* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr. * As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Earc," from earc (“speckled”). Compare Harkin from Ó hEarcáin.