Given name
Ericus
Ericus is a masculine given name, possibly from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ericus possibly comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ericus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Ericus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Eryk. In Latin usage, Ericus has a related form in Aericus. In Latin usage, Ericus has a related form in Ehericus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ericus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henryequivalent
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Enriqueequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
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- Hendrikequivalent
- Henriqueequivalent
- Henrykequivalent
- Heinrichequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- ErykPolish
- Heinequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- Hynekequivalent
- ÉricoPortuguese
- ÉricFrench
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ērīcushas masculine form
People named Ericus
- Ericus Erici SorolainenFinnish bishop1550–1625
- Ericus OlaiSwedish historian and theologian1401–1486
- Ericus SchroderusFinnish lexicographer1608–1639
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