr m
• Polish: Eryk (pl)
• Portuguese: Érico
• Punjabi: ਐਰਿਕ m (airik)
• Russian: Э́рик (ru) (Érik)
• Serbo-Croatian: Erik
• Slovak: Erik m
• Slovene: Êrik (sl) m
• Spanish: Erico (es) m
• Swedish: Erik (sv) c
• Turkish: Erik (tr)
• Ukrainian: Е́рік m (Érik)

Anagrams

• RICE, Rice, cire, icer, rice

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Catalan

Proper noun

Eric

1. Eric

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German

Proper noun

Eric

1. a male given name, variant of Erich borrowed from English or from French Éric.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Eric c (genitive Erics)

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Erik.