Eerik is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

most commonly found in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

and

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It is a cognate of the English language name

Eric The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

. Men and boys named Eerik celebrate

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in Finland and Estonia on 18 May.Name Day Calendar
/ref> Eerik may refer to: *

Eerik Aps Eerik Aps (born 22 October 1987) is an Estonian wrestler. He was born in Tallinn. He started wrestling in 1994. He placed 5th at 2017 European Wrestling Championships The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, fro ...

(born 1987), Estonian wrestler *

Eerik Haamer Eerik Haamer (17 February 1908 – 4 November 1994) was an Estonian painter. He was born in Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. ...

(1908–1994), Estonian painter *

Eerik Idarand Eerik Idarand (born 21 July 1991) is an Estonian speed skater and former track cyclist. He was born in Tallinn. He started his sporting exercising in 2002, coached by his father Tiit Idarand. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different ...

(born 1991), Estonian speed skater *

Eerik Jago Eerik Jago (born 29 December 1980) is an Estonian volleyball player. He was born in Tallinn. In 2013 he graduated from Turku polytechnical school. He started his volleyball exercising in 1991. He was coached by Andres Toode, Andres Skuin, Pasi R ...

(born 1980), Estonian volleyball player *

Eerik-Niiles Kross Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 8 September 1967) is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violen ...

(born 1967), Estonian diplomat, intelligence chief, entrepreneur and politician *

Eerik Kumari Eerik Kumari born Erik Mathias Sits (7 March 1912 – 8 January 1984) was a biologist, and pioneer of ornithology and nature conservation in Estonia. He was born in Kirbla, Lihula Parish. He was a director of the Institute of Zoology and Botan ...

(1912–1984), Estonian biologist, founder of ornithology and nature conservation in Estonia *

Eerik Kantola Eerik Kantola (born 9 March 2000) is a Finnish football player who plays as defender for the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club RoPS. Career Club career Kantola made his professional debut in a Finnish Cup game against AC Oulu on February 6, 2 ...

(born 2000), Finnish football player *

Eerik Siikasaari Eerik Siikasaari (born 8 October 1957 in Finland) is a Finnish jazz bassist who is probably best known as a member of Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. He is also the bassist of Espoo Big Band, and actively teaches music in Espoo-based Pop/Ja ...

(born 1957), Finnish jazz bassist, member of Trio Töykeät *

Eerik-Juhan Truuväli Eerik-Juhan Truuväli (7 March 1938 – 25 June 2019) was an Estonian lawyer and professor of legal theory at the University of Tartu. From 1989 to 1993 he was the chairman of the Estonian National Electoral Committee. From 1993 to 2000 he was ...

(1938–2019), Estonian lawyer, professor and politician

Other

Eerik Kumari Award Eerik Kumari Award () is an award given since 1989 to those who have excelled in bioscience in Estonia. It is named after Eerik Kumari (1912–1984), who was chairman of the National Conservation Committee of the Estonian Academy of Sciences fro ...

, an award given to those who have excelled in bioscience in Estonia since 1989

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