A variant of Eric, from Old Norse roots meaning eternal ruler or ever-powerful.
Erek is a variant form of Erik, one of the great names of the Norse world. The Old Norse Eiríkr is composed of ei, meaning 'ever' or 'always,' and ríkr, meaning 'ruler,' 'powerful,' or 'kingly' — yielding the noble sense of 'eternal ruler' or 'ever powerful.' The name was carried across the Viking age into England (as Eric), Normandy, and throughout Scandinavia, where it became dynastic: Erik the Red, the Norse explorer who colonized Greenland around 985 AD, and his son Leif Erikson, who reached the shores of North America five centuries before Columbus, made the name synonymous with daring exploration.
In medieval Scandinavia, Eric became a royal name par excellence — Sweden alone counted more than a dozen King Eriks, and the name appears in the Swedish national calendar. Saint Erik IX of Sweden (died 1160), patron saint of Stockholm, enshrined it in religious memory as well. The name spread through the English-speaking world steadily, and in the twentieth century figures such as Erik Erikson (the developmental psychologist who gave us the concept of the 'identity crisis') and numerous artists, athletes, and statesmen kept it vibrant.
Erek, with its distinctive 'k' ending in place of the more common 'c,' represents a clean, runic-looking variant that appeals to parents who want the name's ancient Nordic power while giving it a personalized edge. It is compact, strong, and etymologically impeccable — a name with a thousand years of kings and explorers behind it.