Given name
Eryk
“ever the ruler”
Eryk is a variant of Eric. One Scandinavian interpretation is “ever the ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eryk is a variant of Eric. One Scandinavian interpretation is “ever the ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eryk is a variant of Eric. An origin associated with Eric is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eryk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,053
- 1,053 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,074 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,074 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 51 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 949 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.
Eryk’s family of names
Eryk has a related form in Eric. In Polish usage, Eryk has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eric. In Polish usage, Eryk has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Erik.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eryk 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Henryequivalent
- ErickEnglish
- Enriqueequivalent
- ErikSwedish, Danish
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henrikequivalent
- Henriequivalent
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- Hendrikequivalent
- Henriqueequivalent
- Henrykequivalent
- Heinrichequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- ErichGerman
- Eirikequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- EricoItalian
- Hynekequivalent
- ÉricoPortuguese
- ÉricFrench
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
- ЭрикRussian
- ĒriksLatvian
- EricusLatin
People named Eryk
- Horik IKing of the Danes (813–854)800–854
- Eryk WilliamsonAmerican soccer playerborn 1997
- Eryk KulmPolish actorborn 1990
- Eryk LipińskiPolish graphic artist, cartoonist, satirist, writer, Righteous Among the Nations (1908–1991)
- Eryk LubosPolish actorborn 1974
- Eryk LatońPolish cyclistborn 1993
- Eryk RochaBrazilian film director (born 1978)
- XilentPolish DJ and record producerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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