Erich

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.

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Form of Eric: eternal ruler, honorabale ruler.

Richie, Eric, Rich, Eero

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Erich Ludendorff	1865	German Army officer and later Nazi leader in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
2	Erich von Manstein	1887	German general
3	Kerry Von Erich	1960	American professional wrestler
4	Erich Maria Remarque	1898	German novelist
5	Erich Klann	1987
6	Erich Honecker	1912	German communist politician
7	Erich Fromm	1900	German social psychologist and psychoanalyst
8	Lacey Von Erich	1986	American professional wrestler
9	Erich von Däniken	1935	Swiss writer
10	Erich Bergen	1985	American actor and presenter
11	Erich Gonzales	1990	Filipina actress
12	Kevin Von Erich	1957	American professional wrestler
13	Erich Raeder	1876	German naval officer and Großadmiral during World War II
14	Erich von Stroheim	1885	Austrian actor and director
15	Fritz Von Erich	1929	American professional wrestler
16	Mike Von Erich	1964	American professional wrestler
17	David Von Erich	1958	American professional wrestler
18	Erich von Falkenhayn	1861	Chief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War
19	Erich Priebke	1913	Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS, convicted of war crimes in Italy
20	Chris Von Erich	1969	American professional wrestler
21	Erich Mielke	1907	German politician
22	Erich Wolfgang Korngold	1897	American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth
23	Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski	1899	German politician and SS functionary
24	Erich Altenkopf	1969	Austrian actor
25	Erich Segal	1937	American writer
26	Erich Koch	1896	Nazi leader
27	Erich Kempka	1910	SS officer
28	Erich Rudorffer	1917	German World War II fighter pilot
29	Erich Bauer	1900	Holocaust perpetrator
30	Erich Mendelsohn	1887	Jewish German architect
31	Erich Hoepner	1886	German general
32	Erich Fellgiebel	1886	German general
33	Erich Topp	1914	German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II
34	Erich Räuker	1953	German voice actor
35	Erich Marcks	1891	German general
36	Waldo Von Erich	1933	Canadian professional wrestler
37	Erich Heckel	1883	German artist
38	Erich Auerbach	1892	German Philologist
39	Erich Gamma	1961	Swiss computer scientist
40	Erich Sixt	1944	German entrepreneur
41	Erich Brandenberger	1892	German general
42	Erich Collin	1899	German singer
43	Erich Anderson	2000	American actor
44	Erich Schiffmann	1953	American yoga master
45	Eric Muhsfeldt	1913	SS officer
46	Erich Mühsam	1878	German-Jewish antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright
47	Lance Von Erich	1959	American professional wrestler
48	Erich Leinsdorf	1912	American conductor
49	Erich Neumann	1905	German writer, psychologist and philosopher
50	Erich Kästner	1900	World war I veteran
51	Erich Naumann	1905	German general
52	Erich Traub	1906	German biologist
53	Erich Gliebe	1963	American boxer
54	Erich Helmensdorfer	1920	German journalist and television presenter
55	Erich Fuchs	1913	Holocaust perpetrator
56	Erich Hess	1981	Swiss politician
57	Erich Leyens	1898
58	Erich Kunzel	1935	Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
59	Erich Straetling	1918	German diplomat
60	Erich Lindenberg	1938	German painter
61	Erich Ribbeck	1937	German football player and coach
62	Erich Bey	1898	German admiral
63	Erich Schmidt-Eenboom	1953	German opinion journalist
64	Erich Lejeune	1944	German entrepreneur
65	Erich Schiewek	1913
66	Erich Bärenfänger	1915	German officer
67	Erich Kühnhackl	1950	Ice hockey player
68	Erich Klausener	1885	German politician
69	Erich Pommer	1889	German film producer
70	Erich Fried	1921	Austrian writer
71	Erich Nikowitz	1906	Austrian actor
72	Erich von Tschermak	1871	Austrian geneticist
73	Erich Pfeffer	1958
74	Erich Seyfried	1940	German actor
75	Erich Löwenhardt	1897	German flying ace
76	Erich Ehrlinger	1910	German general
77	Erich Bar	1950	German actor
78	Erich Leo Lehmann	1917	American statistician
79	Erich Gimpel	1910	German spy, WW2
80	Erich Apel	1917	German politician and economist
81	Erich Salomon	1886	German photojournalist
82	Erich Schleyer	1940	German actor, television presenter and screenwriter
83	Erich Hückel	1896	German physical chemist known for the Debye-Hückel Theory and the Hückel method
84	Erich Warsitz	1906	German aviator
85	Erich von Drygalski	1865	German geographer
86	Erich Oberdorfer	1905	German botanist
87	Erich Jarvis		Neuroscientist
88	Erich von Lobkowicz	1955
89	Erich Abraham	1895	German general
90	Erich Kordt	1903	German diplomat
91	Erich Kiesl	1930	German politician
92	Erich Stekovics	1966
93	Erich Weinert	1890	German politician
94	Erich Klöckner	1913	German test pilot
95	Erich Göstl	1925	Member of the Waffen SS
96	Erich von Holst	1908	German physiologist
97	Erich Ziemer	1906
98	Erich Kern	1906	Austrian journalist
99	Erich Barnes	1935	American football player
100	Erich Vock	1962	Swiss actor
101	Erich Mende	1916	German politician
102	Erich Walther	1903	Luftwaffe general
103	Erich Jantsch	1929	Austrian astrophysicist
104	Erich Heller	1911	British essayist
105	Erich Bloch	1925	American electrical engineer
106	Erich Wessner	1948	Austrian singer and opera singer
107	Erich Löwe	1906	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
108	Erich von Hornbostel	1877	Austrian ethnomusicologist
109	Erich Pfefferlen	1952	German writer
110	Erich Ponto	1884	Actor
111	Erich Schmeckenbecher	1953	German musician
112	Erich Peter	1919	German blacksmith
113	Cedik Erich Halacz	1929
114	Erich Lachmann	1909	German police officer
115	Erich Zimmermann	1888	German American institutional economist
116	Erich von Waldburg zu Zeil	1899	German publisher
117	Erich Krüger	1897	German painter
118	Erich Hohagen	1915	German flying ace
119	Erich Hartmann	1922	American photographer
120	Erich Przywara	1889	German Jesuit priest
121	Erich Hecke	1887	German mathematician
122	Erich Gräßer	1927	German theologue
123	Erich Pipa	1948	German politician
124	Erich Schaedler	1949	Scottish footballer
125	Erich Weber	1860	German general
126	Erich Storz	1927	German musician
127	Erich Dinges	1911	Holocaust perpetrator
128	Erich Wasicky	1911	German holocaust perpatrator
129	Erich von Götha de la Rosière	1924	Illustrator
130	Erich Cohn-Bendit	1902	German lawyer
131	Erich Marx	1921	German entrepreneur
132	Erich Schneider	1894	German general and Knight's Cross recipients
133	Erich S. Gruen	1935	American historian
134	Erich Gysling	1936	Swiss journalist, publicist and writer
135	Erich Köhler	1892	German politician, president of the Bundestag
136	Erich Lindemann	1900	Psychiatrist
137	Erich Leie	1916	German flying ace
138	Erich Kähler	1906	German mathematician
139	Erich Padalewski	1930	Austrian actor
140	Erich Straube	1887	German infantry officer (1887–1971)
141	Erich Hippke	1888	German physician
142	Erich Foglar	1955
143	Erich Probst	1927	Austrian footballer
144	Erich Zeisl	1905	Austrian composer
145	Erich Vermehren	1919	Ardent anti-Nazi, an agent of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence organization, and later a leading Catholic Traditionalist.
146	Erich Vad	1957	German military historian and historian of modern age
147	Erich Mix	1898	German flying ace
148	Erich Buschenhagen	1895	German general
149	Erich Ollenhauer	1901	German politician
150	Erich Dethleffsen	1904	German general
151	Erich Kosiol	1899	German economist
152	Erich Goode	1938	American sociologist
153	Erich Isselhorst	1906	German soldier and jurist
154	Erich Regener	1881	German physicist
155	Erich Schmitt	1924	(east-)german cartoonist
156	Erich Correns	1896	German chemist and politician
157	Erich Schmidt-Leichner	1910	German lawyer
158	Erich Ritter	1958	Swiss biologist
159	Erich Beer	1946	German footballer
160	Erich Rahn	1885
161	Erich Lessing	1923	Austrian photographer
162	Erich Arendt	1903	German translator
163	Erich Koch-Weser	1875	German politician
164	Erich Bagge	1912	German physicist
165	Erich Bitter	1933	German bicycle racer
166	Erich Jaschke	1890	German general and Knight's Cross recipient
167	Erich Wendt	1902	German politician
168	Erich Schumann	1930	German lawyer
169	Erich Hampel	1951	Austrian manager
170	Erich von der Heyde	1900	German official at I.G. Farben and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials
171	Erich Klahn	1901	German painter and graphic designer
172	Erich Borchmeyer	1905	Athletics competitor
173	Erich Buljung	1944	Olympic sport shooter
174	Erich Sokol	1933	Austrian caricaturist and illustrator
175	Erich Müller	1892	Engineer
176	Erich Hoffmann	1868	German dermatologist
177	Erich Blechschmidt	1904	German anatomist
178	Erich Ebert	1922	German actor, voice actor and film director
179	Erich Eliskases	1913	Austrian chess player
180	Erich Ludwig	1939	German voice actor
181	Erich Hilgenfeldt	1897	German Nazi Party official
182	Erich Wernicke	1859	German physician
183	Erich Redman	1964	German actor
184	Erich Gruenberg	1924	British musician
185	Erich Bödeker	1904	German sculptor
186	Erich Meder	1897	Austrian lyricist
187	Erich Boldt	1933
188	Erich Axthammer	1920	German pilot and Knight's Cross recipients
189	Erich Schumm	1907	German inventor and engineer
190	Erich Sbraccia	1968	American professional wrestler
191	Erich Kunz	1909	Austrian opera singer
192	Erich Wollenberg	1892	German journalist
193	Erich Weniger	1894	German educationist
194	Erich Wustmann	1907	German writer
195	Erich Meuthen	1929	German medievalist and archivist
196	Erich Lorenz	1905	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
197	Erich Weede	1942	German psychologist and sociologist
198	Erich Schnake	1930	Chilean politician
199	Erich Weiss	1947	Austrian television presenter and news presenter
200	Erich Juskowiak	1926	German footballer