Meaning & History
Gothic word meaning "ruler, king".
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Other Languages & Culturesric, rice(Anglo-Saxon) rik(Frankish) rico(Medieval Spanish) rīks(Old Germanic) rih, rihhi(Old High German) ríkr(Old Norse) rik(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsDedrick(African American) Èric, Roderic(Catalan) Erik, Erika(Croatian) Erik, Erika(Czech) Erik, Erika, Jerrik(Danish) Diederik, Erik, Diederick(Dutch) America, Aric, Dederick, Derek, Derick, Derrick, Emerie, Emerson, Emersyn, Emery, Emory, Eric, Erica, Erick, Ericka, Erik, Erika, Erykah, Roderick, Teri, Terri, Terrie, Terry, Amery, Deryck, Emmerson(English) Eerik, Eero, Erik, Erika, Erkki, Tiidrik(Estonian) Eerik, Eerika, Eerikki, Eero, Erik, Erika, Erkki(Finnish) Amaury, Émeric, Éric, Rodrigue, Thierry(French) Rodrigo(Galician) Diedrich, Dietrich, Emmerich, Erich, Erik, Erika, Diederich, Eric(German) Amalrich, Emmerich, Ermenrich, Hroderich, Theoderich(Germanic) Airmanareiks, Aiwareiks, Alareiks, Alaric, Amalareiks, Amalaric, Amalric, Aþanareiks, Athanaric, Euric, Hroþireiks, Rudericus, Theodoric, Theodoricus, Þiudareiks, Theudoricus(Gothic) Erik, Erika, Imre(Hungarian) Eiríkur(Icelandic) Ruarc(Irish) Amerigo, Erica, Erika, Rodrigo(Italian) Ērika, Ēriks(Latvian) Erikas(Lithuanian) Erik(Medieval Scandinavian) Eirik, Emrik, Erik, Erika(Norwegian) Hrōþirīks, Þeudōrīks(Old Germanic) Ruarcc(Old Irish) Eiríkr, Hrœrekr, Hrǿríkr(Old Norse) Eryk, Eryka(Polish) Américo, Érica, Érico, Érika, Rodrigo, América(Portuguese) Rurik(Russian) Erik, Erika, Imrich, Imriška(Slovak) Erik, Erika(Slovene) América, Américo, Eric, Erik, Rodrigo(Spanish) Emrik, Eric, Erica, Erik, Erika, Jerk, Jerker(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsEriksen(Danish) Eerkens, Erckens, Erkens(Dutch) Dedrick, Derrick, Derricks, Derrickson, Emerson, Erickson, Ericson, Roderick, Terry(English) Dietrich(German) Amerighi(Italian) Eriksen(Norwegian) Rico, Rodrigo, Rodrigues(Portuguese) Rico, Rodrigo, Rodríguez, Rodriguez, Rodriquez(Spanish) Ericson, Ericsson, Eriksson(Swedish)
Place Name DescendantsAmerika, Amerikë(Albanian) Amrika(Arabic) Amerika(Armenian) Amerika(Azerbaijani) Amerika(Bashkir) Amerika(Bulgarian) Amèrica(Catalan) Amerika(Chechen) Amerika(Croatian) Amerika(Czech) Amerika(Danish) Amerika(Dutch) America(English) Amerikka(Finnish) Amérique(French) Amerika(Georgian) Amerika(German) Ameriki(Greek) Amerika(Hebrew) Amerika(Hungarian) Amerika(Indonesian) America(Italian) Amerika(Japanese) Amerika(Kazakh) America(Late Roman) Amerika(Latvian) Amerika(Lithuanian) Amerika(Luxembourgish) Amerika(Macedonian) Amerika(Malay) Amerika(Norwegian) Amrika(Persian) Ameryka(Polish) América(Portuguese) America(Romanian) Amerika(Russian) Amerika(Serbian) Amerika(Slovak) Amerika(Slovene) América(Spanish) Amerika(Swedish) Amerika(Tatar) Amerika(Turkish) Ameryka(Ukrainian) Amerika(Uzbek)
Sources & References
- Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 412.
- K枚bler, Gerhard. Gotisches W枚rterbuch, entry reiks, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/gotwbhin.html.
