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Possible etymology of word Eric

The name Eric may originate from the plant name Erica, which is very popular in Nordic countries. In Denmark, they call it: Lyng, that's why they have a town near Copenhagen called Lyngby (Erica-town). Also, if we assume that Eric comes from Old Norse Eirikr, then this name comes from the plant Erica again, because the name of this plant in ancient Greek is: Eirike, written also with "Ei" in the beginning, which is a very typical Greek combination of letters, and is written also with an accent in "i". Conclusion: Eric name comes from the plant Erica which comes from Greek language. That is not strange, hundreds of person names in Europe have their origin in Greece. For example: George, Alex, Peter, Dennis, Nick, Tim, Andrew, Dorothy, Dimitri, Rasmus, Sofia, Irene, Theodor, Chris, Christian, Artem, Nikita, Jonas, ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.98.199.229 (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scandinavian myth

what are your sources (other than fantasy) to state that Eric was introduced in England by the Scandinavian before the Normands? Éric is a common name in France including (but not limited to) Normandie. Shame On You 08:50, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Vikings brought the name Eric to Normandy? WP improver (talk) 14:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eryk = Polish

Yeah, I am from Poland, and my named is spelled Eryk, directly translated to Eric. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.96.25.220 (talk) 22:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

WTF?

WTF is this "Common lulea: Molle, Mohlin (Svin)"? sounds like voluntary nonsense is it? Shame On You 09:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I may also add that Persian ( Fârsi ) is such an old language that it can claim being the source of this name, but, that you should already know!

of course i knew about farsi, at least as much as you know this word means "stuffed" in French cook language! Shame On You 10:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Sorry about the vandalism yesterday, I've fixed all of it and I've fully reformed, It won't happen again on ANY article.--E2e (talk) 08:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eternal ruler.. or Eternal server

Looks like one of the edits is still there. If you look at the breakdown of the name it doesn't match the quoted meaning. Famous Nerd (talk) 01:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed Meaning

Etymology Onlne states (see [1]) that Eric means "Honored Ruler", the first part deriving from Germanic *aiza- "honor". I have no way to tell which one is right, so I hope someone here might know. --Dolda2000 (talk) 03:51, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for no edits?

Is there a reason for no more edits allowed on the "Eric" page? I just wanted to add Eric Holmback (the wrestler Yukon Eric) to the list of famous people.Ericp-nh (talk) 20:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ericp-nh: I've added him for you. Edits to the Eric page by unregistered and new accounts have been disabled for a while because there's been a spate of vandalism to the page. If you make just one more edit, anywhere at Wikipedia, then the software will give you "autoconfirmed" status and you'll be able to edit the page yourself. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:16, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to add an Eric who is prominently mentioned in many recent news articles, which would seem to make him notable. I get a message saying that his inclusion can't be added. What gives? 47.137.185.72 (talk) 22:28, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ethymology

The name is of Germanic origin, it is a two parts name: Er / Rich. And when you think "rich" has something to do with the English "rich" you are right. While "Er" means "honor" --> Still used in German as "Ehre" (Honor).It is not a Scandinavian name, only by its distribution taking into account that Scandinavian is of course a Germanic language. It is just more known because of guys like Eric the horrible and so on. So since Wikipedia should spread the truth and not just assumptions. Please change it. ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:7A:362:8ADB:198F:FB2B:98EB:8F35 (talk) 14:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of Jean Eric Gassy to the Given name section

203.24.3.113 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has repeatedly added Jean Eric Gassy to Eric#Given_name. The reason for six reverts in a row was the lack of a reliable source for the information, per WP:BLP and WP:V.

I have fixed this issue. Per WP:UNDUE or similar policies, it may still be reasonable to remove the name from the list, even if the information is verifiable. Feel free to do so. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:23, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have now removed Jean Eric Gassy from the list at Eric#Given name because it contains only the names of people whose first name is Eric. Jean Eric Gassy does not fit into the list. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:35, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In Special:Diff/883519420 and Special:Diff/883520149, the established heading "Surname" has been changed to "Middle name and Surname". The new section heading does not correctly describe the large list of names that start with "Eric". I suspect that the change has been made to be able to add an exception to the list, Jean Eric Gassy. I object the idea of changing the heading just to be able to add a specific name to it. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:02, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So, lets make a new section.203.24.3.113 (talk) 21:48, 15 February 2019 (UTC) (restored by ToBeFree, 2019-02-15, 22:17)[reply]

Generally, not a bad idea, but if its only purpose is going to be containing one single name, I disagree. Could you provide examples that show a need for a new section? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:18, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Split into different spellings?

I feel like this page could potentially be more useful if it was split into lists of the different spellings (as many names with variant spellings are on Wikipedia pages); Eric, Erik, Erich, and Erick. I don't want to do all the work for this and then have it be quickly reverted, though, so could we discuss whether it's a good idea? Qaqaq (talk) 22:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this is possible for pre-1900 people. There was no legal spelling, and in the literature the person may be referred to as Erik, Eric, Eirik, or Erich. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 07:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]