Character Name

Erich

Meaning — The German form of Eric, derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr, composed of "ei" (ever, always) and "ríkr" (ruler, powerful). The name carries the meaning "eternal ruler" or "ever-powerful". It has been common throughout Scandinavia and the German-speaking world for over a millennium, borne by numerous Scandinavian kings and prominent German figures.·Old Norse/Germanic origin·Male·EH-rikh

Erich Erich has a distinctly Central European Germanic character — serious, capable, and unshowy. In 20th-century German literature and history the name is associated with moral complexity (Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novels) and with quiet endurance. Characters named Erich tend to be methodical, earnest, and defined by a strong sense of personal duty.

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ErichErikEricEiríkr

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Erich HartmannErich BeckerErich SchulzErich WernerErich KieferErich Stein

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Dietrich

Old High German · “A Germanic masculine name composed of "þeod" or "diet" meaning "people" or "folk" and "rîhhi" meaning "power", "rule", or "king" — thus "ruler of the people" or "king of the folk". Dietrich von Bern is the legendary counterpart of the historical Theodoric the Great (454–526), King of the Ostrogoths, who became one of the greatest heroes of Germanic heroic legend and appears in the Nibelungenlied, Þiðreks saga, and countless medieval German poems.”

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Valdemar

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Rolf

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