Given name
Aeric
“one who is pleasant and agreeable”
Aeric is a variant of Airic. One Celtic interpretation is “one who is pleasant and agreeable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aeric is a variant of Airic. One Celtic interpretation is “one who is pleasant and agreeable.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aeric is a variant of Airic. An origin associated with Airic is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aeric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 143 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.