Given name · also Old Norse
Érik
Érik is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Érik comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Érik’s family of names
In French usage, Érik has a related form in Éric. In Greek usage, Érik is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Έρικ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Érik
- Érik OrsennaFrench writer and politicianborn 1947
- Érik BoisseFrench fencerborn 1980
- Érik CanuelCanadian film director (1961–2024)
- Érik Chvojkatennis playerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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