Eerik

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Finnish form of ERIC.

ERIC   male   English, Swedish, German, Spanish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever, always" and ríkr "ruler". A notable bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the name of several early kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

This common Norse name was first brought to England by Danish settlers during the Anglo-Saxon period. It was not popular in England in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, in part due to the children's novel 'Eric, or Little by Little' (1858) by Frederic William Farrar.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Eiríkr
CATALAN: Èric
CROATIAN: Erik
CZECH: Erik
DANISH: Erik, Jerrik
DUTCH: Erik
ENGLISH: Aric, Eric, Erick, Erik
FINNISH: Eerikki, Eero, Erik, Erkki
FRENCH: Éric
GERMAN: Eric, Erich, Erik
HUNGARIAN: Erik
ICELANDIC: Eiríkur
LITHUANIAN: Erikas
MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN: Erik
NORWEGIAN: Eirik, Erik
POLISH: Eryk
PORTUGUESE: Érico
SLOVAK: Erik
SLOVENE: Erik
SPANISH: Eric
SWEDISH: Eric, Erik, Jerk, Jerker
FEMININE FORMS
CROATIAN: Erika
CZECH: Erika
DANISH: Erika
ENGLISH: Erica, Ericka, Erika, Erykah
FINNISH: Eerika, Erika
GERMAN: Erika
HUNGARIAN: Erika
ITALIAN: Erica, Erika
NORWEGIAN: Erika
PORTUGUESE: Érica
SLOVENE: Erika
SWEDISH: Erica, Erika