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Eric

The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).

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Given Name Revised.name: Eric, Erich, Erik, Erick, Erikk, Eirik, Eiríkur
Given Name Revised.image: Eric little by little title page.jpg
Given Name Revised.image_size: 200
Given Name Revised.caption: Title page from 1891 edition of the book Eric, or, Little by Little, whose popularity is credited with increasing the use of the name Eric in Britain
Given Name Revised.pronunciation: ErikErich
Given Name Revised.gender: Male
Given Name Revised.meaning: "sole ruler","eternal ruler"
Given Name Revised.variant: Eiríkr
Given Name Revised.region: Germania
Given Name Revised.language: North Germanic
Given Name Revised.name day: Sweden & Norway: 18 May
Given Name Revised.origin: Old Norse

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The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).

The first element, ei- may be derived from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z), meaning "one, alone, unique", as in the form Æ∆inrikr explicitly, but it could also be from *aiwa(z) "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form Euric. The second element -ríkr stems either from Proto-Germanic *ríks "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic reiks) or the therefrom derived *ríkijaz "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root *h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". Eric used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of Eriksgata, and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly elected, to seek the acceptance of peripheral provinces.