Eric

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Eric is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin meaning "ever-ruler" or "eternal ruler," widely used in many Western countries.


Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English masculine given name
Scandinavian masculine given name
given name
masculine given name
derivedFrom Eirik
surface form: Eiríkr
hasCategory English masculine given names
Germanic given names
Scandinavian masculine given names
given names derived from Old Norse
hasComponentMeaning ever
ruler
hasGender masculine
hasLanguageOfOrigin Norse
surface form: Old Norse
hasMeaning eternal ruler
ever-ruler
hasNameDayIn various countries
hasOrigin Norse
surface form: Old Norse
hasPopularity widely used
hasScript Latin alphabet
hasShortFormOf Eirik
surface form: Eiríkr
hasUsageType first name
hasVariant Eirik
Eirik
surface form: Eiríkr

Erik
isCognateWith Erich
Jerrik
isUsedIn English-speaking countries
Scandinavian countries
Western countries

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eric Cantona givenName Eric
Eric Chu givenName Eric
Eric Clapton givenName Eric
Eric Drummond givenName Eric
Eric Holder givenName Eric
Eric Idle givenName Eric
Idle givenName Eric
subject surface form: Eric Idle
Eric Johnson givenName Eric
Eric Liddell givenName Eric
Eric Lindros givenName Eric
Eric Raymond givenName Eric
Eric Roberts givenName Eric
Eric Roth givenName Eric
Eric Trump givenName Eric
Eric Yuan givenName Eric
Jamie Foxx givenName Eric