Given name
Eirik
“ever the ruler”
Eirik is a form of Eric. One Scandinavian interpretation is “ever the ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eirik is a form of Eric. One Scandinavian interpretation is “ever the ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eirik is a form of Eric. An origin associated with Eric is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian use, Eirik is used as a form of Eric.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eirik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 362
- 362 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,437 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,437 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 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.
Eirik’s family of names
Eirik shares a linguistic root with Eric. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Eirik has a related form in Erik. Eirik is a form of Eric.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eirik has relatives in 11 languages.
10 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henryequivalent
- Ericcognate · English
- Enriqueequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henrikequivalent
- Henriequivalent
- Hendrikequivalent
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- Henriqueequivalent
- Henrykequivalent
- Heinrichequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichcognate · German
- Erykequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- ÉricFrench
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- Eirikurcognate · Faroese
- Eiríkurcognate · Icelandic
- Eiríkrolder form · Old Norse
People named Eirik
- Eirik BakkeNorwegian footballerborn 1977
- Eirik KvalfossNorwegian biathleteborn 1959
- Eirik Verås LarsenCanoe racerborn 1976
- Eirik BrandsdalNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1986
- Eirik HestadNorwegian footballerborn 1995
- Eirik Glambek BøeNorwegian singerborn 1975
- Eirik SalstenNorwegian ice hockey playerborn 1994
- Eirik HundvinNorwegian record producerborn 1950
- Eirik KristoffersenNorwegian officer, chief of defenseborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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