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Erkki - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Erkki

[ syll. er-(k)ki, erk-ki ] The boy name Erkki is pronounced as -ERK-iy KEY. Erkki is used chiefly in the Finnish language and its origin is Old Norse. Erkki is a variant of the name Eric (English, French, and Scandinavian).

Erkki is unusual as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly linked to Erkki, Eric (English, French, and Scandinavian) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Erkki include Erki (Latvian), Erek (English), Eric (English, French, and Scandinavian), Erich (Czech and German), Erick (English), Erik (Czech, English, German, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Dutch), Eriks (Latvian and Russian), Errick (English), Eryk (Polish), Aras (Lithuanian), Aries (English), Aris (Greek), Erico (Italian and Portuguese), Arasu (Tamil), Arius (German), Érico (Portuguese), Urjasz (Polish), and Urs (German).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Erkki: ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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