Eryk

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eric in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 5 more, Erika in MX Mexico, PE Peru, DE Germany and 5 more, Erik in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, DK Denmark and 1 more and Erica in BR Brazil, AR Argentina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eryk is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name7.5K records spelled Eryk3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Èryk

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eryk is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Eric

  as a name·Polish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 49 years between 1976–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Horik Ib. 800DKnot in their usual nameKing of the Danes (813–854)
• Eryk Lipińskib. 1908PLPolish graphic artist, cartoonist, satirist, writer, Righteous Among the Nations (1908–1991)
• Eryk Infeldb. 1940PLPolish physicist (1940-2019)
• Eryk Casemirob. 1963USAmerican film producer
• Eryk Lubosb. 1974PLPolish actor
• Eryk Rochab. 1978BRBrazilian film director (born 1978)
• Xilentb. 1989PLnot in their usual namePolish DJ and record producer
• Eryk Kulmb. 1990PLPolish actor
• Eryk Latońb. 1993PLPolish cyclist
• Eryk Williamsonb. 1997USAmerican soccer player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 219 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eryk?

We estimate roughly 1.9 million people bear Eryk (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Eryk have the most bearers?

Eryk is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled erika.

Where is Eryk most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eryk is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 35 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eryk compared with other names?

In Mexico, Eryk is the 59th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Eryk a male or female name?

Eryk is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Eryk mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Eric