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Eric

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Meaning and origin
Eric is a French boy name. The meaning of the name is `Ever Powerful Ruler`.


Where is it used?
The name Eric is mainly used in English and in French.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Erik (In Swedish, Danish and in Czech)
Erich (In German)
Eero (In Finnish)
Erkki (In Finnish)
Eerikki (In Finnish)
Erick (In English)
Aric (In English)
Arik (In Other languages)


For the opposite sex use:
In English: Erica (F)


See also
In Swedish: Jerk
In Swedish: Jerker
In German, Scandinavian, Hungarian and in Czech: Erika
In English (Modern): Erykah
In English: Ericka
In the bible and in Jewish: Ariel


Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Old English) Ever Powerful Ruler

What Eric`s say about their name
  1. The best thing about the name Eric:
    My wife loves my name. She says it is the name of a romantic hero
    The worst thing about the name:
    I never really liked my name
    If my name wasn`t Eric....:
    probably not
    Extra information:


More `Eric` links
Eric as abbreviation
Actors named Eric
Eric in the encyclopedia




Statistics for Eric

Eric appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 83. In the last 128 years Eric has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 22 times. 1980 was a `top year` for the name Eric. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #16. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
200783
200677
200566
200461
200356
200252
200144
200042
199939
199839
199735
199635
199532
199430
199329
199226
199125
199024
198016
197018
196044
195098
1940250
1930403
1920442
1910434
1900523
1890545
1880614


See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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