boy · scandinavian and old norse
Erik
say it air-ik
What Erik means
- Scandinavian and Old Norse eternal ruler
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 4 countries.
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 43 in Norway (2020)
- no. 45 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 62 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 79 in Austria (2020)
- no. 124 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 218 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 298 in Chile (2021)
- no. 366 in England & Wales (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1980.
Other forms
Eric, Erich, Eiríkur
Names with a similar meaning
Henry Harry Rodrigo Harrison Amir Freddie Quinn Walter Eric Aubrey Frederick Emery
Erik in stories
- The Phantom of the Opera: Erik, the masked Phantom
- X-Men: Erik Lehnsherr, the mutant Magneto