Eirik

Norwegian Bokmål Eirik no Alternative forms nb Erik Etymology nb non Eiríkr male given name, from Proto-Norse gmq-pro *Aina-rīkijaʀ sole ruler or gmq-pro *Aiwa-rīkijaʀ everlasting ruler. In the first and usual Norwegian interpretation, the first element is from gem-pro *ainaz one, alone, unique; an alternative connects it with gem-pro *aiwaz age, eternity. The second element is from gem-pro *rīkijaz kingly, powerful, rich; ruler. The spelling preserves the diphthong of Old Norse non Eiríkr, unlike the monophthongized form nb Erik. Compare nn Eirik, is Eiríkur, fo Eirikur, da Erik, sv Erik, en Eric and de Erich. Pronunciation nb /ˈæɪ.rɪk/ nb æɪrɪk 2 nb Ei rik Proper noun nb proper noun nb male non:Eiríkr Eric Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Eirik is 18 May, shared with nb Erik and nb Erika. nb Eirik had its principal popularity peak in Norway from 1980 to 1994. In the 19th century, the name was especially common in Hordaland. In many counties, registrars used the written form nb Erik for people whose spoken name was nb Eirik. Derived terms nb Eiriksson patronymic surname Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 14,054 men in Norway had nb Eirik as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway. References “Eirik – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon. “Eirik”, Nordic Names. Anagrams nb eiikr reiki Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Alternative forms nn Eirek Erik Erek Erke Etymology From nn non Eiríkr, from nn gmq-pro *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᚱᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ *aiwarīkijaʀ or gmq-pro *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᚱᛁᚲᛁᛃᚨᛉ *ainarīkijaʀ, from nn gem-pro *aiwaz long time, eternity + gem-pro *rīkijaz mighty, rich. Cognate with fo Eirikur, is Eiríkur and sv,da Erik. Proper noun m nn male Old Norse Eric Eirika Usage notes In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Eirik is nn Eiriken, whence also nn Gåmålerken Devil. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Eirik, pronoun han is added: han Eirik. Eiriks Related terms surnames nn Eriksen nn Gamal-Eirik the devil References 88 m 14,034 1990s 5 January 2022