Erik

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.

Rieko, Erick, Eerik, Erki, Eero, Erkki, Eirik, Erika, Eriko, Reiko, Eric, Eriks

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Erik Per Sullivan	1991	American actor
2	Erik Estrada	1949	American actor
3	Erik Prince	1969	American businessman
4	Erik Erikson	1902	French psychologist
5	Erik Satie	1866	French composer and pianist
6	Erik Spoelstra	1970	American basketball head coach
7	Erik Killmonger
8	Erik von Detten	1982	American actor born 1982
9	Erik Karlsson	1990	Swedish ice hockey player
10	Erik Everhard	1976	American pornographic actor
11	Erik		Character from Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera
12	Erik LaRay Harvey		Actress
13	Erik S. Kristensen	1972	United States Navy SEAL, killed in action in Afghanistan
14	Erik Larson	1954	American author and journalist
15	Erik King	1969	Actor
16	Erik Durm	1992	German footballer
17	Erik Palladino	1968	American actor
18	Erik Wolpaw	1967	American video game writer
19	Erik Knudsen	1988	Canadian actor
20	Erik Selvig
21	Erik Kramer	1964	American football player
22	Erik Bruhn	1928	Danish ballet dancer
23	Erik Sviatchenko	1991	Danish footballer
24	Erik Josten		Fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
25	Erik von Markovik	1971	American pick-up artist
26	Erik Jones	1996	American racing driver
27	Erik Thomson	1967	Australian actor
28	Erik Stolhanske	1968	American comedian
29	Erik Kuselias		American radio personality
30	Erik Bauersfeld	1922	American radio personality
31	Erik Demaine	1981	Canadian computer scientist
32	Erik Pieters	1988	Dutch footballer
33	Erik Koch	1988	American martial artist
34	Erik Weihenmayer	1968	Blind American climber
35	Erik Hayser	1980	Mexican actor, film producer and television actor
36	Erik Wahl		American graffiti artist, speed-painter, author, speaker, and entrepreneur
37	Erik Gudbranson	1992	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
38	Erik Audé	1980	American actor
39	Erik Möller	1979	German freelance journalist, software developer, author and former Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
40	Erik Nielsen	1924	Canadian politician
41	Erik Dellums	1964	American actor and voice actor
42	Erik Paulsen	1965	American politician
43	Erik Watts	1967	American professional wrestler and college football quarterback
44	Erik Apple	1979	American martial artist and actor
45	Erik de Vogel	1961	Dutch actor
46	Erik Murphy	1990	American-Finnish basketball player
47	Erik Stocklin		American actor and composer
48	Erik Niva	1978	Swedish sport journalist
49	Erik Sandin	1966	American drummer
50	Erik Ainge	1986	American football player
51	Erik Williams	1968	American football offensive tackle
52	Erik van Muiswinkel	1961	Dutch comedian
53	Erik Verlinde	1962	Dutch physicist
54	Erik Zabel	1970	German racing cyclist
55	Erik Seidel	1959	American poker player
56	Erik Palmer-Brown	1997	Soccer player
57	Erik the Red
58	Erik Larsen	1962	Comic creator
59	Erik Jan Hanussen	1889	Psychic entertainer
60	Erik Shoji	1989	American volleyball player and beach volleyball player
61	Erik Cole	1978	American ice hockey player
62	Erik Paulson	1966	American martial artist
63	Erik Sabo	1991	Slovak soccer player
64	Erik Hivju	1947	Norwegian actor
65	Erik Kratz	1980	American baseball player
66	Erik Scott Kimerer		American actor
67	Erik de Vlieger	1959
68	Erik Schinegger	1948	Austrian alpine skier
69	Erik Brødreskift	1969	Norwegian musician
70	Erik Santos	1982	Filipino singer
71	Erik Björnsson		Semi-legendary Swedish king
72	Erik Siegfried Klein	1926	German actor
73	Erik Hamrén	1957	Swedish footballer and manager
74	Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn	1909	Austrian noble and political theorist
75	Erik Lee Preminger	1944	American actor
76	Erik Matti	1971	Film director
77	Erik Lima	1994	Brazilian footballer
78	Erik Hassle	1988	Swedish musician
79	Erik Spiekermann	1947	German typographer
80	Erik Marmo	1976	Brazilian actor
81	Erik Haula	1991	Finnish ice hockey player
82	Erik Thorstvedt	1962	Norwegian footballer
83	Erik Turner	1964	American heavy metal musician
84	Erik Brann	1950	American guitarist
85	Erik Olin Wright	1947	American sociologist
86	Erik Friberg	1986	Swedish footballer
87	Erik Paartalu	1986	Australian soccer player
88	Erik Tabery	1977	Czech publicist and politic writer
89	Erik Kynard	1991	American high jumper
90	Erik Goossens	1967	Belgian singer and actor
91	Erik Aadahl	1976	Academy Award-nominated sound editor
92	Erik Buell	1950	American motorcycle racer
93	Erik Walden	1985	American football player
94	Erik Charles Nielsen	1981	American actor and comedian
95	Erik Silvester	1944	German composer and singer
96	Erik Rutan	1971	American singer
97	Erik Rubin	1971	Singer and actor
98	Erik Brynjolfsson	2000	American academic
99	Erik Jensen		Actor and playwright
100	Erik Hurtado	1990	American soccer player
101	Erik Dijkstra	1977	Dutch presenter
102	Erik van Trommel	1967	Dutch actor, television presenter, singer and presenter
103	Erik Akerboom	1961	Dutch civil servant
104	Erik Jurgens	1935	Dutch jurist and politician
105	Erik Chitty	1907	English actor
106	Erik Nevland	1977	Norwegian footballer
107	Erik Edman	1978	Swedish footballer
108	Erik Ekstrand	1979
109	Erik Truffaz	1960	French jazz trumpeter and composer
110	Erik Swoope	1992	American football player
111	Erik Lindbergh	1965	American aviator
112	Erik van Lith	1972	Dutch politician
113	Erik Meyer	1982	American football player
114	Erik Compton	1979	Professional golfer
115	Erik Johansson	1985	Swedish artist
116	Erik Scherder	1951	Dutch psychologist and university teacher
117	Erik Huseklepp	1984	Footballer
118	Erik Guay	1981	Canadian alpine skier
119	Erik Ellington	1977	Professional skateboarder, entrepreneur
120	Erik Carlsson	1929	Swedish rally driver
121	Erik Qualman	1972	American writer
122	Erik Solheim	1955	Norwegian politician
123	Erik Skjoldbjærg	1964	Norwegian film director
124	Erik Davis	1967	American historian
125	Erik Condra	1986	American ice hockey player
126	Erik van der Hoff	1963	Dutch singer, television presenter and presenter
127	Erik Goeddel	1988	American baseball player
128	Erik Arbores	1997	Dutch record producer
129	Erik Wemple	1964	American newspaper editor
130	Erik Van Looy	1962	Belgian film director
131	Erik Axel Karlfeldt	1864	Swedish poet
132	Erik Blix	1957	Swedish journalist and actor
133	Erik Pears	1982	American Football player
134	Erik Grönwall	1987	Swedish singer
135	Erik Meijer	1969	Dutch footballer
136	Erik Voorhees		American businessman and entrepreneur
137	Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema	1917	Dutch wartime pilot, spy and writer
138	Erik Kilpatrick		American actor
139	Erik Schlopy	1972	American Alpine skier
140	Erik Pardus	1957	Czech dabing actor and actor
141	Erik Lorig	1986	Player of American football
142	Erik van 't Wout	1961	Dutch actor and television director
143	Erik Coleman	1982	Player of American football
144	Erik Flowers	1978	American football player
145	Erik Darling	1933	American musician
146	Erik Meek	1963	American basketball player
147	Erik Harris	1990	American football player
148	Erik Rhodes	1906	American actor and singer
149	Erik Scavenius	1877	Prime Minister of Denmark
150	Erik Mykland	1971	Norwegian footballer
151	Erik Černák	1997	Slovak ice hockey player
152	Erik Johnson	1989	American professional baseball pitcher
153	Erik Refilsson		Semi-legendary Swedish king
154	Erik Schäffler	1961	German actor and film producer
155	Erik Christensen	1983	Canadian ice hockey player
156	Erik el Belga	1940	Belgian art thief
157	Erik ten Hag	1970	Dutch football player
158	Erik Griffin
159	Erik Jendresen		American screenwriter
160	Erik Lindgren	1972	Swedish actor
161	Erik Jendrišek	1986	Slovak footballer
162	Erik Mesie	1957	Dutch singer
163	Erik Lallerstedt	1946	Swedish cook
164	Erik Mouthaan	1973	Dutch journalist
165	Erik Engstrom	1960	Businessperson
166	Erik Damgaard	1961
167	Erik Hesselberg	1914	Norwegian resistance member
168	Erik Granqvist	1972
169	Erik Norlander	1967	American musician
170	Erik Johansson Vasa	1470	Father of King Gustav I of Sweden
171	Erik Friedlander	1960	American musician
172	Erik Van Neygen	1951	Belgian singer
173	Erik Pontoppidan	1698	Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary
174	Erik Cartwright	1950	American musician
175	Erik Bo Andersen	1970	Danish footballer and coach
176	Erik Breukink	1964	Cycling team manager and former road bicycle racer
177	Erik Morán	1991	Spanish footballer
178	Erik Lidbom	1977	Swedish musician
179	Erik Rémès	1964	French painter and journalist
180	Erik Pimentel	1990	Mexican footballer
181	Erik Weiner	1977	American actor
182	Erik Vendt	1981	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
183	Erik Swyngedouw	1956	Geography professor
184	Erik Paulsson	1942
185	Erik J. Berg	1991	Canadian actor
186	Erik Stephensen	1951	Danish journalist
187	Erik Gandini	1967	Film director
188	Erik Dekker	1970	Dutch racing cyclist
189	Erik S. Reinert	1949	Norwegian economist
190	Erik González	1991
191	Erik White		American film director
192	Erik Gustafsson	1988	Ice hockey player
193	Erik Hagen	1975	Norwegian footballer
194	Erik Moreno	1991	Colombian footballer
195	Erik Gundersen	1959	Danish speedway rider
196	Erik Karlsson (ice hockey b. 1994)	1994	Swedish ice hockey player
197	Erik De Vlaeminck	1945	Road bicycle racer
198	Erik Hörstadius	1964	Swedish journalist
199	Erik Fresen	1976	Florida State Representative
200	Erik Mongrain	1980	Canadian composer and guitarist