"Eric" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eric.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: From Middle English Eric, from Old English Eoric, from Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”)), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”)). Less likely from einn (“sole, alone”) + ríkr (“ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare Danish Erik, German Erich. Possible doublet of Euric. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Eric}} Middle English Eric, {{inh|en|ang|Eoric}} Old English Eoric, {{der|en|non|Eirríkr}} Old Norse Eirríkr, {{m|en|aye}} aye, {{af|non|ei|ríkr|nocat=1|pos1=see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">aye</i>|t1=always, eternal|t2=ruler}} ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”), {{m|non|Eiríkr|pos=from <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">ei</i> (“always, eternal”, see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">aye</i>) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">ríkr</i> (“ruler”)}} Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”)), {{af|gem-pro|*aizō|*rīkijaz|nocat=1|t1=honor|t2=ruler}} *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*Aizarīkijaz|pos=from <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*aizō</i> (“honor”) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*rīkijaz</i> (“ruler”)}} Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”)), {{af|non|einn|ríkr|nocat=1|t1=sole, alone|t2=ruler}} einn (“sole, alone”) + ríkr (“ruler”), {{cog|la|rēx}} Latin rēx, {{cog|cel-gau|*rīx}} Gaulish *rīx, {{der|en|gem-pro|*rīks|pos=cognate to Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">rēx</i> and Gaulish <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-gau">*rīx</i>|t=king}} Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx), {{cog|da|Erik}} Danish Erik, {{cog|de|Erich}} German Erich, {{doublet|en|Euric|nocap=1}} doublet of Euric Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Eric
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Wikipedia link: en:Eric Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Synonyms: Erick, Erik, Eriq, Erique Related terms: Erich, Erick, Erik, Eriq, Erique Related terms (feminine forms): Erica, Erika Translations (male given name): إِرِيك (ʔirīk) [masculine] (Arabic), Էրիկ (Ērik) (Armenian), Э́рык (Éryk) [masculine] (Belarusian), এরিক (erik) (Bengali), Èric [masculine] (Catalan), ᎡᎵᎩ (eligi) (Cherokee), 埃里克 (Āilǐkè) (Chinese Mandarin), Erik [masculine] (Czech), Erik [common-gender] (Danish), Erik (Dutch), Eriko (Esperanto), Erik (Estonian), Eerik (Estonian), Eirikur [masculine] (Faroese), Eerik [historical] (Finnish), Eero (Finnish), Erkki (english: given name) (Finnish), Éric [masculine] (French), Eurico (Galician), ერიქ (erik) (Georgian), Erich [masculine] (German), Ερρίκος (Erríkos) [masculine] (Greek), Έρικ (Érik) [transliteration] (Greek), Eerik (Greenlandic), एरिक (erik) [masculine] (Hindi), Erik (Hungarian), Eiríkur [masculine] (Icelandic), Erico [masculine] (Italian), エリック (Erikku) (Japanese), 에릭 (english: Erik) (Korean), Ērīcus [masculine] (Latin), Euricus [masculine] (Latin), Ēriks (Latvian), Erikas (Lithuanian), Eriki (Maori), Erik [masculine] (Norwegian), Eirik [masculine] (Norwegian), Eiríkr [masculine] (Old Norse), Eryk [masculine] (Polish), Érico [masculine] (Portuguese), ਐਰਿਕ (airik) [masculine] (Punjabi), Э́рик (Érik) [masculine] (Russian), Erik (Serbo-Croatian), Erik [masculine] (Slovak), Êrik [masculine] (Slovene), Erico [masculine] (Spanish), Erik [common-gender] (Swedish), Erik (Turkish), Е́рік (Érik) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "gl",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "ერიქ"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "male given name",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "erik",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "에릭"
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "word": "Euricus"
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
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          "word": "ਐਰਿਕ"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "sh",
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      "expansion": "aye",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ei",
        "3": "ríkr",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos1": "see <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">aye</i>",
        "t1": "always, eternal",
        "t2": "ruler"
      },
      "expansion": "ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "Eiríkr",
        "pos": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"non\">ei</i> (“always, eternal”, see <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">aye</i>) + <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"non\">ríkr</i> (“ruler”)"
      },
      "expansion": "Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”))",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*aizō",
        "3": "*rīkijaz",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "honor",
        "t2": "ruler"
      },
      "expansion": "*aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*Aizarīkijaz",
        "pos": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gem-pro\">*aizō</i> (“honor”) + <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gem-pro\">*rīkijaz</i> (“ruler”)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”))",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "einn",
        "3": "ríkr",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "sole, alone",
        "t2": "ruler"
      },
      "expansion": "einn (“sole, alone”) + ríkr (“ruler”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rēx"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēx",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "*rīx"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish *rīx",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*rīks",
        "pos": "cognate to Latin <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">rēx</i> and Gaulish <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"cel-gau\">*rīx</i>",
        "t": "king"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "Erik"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish Erik",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Erich"
      },
      "expansion": "German Erich",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Euric",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of Euric",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English Eric, from Old English Eoric, from Old Norse Eirríkr, Eiríkr (from ei (“always, eternal”, see aye) + ríkr (“ruler”)), or from Proto-Germanic *Aizarīkijaz (from *aizō (“honor”) + *rīkijaz (“ruler”)). Less likely from einn (“sole, alone”) + ríkr (“ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king”, cognate to Latin rēx and Gaulish *rīx). The name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, reinforced by Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest. Compare Danish Erik, German Erich. Possible doublet of Euric.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Eric",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Erica"
    },
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Erika"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erique"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cherokee terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English given names",
        "English lemmas",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Germanic languages",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪk",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪk/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Frederic William Farrar, chapter II, in Eric, or Little by Little: A Tale of Roslyn School",
          "text": "\"What's your name?\" \"Eric - I mean Williams.\" \"Then why don't you say what you mean?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, Roentgens, Rads and Riddles: A Symposium on Supervoltage Radiation Therapy., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, page 71",
          "text": "Mark it. Professor Roberts does not like the name Eric. This happens to be one of his given names, and it is a very honorable one. Eric was the first Viking explorer of the North American continent, and this ERIC we hope will be an explorer in the fields of complex therapy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Eric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛɹɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eric.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Eric.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Eric.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Eric.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Eric.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Erick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erique"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔirīk",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِرِيك"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Ērik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Էրիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Éryk",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Э́рык"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "erik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "এরিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Èric"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "eligi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ᎡᎵᎩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Āilǐkè",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "埃里克"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eirikur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "Eerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "given name",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Éric"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eurico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "erik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ერიქ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Erríkos",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ερρίκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "raw_tags": [
        "from English"
      ],
      "roman": "Érik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "Έρικ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "erik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "एरिक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eiríkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Erikku",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "エリック"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Erik",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "에릭"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ērīcus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Euricus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ēriks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Eriki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eirik"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eiríkr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Érico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "airik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਐਰਿਕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Érik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Э́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Êrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Erik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Érik",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Е́рік"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eric"
}

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