Eric

eric ERIC Erić Éric English Alternative forms en Erick Erik Eriq Erique Etymology From en enm Eric, from en ang Eoric, from en non Eirríkr, non Eiríkr from non ei always, eternal see en aye ríkr ruler 1, or from en gem-pro *Aizarīkijaz from gem-pro *aizō honor *rīkijaz ruler 1. Less likely from non einn sole, alone ríkr ruler 1, from en gem-pro *rīks king cognate to la rēx and cel-gau *rīx. The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare da Erik, de Erich. Possible en Euric 1. Pronunciation en /ˈɛɹɪk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eric.wav Southern England en ɛɹɪk 2 Proper noun s en male Germanic languages. en 1859 Frederic William Farrar Eric, or Little by Little: A Tale of Roslyn School II "What's your name?" "Eric - I mean Williams." "Then why don't you say what you mean?" en 1959 Roentgens, Rads and Riddles: A Symposium on Supervoltage Radiation Therapy. 71 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 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. en Laura Smith-Spark Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings 2012-04-03 In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614212732/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings/ en-GB Zach Vasquez From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV w:The Guardian 2025-08-07 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/07/south-park-anti-deportation-episode-ice 0261-3077 The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”). https://web.archive.org/web/20250818183732/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/07/south-park-anti-deportation-episode-ice Derived terms en Eric Cartman Ericson Related terms feminine forms: Erica, Erika Translations male given name Arabic: ar إِرِيك m Armenian: hy Էրիկ Belarusian: be Э́рык m Bengali: bn এরিক Bulgarian: bg Е́рик m Catalan: ca Èric m Cherokee: chr ᎡᎵᎩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 埃里克 Āilǐkè Czech: cs Erik m Danish: da Erik c Dutch: nl Erik Esperanto: eo Eriko Estonian: et Erik, et Eerik Faroese: fo Eirikur m Finnish: fi Eerik historical, fi Eero, fi Erkki given name French: fr Éric m Galician: gl Eurico Georgian: ka ერიქ German: de Erich m Greek: el Ερρίκος m, el Έρικ transliteration from English Greenlandic: kl Eerik Hindi: hi एरिक m Hungarian: hu Erik Icelandic: is Eiríkur m Italian: it Erico m Japanese: ja エリック Erikku Korean: ko ^에릭 Latin: la Ērīcus m, la Euricus m Latvian: lv Ēriks Lithuanian: lt Erikas Māori: mi Eriki Norwegian: no Erik m, no Eirik m Old Norse: non Eiríkr m Polish: pl Eryk m Portuguese: pt Érico m Punjabi: pa ਐਰਿਕ m Russian: ru Э́рик m Serbo-Croatian: sh Erik Slovak: sk Erik m Slovene: sl Êrik m Spanish: es Erico m Swedish: sv Erik c Turkish: tr Erik Ukrainian: uk Е́рік m See also en Erik Erick Erich Eriq Erique Anagrams en ceir RICE Rice cire icer rice Catalan Proper noun ca proper noun ca male Erica Eric German de: Etymology Variant of de Erich, borrowed from de en Eric or from de fr Éric. Pronunciation de De-Eric.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male Swedish Alternative forms sv Erik sv Jerker dialectal Etymology From sv non Eiríkr. Proper noun c sv male Old Norse