Erich

Where Erich comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Erich.

Erich through the years
  1. 1894
    First appearance
    #954 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Erich Maria Remarque born
    German-born novelist
  3. 1900
    Erich Fromm born
    German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst
  4. 1971
    Peak, #441
    343 babies named Erich, the most in any year.
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #876.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Erich Maria Remarque · German-born novelist, 1898–1970
  • Erich Fromm · German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst, 1900–1980
  • Erich Honecker · former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, 1912–1994
  • Erich Ludendorff · German general and politician, 1865–1937
  • Erich Kästner · German children's writer, 1899–1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.