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What does Erik mean?
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-
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(male)
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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)
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.
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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