Erik
Male#357 most common in Croatia1,996 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Eternal ruler
- Origin:
- Old Norse
About the name Erik
From Old Norse, meaning 'eternal ruler'. St. Eric IX of Sweden is its patron; a modern name used in Croatia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- May 18 (sv. Erik)
Popularity with newborns
- Boys · 2025 · 72 births · #50 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
1,996 people in Croatia are called Erik, according to the 2021 census. That is #357 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Erik is recorded in 19 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačka
Notable people called Erik
- Erik the Red — Norse explorer who settled Greenland
- Eric Clapton — British musician
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.