Éric
Éric is a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Satie, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English.
As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals.
People named Éric
- Éric Abidal French footballer
- Éric Antoine French comedy magician
- Éric Bourdon French painter
- Éric Cantona French footballer, known as "Eric Cantona" as an actor
- Éric Elmosnino French actor and musician
- Éric Fottorino French journalist and author
- Éric Geoffroy French philosopher, islamologist and writer
- Éric Guirado French film director and writer
- Éric Martineau French politician
- Éric Pichet French economist
- Éric Rohmer French film director
- Éric Serra French film composer
- Éric Tabarly French yachtsman
- Éric Troncy French curator and art critic
- Éric Valli French photographer and film director.
- Éric Vigner French stage director,
- Éric Woerth French politician
- Éric Zemmour French political journalist
- Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt French-Belgian dramatist, novelist and fiction writer
Érik (variant)
- Érik Boisse French fencer