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Eric name meaning

“ever ruler”

Letters
4
Syllables
2
First letter
E
Origin
European
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 10.4%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s10.4%
2000s–
2010s–

Meaning leadershipEuropean origin

Eric is a boy's name from Old Norse meaning 'ever ruler'.

What does Eric mean?

Ever ruler

In Malay: pemerintah abadi

#Leadership

Sources (1)

About the name Eric

Eric comes from the Old Norse name Eiríkr, from 'ei' (ever, always) and 'ríkr' (ruler, king). According to JPN, it peaked in the 1990s with 987 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginEuropean
SyllablesEr-ic

Eric in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 987 · 10.4%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Eric as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Eric · behindthename.com · meaning

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