Erik

• Eric

A spelling variant of Eric, or directly borrowed from modern Swedish Erik.

Erik

1. A male given name from Old Norse.

• Erika

• Keir, Keri, Kier, Riek, Rike, keir, keri, kier, rike

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛrɪk]

Erik m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

From Old Norse Eiríkr. Borne by eight kings of Denmark.

Erik

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric

• (surnames) Eriksen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 118 507 males with the given name Erik have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Erik

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Erki, or Erko, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːrik/, [ˈe̞ːrik] (in imitation of Swedish)
• IPA^(key): /ˈerik/, [ˈe̞rik]
• Syllabification^(key): E‧rik

Erik

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eerikki, Eero, or Erkki, feminine equivalent Erika, Eriika, or Eerika, equivalent to English Eric

• keri, reki, rike

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Erik

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Erich, feminine equivalent Erika or Erica, equivalent to English Eric

Monophthongised version of Eirik, from Old Norse Eiríkr.

Erik m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eirik, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric

• One of the most common given names in Norway since the Middle Ages.

• (surnames) Eriksen

• Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 608 males with the given name Erik living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on 29th April, 2011.

Ultimately, from Old Norse Eiríkr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrik/

Erik m (genitive singular Erika, nominative plural Erikovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

• Ero

• Erik in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́ːrik/

Ȇrik m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

From Old Norse Eiríkr.

Erik c (genitive Eriks)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric, feminine equivalent Erika or Erica, equivalent to English Eric
   • 2014, Linda Olsson, I skymningen sjunger koltrasten, Brombergs Bokförlag, →ISBN:

     E. Blom. Vad stod e:et för? Erik? Det var egentligen det enda mansnamn för en så pass ung människa som hon kunde komma på. Ingen hette sådant som Evald, Einar eller Evert nuförtiden. Eller gjorde de?

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• Traditionally one of the most popular names in Sweden, said to have been borne by 14 kings (out of which 5 are now considered mythological).

• (male given names) Jerker
• (surnames) Eriksson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 301 941 males with the given name Erik living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

• rike

Erik

1. a male given name