Eric

A male given name: ultimately from Germanic words meaning “one” and “ruler.”.

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The given name Eric, Erik, or Erick is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z), meaning "one, alone, unique", as in the form Æinrikr explicitly, or from *aiwa(z) "long time, eternity". The second element -ríkr stems either from *ríks "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic reiks) or from the therefrom derived *ríkijaz "kingly, powerful, rich". The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful".
The most common spelling in Scandinavia is Erik. In Norway, another form of the name (which has kept the Old Norse diphthong) Eirik is also commonly used. In Finland, the form Erkki is also used. The modern Icelandic version is Eiríkur, while the modern Faroese version is Eirikur. Éric [eʁik] is used in French, and in Germany Eric, Erik and Erich are used.
Although the name was in use in Anglo-Saxon England, its use was reinforced by Scandinavian settlers arriving before the Norman Invasion. It was an uncommon name in England until the Middle Ages, when it gained popularity, and finally became a common name in the 19th century. This was partly because of the publishing of the novel Eric, or, Little by Little by Frederick William Farrar in 1858.
In Norway, Sweden and Finland, the name day for Erik and Eirik is 18 May, commemorating the death of Saint Eric of Sweden.
The feminine derivative is Erica or Erika.

For the Irish term for blood money see éraic
Éric ['eʁik] is a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Satie, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English.
As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals.

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Masc. proper name, from Old Norse Eirikr, literally "honored ruler," from Proto-Germanic *aiza- "honor" + *rik- "ruler," from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule." The German form is Erich.

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Combine of er (honour, respect) and rik (king or chief). Means: honour king, powerful king, eternal ruler.

Rie, Eirikr, Erick, Erich, Enric, Frederick, Rei, Erik, Erika, Erica, Eri, Eirik

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Eric Trump	1984	US businessman and philanthropist
2	Eric Clapton	1945	English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
3	Eric Roberts	1956	American actor
4	Eric Stonestreet	1971	Actor
5	Eric Bana	1968	Australian film and television actor
6	Eric Dane	1972	American actor
7	Eric Cantona	1966	French actor and association football player
8	Eric Stoltz	1961	Actor
9	Eric Dier	1994	English footballer
10	Eric Christian Olsen	1977	American actor
11	Eric Church	1977	American musician
12	Eric Schmidt	1955	Software engineer, businessman
13	Eric McCormack	1963	Canadian/American actor, producer, writer
14	Eric Decker	1987	American football wide receiver
15	Eric Burdon	1941	English singer-songwriter, member of The Animals
16	Eric Bailly	1994	Ivorian footballer
17	Eric Idle	1943	British comedian, actor, singer and writer
18	Eric Young	1979	Professional wrestler
19	Eric Holder	1951	82nd Attorney General of the United States
20	Eric Dickerson	1960	American football player
21	Eric Braeden	1941	German actor
22	Eric Douglas	1958	Actor and stand-up comedian from the United States
23	Eric Esch	1966	Boxer; mixed martial artist
24	Eric Wareheim	1976	American musician, actor and director
25	Eric Garcetti	1971	American politician
26	Eric Mun	1979	South Korean singer and actor
27	Eric Berry	1988	All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, cornerback, safety
28	Eric Benét	1966	American singer
29	Eric Balfour	1977	American actor
30	Eric Bischoff	1955	American professional wrestler
31	Eric Nam	1988	South Korean musician
32	Eric Stefani	1967	Musician, composer, writer and animator
33	Eric Johnson	1979	Actor
34	Eric Lindros	1973	Retired professional ice hockey player who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League
35	Eric Winter	1976	American actor
36	Eric Smith	1980	American criminal
37	Eric Bolling	1963	American television personality
38	Eric Moussambani	1978	Swimmer
39	Eric Rudolph	1966	American far-right radical
40	Eric Stehfest	1989	German actor
41	Éric Molina	1982	American boxer
42	Eric Hosmer	1989	American baseball player
43	Eric Greitens	1974	American politician, author, and former Navy SEAL
44	Eric Lively	1981	American actor
45	Eric André	1983	American actor, comedian, and television host
46	Eric Liddell	1902	Scottish athlete, sprinter, Olympian, Protestant missionary
47	Eric Gordon	1988	American basketball player
48	Eric Cantor	1963	American politician
49	Eric Mabius	1971	Actor
50	Eric Forman	1960	Fictional character in the television series That '70s Show
51	Eric Close	1967	American actor
52	Eric Singer	1958	Hard rock and heavy metal drummer
53	Eric Carr	1950	American musician
54	Eric Prydz	1976	Swedish DJ
55	Eric Johnson Max max	1954	American guitarist and recording artist
56	Eric Carmen	1949	American singer, songwriter and musician
57	Eric Bledsoe	1989	American basketball player
58	Eric Millegan	1974	American actor
59	Eric Thomas (motivational speaker)	1970
60	Eric Lloyd	1986	American actor and comedian
61	Éric Abidal	1979	French footballer
62	Eric Weddle	1985	All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety
63	Eric Fanning	1968	Acting United States Secretary of the Air Force
64	Eric Melrose Brown	1919	Aviator, Royal Navy officer, test pilot, author
65	Eric Villency	1975	American chief executive
66	Eric Allan Kramer	1962	Actor
67	Eric Morecambe	1926	British comedian
68	Tim & Eric		American comedian
69	Eric Bellinger	1986	American singer-songwriter
70	Eric Staal	1984	Ice hockey player
71	Eric Kripke	1974	American writer, television director, television producer
72	Eric Fisher	1991	American football player
73	Eric Bogosian	1953	Actor, playwright, monologist, novelist
74	Eric Schlosser	1959	American journalist and author
75	Eric Carle	1929	American children's illustrator and writer
76	Eric Swalwell	1980	American politician
77	Eric Hobsbawm	1917	British academic historian and Marxist historiographer
78	Eric Bristow	1957	British darts player
79	Eric Holcomb	1968	American politician
80	Eric Thames	1986	American baseball player
81	Eric Foreman		Fictional human
82	Eric Shinseki	1942	Retired United States Army four-star general, seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
83	Eric Edelstein	1977	American actor
84	Eric Mangini	1971	American football player and coach
85	Eric Fleming	1925	American actor (1925-1966)
86	Eric Lomax	1919	British Army officer
87	Eric Sykes	1923	English actor and director
88	Eric Schweig	1967	Canadian actor
89	Éric Gagné	1976	Baseball player
90	Eric the Actor	1975	Member of The Howard Stern Show
91	Eric LeGrand	1990	Player of American football
92	Eric Gill	1882	British artist
93	Eric Stewart	1945	British musician
94	Eric Szmanda	1975	American actor
95	Eric Ripert	1965	French chef
96	Eric Kush	1989	American football player
97	Eric of Pomerania	1382	King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union
98	Éric Djemba-Djemba	1981	Cameroonian footballer
99	Eric O'Neill	1973	FBI operative, lawyer and entrepreneur
100	Eric Tsang	1953	Hong Kong actor
101	Eric Brady
102	Eric Bloodaxe	0885	10th-century Norwegian ruler
103	Eric Kandel	1929	American neuropsychiatrist
104	Eric S. Raymond	1957	American computer programmer, author, and advocate for the open source movement
105	Eric Taylor		Character in Friday Night Lights
106	Eric Whitacre	1970	American composer
107	Eric Delko	1976
108	Eric Crouch	1978	American football player
109	Eric Bauza	1979	Canadian voice actor
110	Eric Wilson	1970	Former bass player for Sublime
111	Eric Dolphy	1928	American jazz musician
112	Eric Schneiderman	1954	American politician
113	Eric Foner	1943	American historian
114	Eric Snow	1973	American basketball player
115	Eric Ladin	1978	American actor
116	Eric Vale	1974	American voice actor
117	Eric Heisserer	1970	American screenwriter
118	Eric Pickles	1952	British politician
119	Eric Scott	1958	American actor
120	Éric Rohmer	1920	French film director
121	Eric Da Re	1965	American actor
122	Eric del Castillo	1934	Mexican actor
123	Eric Reid	1991	American football player, defensive back
124	Eric Lichaj	1988	Soccer player
125	Eric Hoffer	1898	American philosopher
126	Ant-Man		Marvel Comics superhero, the third person to use the name Ant-Man
127	Eric Stuart	1967	American voice actor, voice director, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
128	Eric Koston	1975	Skateboarder born in Thailand
129	Eric Martin	1960	American musician
130	Eric Bloom	1944	American musician
131	Eric Roth	1945	American screenwriter
132	Eric Thompson	1929	English actor
133	Eric Metaxas	1963	American journalist
134	Eric Lange	1973	American actor
135	Eric Martsolf	1971	American actor
136	Eric Kendricks	1992	American football player
137	Eric Ebron	1993	American football player
138	Eric Angle	1967	Scholastic wrestler; professional wrestler
139	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	1989	Cameroonian footballer
140	Eric Murphy		Fictional character on Entourage
141	Eric Forrester
142	Eric van der Woodsen	1993
143	Eric Chase Anderson	1973	American actor
144	Eric Matthew Frein	1983	American fugitive
145	Eric Ries	1979	Entrepreneur
146	Eric Jacobson	1970	Puppeteer, performer in Muppets
147	Eric Van Lustbader	1946	American novelist
148	Eric Anzalone	1965	American signer and member, leatherman/biker of Village People
149	Eric Black	1963	Scottish footballer and manager
150	Eric Brown	1964	American film and television actor
151	Eric Haze		American artist
152	Eric Nies	1971	American model
153	Eric Woolfson	1945	Scottish musician
154	Eric Rowe	1992	American football player
155	Eric T. Olson	1952	United States Navy admiral
156	Eric Edgar Cooke	1931	Serial killer
157	Éric Métayer	1958	French comedian, actor and theater director
158	Eric Wynalda	1969	American soccer player
159	Eric Naposki	1966	Athlete and convicted murderer
160	Eric Maynor	1987	American basketball player
161	Eric Bieniemy	1969	American football player, running back, coach
162	Éric Naulleau	1961	French editor and publisher
163	Eric Davis	1962	Former Major League Baseball player
164	Eric Nenninger	1978	American actor
165	Eric Faulkner	1953	Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter
166	Eric Paslay	1983	Country music singer
167	Eric Koenig
168	Eric Hilton	1933	American hotelier
169	Eric XIV of Sweden	1533	Swedish king
170	Eric Heiden	1958	US speed skater
171	Eric Hutchinson	1980	American musician
172	Eric Gales	1974	American musician
173	Eric Porter	1928	British actor
174	Eric Pollard
175	Eric the Victorious	0945	Swedish king
176	Eric Lander	1957	American academic
177	Eric Ambler	1909	Author
178	Eric Byrnes	1976	American baseball player
179	Eric "Bobo" Correa	1968	American musician
180	Eric Melvin	1966	American musician
181	Eric Berne	1910	Canadian psychiatrist
182	Éric Blanc	1959	Rugby union player
183	Eric Karros	1967	American baseball player
184	Eric Sevareid	1912	American journalist
185	Eric Saade	1990	Swedish singer
186	Eric Bazilian	1953	American musician
187	Eric Avery	1965	American musician
188	Eric W. Weisstein	1969	American mathematician
189	Eric Laneuville	1952	American actor and director
190	Eric Shea	1960	American actor
191	Wreckless Eric	1954	English rock and roll and new wave singer-songwriter
192	Eric Goldberg	1955	Animator
193	Eric Kretz	1966	American musician
194	Eric Bruskotter	1966	American actor
195	Éric Salvail	1969	Canadian television presenter and television producer
196	Eric Chu	1961	Taiwanese politician
197	Eric Show	1956	Baseball player
198	Eric Erlandson	1963	American musician
199	Eric Abetz	1958	Australian politician
200	Eric Musselman	1964	American basketball coach