エリックは聖書に登場しない — その意味は「永遠の支配者」

Eric is not in the Bible, in any spelling. It is the Old Norse name Eiríkr, which means “ever ruler,” and Erick, Erik and Erich are forms of the same name. What does Eric mean? Eric means “ever ruler” or “eternal ruler.” Eiríkr joins two Old Norse words: ei, “ever, always,” and ríkr, “ruler, king.” The name has spread across Europe in local forms, among them Éric in French, Érico in Portuguese, Eirik in Norwegian and Eiríkur in Icelandic. Danish…