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Eric

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See also: eric, ERIC, and Éric

English

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From Middle English Eric, from Old English Eoric, from Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr (from ei (always, eternal, see aye) +‎ ríkr (ruler)), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (honor) +‎ *rīkijaz (ruler)). Less likely from einn (sole, alone) +‎ ríkr (ruler), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (king, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare Danish Erik, German Erich. Possible doublet of Euric.

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Eric

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1859, Frederic William Farrar, chapter II, in Eric, or Little by Little: A Tale of Roslyn School:
      "What's your name?" "Eric - I mean Williams." "Then why don't you say what you mean?"
    • 1959, Roentgens, Rads and Riddles: A Symposium on Supervoltage Radiation Therapy., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 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.
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Eric

  1. Eric

German

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Variant of Erich, borrowed from English Eric or from French Éric.

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Eric

  1. a male given name

Swedish

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From Old Norse Eiríkr.

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Eric c (genitive Erics)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse.