Given name
Emerik
“the work ruler”
Emerik is a variant of Emeric. One German interpretation is “the work ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Emerik is a variant of Emeric. One German interpretation is “the work ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Emerik is a variant of Emeric. An origin associated with Emeric is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emerik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 114 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,453 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,453 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Emerik’s family of names
Emerik has a related form in Emeric. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Emerik was borrowed from the German form Emmerich.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Emerickequivalent
- Emmerichsource · German
- Americoequivalent
- Emerykequivalent
- Imreequivalent
- Emerichequivalent
- Amerigoequivalent
- Emrichequivalent
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People named Emerik
- Emerik BlumBosnian Jewish businessman and politician1911–1984
- Emerik FeješHungarian-Serbian artist (1904-1969)
- Emerik JosipovićHungarian politician (1834-1910)
- Emerik BeranSlovenian cellist (1868–1940)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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