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Erik

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See also: erik, érik, Érik, -erik, and ərik

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Erik

  1. A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.
    • 2022 January 25, The Athletic Staff, “Sharks’ Erik Karlsson has surgery on left forearm; to be reevaluated in March”, in The New York Times[1]:
      San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson successfully underwent surgery to fix a muscle tear in his left forearm, according to the team. Per the Sharks, Karlsson is expected to be reevaluated in March.
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See also

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Erik m anim (related adjective Erikův)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

Declension

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Erik

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

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  • [2] 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.

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Erik

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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Variant of Eerik.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈe(ː)rik/, [ˈe̞(ː)rik]
  • Rhymes: -erik
  • Hyphenation(key): E‧rik

Proper noun

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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

Declension

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Inflection of Erik (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Erik Erikit
genitive Erikin Erikien
partitive Erikiä Erikejä
illative Erikiin Erikeihin
singular plural
nominative Erik Erikit
accusative nom. Erik Erikit
gen. Erikin
genitive Erikin Erikien
partitive Erikiä Erikejä
inessive Erikissä Erikeissä
elative Erikistä Erikeistä
illative Erikiin Erikeihin
adessive Erikillä Erikeillä
ablative Erikiltä Erikeiltä
allative Erikille Erikeille
essive Erikinä Erikeinä
translative Erikiksi Erikeiksi
abessive Erikittä Erikeittä
instructive Erikein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Erik (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Erikini Erikini
accusative nom. Erikini Erikini
gen. Erikini
genitive Erikini Erikieni
partitive Erikiäni Erikejäni
inessive Erikissäni Erikeissäni
elative Erikistäni Erikeistäni
illative Erikiini Erikeihini
adessive Erikilläni Erikeilläni
ablative Erikiltäni Erikeiltäni
allative Erikilleni Erikeilleni
essive Erikinäni Erikeinäni
translative Erikikseni Erikeikseni
abessive Erikittäni Erikeittäni
instructive
comitative Erikeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Erikisi Erikisi
accusative nom. Erikisi Erikisi
gen. Erikisi
genitive Erikisi Erikiesi
partitive Erikiäsi Erikejäsi
inessive Erikissäsi Erikeissäsi
elative Erikistäsi Erikeistäsi
illative Erikiisi Erikeihisi
adessive Erikilläsi Erikeilläsi
ablative Erikiltäsi Erikeiltäsi
allative Erikillesi Erikeillesi
essive Erikinäsi Erikeinäsi
translative Erikiksesi Erikeiksesi
abessive Erikittäsi Erikeittäsi
instructive
comitative Erikeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Erikimme Erikimme
accusative nom. Erikimme Erikimme
gen. Erikimme
genitive Erikimme Erikiemme
partitive Erikiämme Erikejämme
inessive Erikissämme Erikeissämme
elative Erikistämme Erikeistämme
illative Erikiimme Erikeihimme
adessive Erikillämme Erikeillämme
ablative Erikiltämme Erikeiltämme
allative Erikillemme Erikeillemme
essive Erikinämme Erikeinämme
translative Erikiksemme Erikeiksemme
abessive Erikittämme Erikeittämme
instructive
comitative Erikeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Erikinne Erikinne
accusative nom. Erikinne Erikinne
gen. Erikinne
genitive Erikinne Erikienne
partitive Erikiänne Erikejänne
inessive Erikissänne Erikeissänne
elative Erikistänne Erikeistänne
illative Erikiinne Erikeihinne
adessive Erikillänne Erikeillänne
ablative Erikiltänne Erikeiltänne
allative Erikillenne Erikeillenne
essive Erikinänne Erikeinänne
translative Erikiksenne Erikeiksenne
abessive Erikittänne Erikeittänne
instructive
comitative Erikeinenne

Statistics

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  • Erik is the 155th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,070 male individuals (and as a middle name to 20,980 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 10 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Monophthongised version of Eirik, from Old Norse Eiríkr.

Proper noun

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Erik m

  1. a male given name, variant of Eirik

References

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  • 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.

Slovak

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Etymology

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Ultimately, from Old Norse Eiríkr.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Erik”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ȇrik m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eric

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Êrik
genitive Êrika
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Êrik
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Êrika
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Êriku
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Êrika
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Êriku
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Êrikom

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Eiríkr, from From Proto-Norse *Aiwa-rikiaʀ (literally ever ruler).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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Erik

  1. The letter "E" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

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Erik c (genitive Eriks)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, 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?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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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).
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [3] 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.
  • Erik in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Proper noun

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Erik

  1. a male given name