Definition of "Eric"

"What's your name?" "Eric - I mean Williams." "Then why don't you say what you mean?"

1859, Frederic William Farrar, chapter II, in Eric, or Little by Little: A Tale of Roslyn School

Mark it. Professor Roberts does not like the name Eric. This happens to be one of his given names, and it is a very honorable one. Eric was the first Viking explorer of the North American continent, and this ERIC we hope will be an explorer in the fields of complex therapy.

1959, Roentgens, Rads and Riddles: A Symposium on Supervoltage Radiation Therapy., U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, page 71