Given name
Ēriks
Ēriks is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Ēriks’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Ēriks has a feminine form in Ērika. In Latvian usage, Ēriks has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eric. In Latvian usage, Ēriks has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Eryk.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ēriks has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ēriks
- Ēriks EšenvaldsLatvian choral composer (born 1977)
- Ēriks RagsLatvian javelin thrower (born 1975)
- Ēriks PētersonsLatvian footballer and hockey player (1909–1987)
- Ēriks PelcisLatvian footballerborn 1978
- Ēriks GrigjansLatvian association football player (born 1964)
- Ēriks RaistersLatvian footballer (1913-1942)
- Ēriks RauskaLatvian weightlifter1899–1981
- Ēriks Punculsassociation football playerborn 1994
- Eriks JekabsonsLatvian politicianborn 1959
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