Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English. As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals.

People named Éric

* Éric Abidal (b. 1979) French footballer * Éric Antoine (b. 1976) French comedy magician *

Éric Bourdon Éric Bourdon (born 1979) is a French painter and writer. Painting career Bourdon's works have in common vivid colors and unpremeditated pencil strokes, expressive of raw enthusiasm in the "art brut" or "Outsider Art" manner. Paul Masquelier, cr ...

(b. 1979) French painter * Éric Cantona (b. 1966) French footballer, known as "Eric Cantona" as an actor * Éric Elmosnino (b. 1964) French actor and musician * Éric Fottorino (b. 1960) French journalist and author * Éric Geoffroy (b. 1956) French philosopher, islamologist and writer *

Éric Guirado Éric Guirado (born 16 September 1968) is a French film director and writer born in Lyon, Rhône. Career Éric Guirado started his career as a journalist and his interest in social issues is apparent in the documentary-style of his story-telling ...

(b. 1968) French film director and writer * Éric Pichet (b. 1960) French economist * Éric Rohmer (1920–2010) French film director * Éric Serra (b. 1959) French film composer * Éric Tabarly (1931–1998) French yachtsman *

Éric Troncy Éric Troncy (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic who works and lives in Dijon, France, he co-directs the Contemporary Art Museum, Le Consortium, in Dijon, Burgundy. He is co-founder and director of the contemporary art magazine ''Docu ...

(b. 1965) French curator and art critic * Éric Valli (b. 1952) French photographer and film director. * Éric Vigner (b. 1960) French stage director, * Éric Woerth (b. 1956) French politician * Éric Zemmour (b. 1958) French political journalist * Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (b. 1960) French-Belgian dramatist, novelist and fiction writer

Érik (variant)

* Érik Boisse (b. 1980) French fencer

People named Éric

Érik (variant)

See also