Eric

Eric comes from the Old Norse Eiríkr — ei (ever, always) and ríkr (ruler, mighty) — an ever-mighty ruler, stamped onto history by Erik the Red, who colonized Greenland around 985, and his son Leif, who sailed further west to a place they called Vinland. The name reached the Anglosphere through the Vikings and the later Scandinavian diaspora. It held a spot in the American top twenty-five from 1969 through 1985, a Gen-X staple. Clapton, Carmen, Idle, Bana. Two syllables, a crisp C-finish. A name with longship wood and summer-camp cabin in equal parts.