Given name
Elrik
“a red-haired young man”·“a king”
Elrik is a variant of Elroy. Interpretations include “a red-haired young man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elrik is a variant of Elroy. Interpretations include “a red-haired young man” and “a king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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