Erik

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Old Swedish
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Danish, Old Swedish and modern form of Eiríkr ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Related Names

See ÆiríkR

Name Days

Denmark

18 May

Norway

18 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

18 May

Sweden

18 May

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Erik
Accusative:	Erik
Dative:	Erik
Genitive:	Eriks

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark: Lolland-Falster, København ^[3]

Namesakes

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, 20 July 1864 – 8 April 1931, Swedish poet and Nobel laureate (Literature, 1931)

Patronyms

Sweden: Eriksson, Erikson, Erixon, Eriksdotter (♀)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[6]		1	6	62771	301941
Denmark[7]		0	n.a.	33567	n.a
Norway[8]		0	0	15675	20608
Finland[9]		n.a.	3	n.a	40671
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[6][7][8][9]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[8]:

Sources: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
4. ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
5. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi