Given name · also Russian
Rúrik
Rúrik is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rúrik comes from Russian, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Russian Рю́рик, from Old East Slavic Рюрикъ, from Old Norse Rørik, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks, built from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *rīks.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rúrik’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rúrik
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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