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What does Erik mean?

Erik Pronunciation of Erik as a boys' name is of Old Norse origin, and the name Erik means "complete ruler; peaceful ruler". Erik is an alternate form of Aric (Old Norse): respelling of Eric. Erik is also a form of Frederick (Old French, Old German): from fred.

STARTS WITH Er-

ASSOCIATED WITH norse, ruler (king), peaceful

Variations

VARIANTS Eryk, Errick, Erric, Eriq, Erick, Erek, Eirik, Arrick, Arric, Arreck, Arik, Arick, Aerrick, Aerric, Aerick, Aeric, Aaric

RELATIONS VIA ARIC, ERIC, FREDERICK Eero, Erich, Erico, Erix, Erki, Erkki, Eurico, Fred, Frido, Fritz, Jerk, Ric, Rick, Rik, Rike

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Erik Jax (E.J.), ..

How popular is Erik?

Erik is a very prominent first name for males (#231 out of 1220, Top 19%) and a slightly less prominent last name for both adults and children (#142819 out of 150436, Top 95%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Erik was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its apex rank of #85 in the U.S. during the years 1980-1989, and is at #378 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Erik name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Erik outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Eric (#160 FROM RECENT DATA), Erick (#280), Frederick (#496), Fred (#1650), Rick (#1872), Aric, Arik, Erich, Eriq, Errick, Fritz and Ric are the popular variation forms of Erik (#378). These forms of Erik were favored as baby names a century ago (ADOPTION OF 1.9%) and are now significantly less popular (ADOPTION 0.3%, DOWN 84.5%), with forms such as Rick going out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Erik, Aric, Arik, Eric, Erich in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Erick, Eriq, Errick, Fred, Frederick in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Fritz, Ric, Rick in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Erik, Eric, Frederick outside U.S.

Similar Names

Erik is pronounced similarly to Arek, Orric, Orrick, Warick, Yorick, Yorik and Yurik. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alik, Brik, Chik, Craik, Creik, Derik, Edik, Edin, Edric, Edrick, Edrik, Efi, Efrim, Egil, Eike, Eli, Elia, Elie, Elis, Eliu, Emil, Emir, Enis, Enok, Eoin, Eran, Erez, Eri, Erie, Erin, Erl, Erle, Erlie, Erly, Ermin, Ern, Ernie, Ernin, Erno, Erol, Eron, Eros, Erv, Erve, Ervin, Erwin, Evin, Ewin, Ezio, Ezri, Gerik, Izik, Jurik, Maik, Marik, Nik, Rorik, Rurik, Tarik and Ulrik. These names tend to be less commonly used than Erik.

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