Eerik
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Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eerik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eero, Ergo, Erik, Erki, or Erko, feminine equivalent Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Eiríkr. Brought to Finland as an Old Swedish saint's name in the Middle Ages. Cognate to Swedish Erik and English Eric.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eerik
- a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerikki, Eero, Erik, or Erkki, feminine equivalent Eerika, Eriika, or Erika, equivalent to English Eric
Usage notes
[edit]- This form is used to translate names of foreign kings. The more common given name forms are Eero and Erkki.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Eerik (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Eerik | Eerikit | |
genitive | Eerikin | Eerikien Eerikeiden Eerikeitten | |
partitive | Eerikiä | Eerikeitä Eerikejä | |
illative | Eerikiin | Eerikeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Eerik | Eerikit | |
accusative | nom. | Eerik | Eerikit |
gen. | Eerikin | ||
genitive | Eerikin | Eerikien Eerikeiden Eerikeitten | |
partitive | Eerikiä | Eerikeitä Eerikejä | |
inessive | Eerikissä | Eerikeissä | |
elative | Eerikistä | Eerikeistä | |
illative | Eerikiin | Eerikeihin | |
adessive | Eerikillä | Eerikeillä | |
ablative | Eerikiltä | Eerikeiltä | |
allative | Eerikille | Eerikeille | |
essive | Eerikinä | Eerikeinä | |
translative | Eerikiksi | Eerikeiksi | |
abessive | Eerikittä | Eerikeittä | |
instructive | — | Eerikein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Eerik is the 333rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,116 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,628 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Estonian male given names from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːrik
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːrik/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish male given names from Old Norse
- Finnish paperi-type nominals