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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Erik m. Either Proto-Norse *aiwa 'eternal' or Proto-Norse *ainaz 'one' + Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz 'ruler'.

The name of two legendary kings of Sweden, a semi-legendary 9th C king of Sweden, two 9th C kings of Sweden, two 10th C kings of Norway and Northumbria, two 12th C kings of Denmark, a 12th C king of Sweden, two 13th C kings of Denmark, a 13th C king of Norway, two 13th C kings of Sweden, a 13th-14th C king of Denmark, a 14th C king of Sweden, a 14th-15th C king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and a 16th C king of Sweden.

Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1437 Erick BbRT p. 360
Early Modern Swedish
● 1576 Errick (nom) Hiiumaa p. 182
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Erich Audén1980 p. 168; 1559 Erich ibid. p. 166, Erichs (gen) ibid. p. 166
◑ 1548 Ers (gen) Audén1980 p. 168
France
Latin
● 1163–64 Eiricus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 118; 1164 Eiricus (nom) ibid. 121
Iceland
Middle Icelandic
● 1495 Eijriks (gen) DipIs-7 307
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Erici (gen) SDHK no. 6034, Erico (dat) ibid. no. 6037; 1383 Erici (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1914, Ericus (nom) ibid. no. 1908
Old Swedish
● 1383 Ereker SRA-vol2 no. 1925, Erics (gen) ibid. no. 1917, Erik ibid. no. 1898, Eriker ibid. no. 1934, Erikir ibid. no. 1933, Erix (gen) ibid. no. 1934; 1409 Eric (gen) SDHK no. 17268, Erich (nom) ibid. no. 17269, Erichz (gen) ibid. no. 17269, Erik (gen) ibid. no. 17265, Erikx (gen) ibid. no. 17265, Erix (gen) ibid. no. 17263
Early Modern Swedish
● 1543 Erich (nom) Audén1980 p. 164; 1571 Erichs (gen) ibid. p. 164
◑ 1543 Ers (gen) Audén1980 p. 164
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Erik". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Erik.