How do you write Russian?
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at
10:58 am
I stumbled upon a name that possibly could have Russian Origin.
How do you write Eric in Russian?
Original writing format and pronunciation would be greatly appreciated.
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Эрик
Эрик is correct.
Unfortunately, it’s pronounced exactly as it’s pronounced in English, so curb your enthusiasm. Eric/Erik/Erick is actually Germanic in origin.
When a word begins with that vowel, Э is used in Cyrillic rather than Е. When in the initial position, "Е" makes a "ye" sound, though it’s "e" in any other position in a word.
You could also spell this name in Belorussian simply by changing и to і, which would give Эрік.