Erik

[ er-ik ]

noun

1. a male given name.

Example Sentences

When farm worker Pedro Nicolas, 33, looked at the cracks in his plywood roof or smelled the foul water running from his faucet, he worried about Erik and Cinthia, his young son and daughter.

From Time

Luli is a World Surf League judge who will be a judge in Tokyo, and Erik is the technical director for the International Surfing Association.

From FiveThirtyEight

Erik ate Thai food “nervously and intermittently” throughout the date.

From Washington Post

Erik gets his choice of Whole Fools bag or Loser Mug along with the Fir Stink for his First Ink.

From Washington Post

ERIK: He texted us about a few weeks ago, just to kind of give us a congratulatory text on “Skydive” and the video.

From The Daily Beast

ERIK: I think it was intense at first because it was a television show.

From The Daily Beast

ERIK: I think the best way for us to stay relevant is to stay true to ourselves.

From The Daily Beast

The moderator, right-wing commentator Erik Erikson, asked the candidates what they look for in a federal judge.

From The Daily Beast

The Obama administration is going to great lengths to silence his critics, claims WorldNetDaily writer Erik Rush.

From The Daily Beast

He had built himself a little log-house, in which he dwelt with his twin boys, Olaf and Erik, and their little sister Olga.

From Project Gutenberg

As for Olaf and Erik, they were still silent, though now from anger, and that was very bad.

From Project Gutenberg

There were the fur coat and boots, and a cap also, more beautiful than Erik had ever dreamed of.

From Project Gutenberg

Fifty-six blows of square-headed iron maces were traced on Erik's skull when his tomb was opened in the seventeenth century.

From Project Gutenberg

Erik was dripping with perspiration when he dismounted, and Lady Clare's glossy coat was flecked with foam.

From Project Gutenberg