Norse Meaning: The name Eric is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Eric is: Ever or eternal ruler. Island ruler. Famous bearer: 10th-century Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.
Ericksen Name Meaning. Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from Erick, from the Old Norse personal name Eiríkr (see Erickson).
Meaning & History. From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever, always" and ríkr "ruler". A notable bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the name of several early kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Erickson Family History. Erickson Name Meaning. Respelling of a Scandinavian and North German patronymic derived from the Old Norse personal name EirÃkr, which is composed of ei 'ever', 'always' (or a reduced form of ein 'one', 'only') + rÃk 'power'. The main forms are Erichsen, Eriksen, Ericsson, and Eriksson.
Norse Meaning: The name Eric is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Eric is: Ever or eternal ruler. Island ruler. Famous bearer: 10th-century Norwegian explorer Eric the Red.
The name Erick is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Erick is: Ruler of the people. Famous Bearer: popular blues guitarist/singer Eric Clapton.
The name Ericka is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Ericka is: Ever kingly. Feminine of Eric.
The given name Erika, or Erica, is a feminine form of Eric, deriving from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). ... The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful".
Scandinavian Meaning: The name Erica is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Erica is: Ever kingly. Feminine of Eric.
