Erich - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Erich \e-ri-ch\ is a variant of Eric (Old Norse) and Frederick (Old German), and the meaning of Erich is "forever or alone, ruler; peaceful ruler".

The baby name Erich sounds like Erico and Erick. Other similar baby names are Edrich, Erin, Rich, Arch, Erik, Errick, Erric, Emerich, Enoch, Errico, Eriq, Erie and Eri.

Erich is a somewhat common first name for men (#808 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#33857 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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