Eric

Alternative forms

 * Erik
 * Erick

Etymology
From Eirríkr:, Eiríkr:, from ei:, less likely from einn: + ríkr: (cognate to Latin rex and Celtic -rix). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 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?"
 * 1) * 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.
 * 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

 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: এরিক
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Faroese: Eirikur
 * Finnish: Eerik(historical), Eero, Erkki (given name)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: Erico
 * Japanese: エリック (erikku)
 * Latin: Ericus


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Erik
 * Nynorsk: Eirik
 * Old Norse: Eirikr
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Érico
 * Russian: Эрик (Érik)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: Erico
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * rice, Rice, RICE

Proper noun
Eric


 * , variant of Erich borrowed from English or form French Éric.

Proper noun
Eric


 * , a less common spelling of Erik.

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