Eric

In Disney's The Little Mermaid, Prince Eric was the prince of a kingdom that bordered the sea. He had a sheepdog named Max and a manservant named Grimsby. He was celebrating his birthday on a ship when he was shipwrecked. He was rescued by Ariel, but could only remember that the woman who saved him had a beautiful voice. When Ariel, who had been transformed into a human by Ursula appeared but was unable to speak, he did not realize that she was the same person, and he continued to wonder about his rescuer. When he began to fall in love with Ariel anyway, Ursula transformed herself into a woman named Vanessa, and using Ariel's voice and a love spell, convinced him to marry her instead of Ariel. When the shell containing Ariel's voice was smashed, the spell was broken, but not in time to save Ariel from Ursula. Ariel's father, King Triton, exchanged himself for Ariel, but Ursula still tried to kill Ariel and Eric. When Ursula transformed into a giant, Eric rammed her with a ship, impaling and killing her. Ariel was given legs by her father, and the two were married.

In The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Ariel and Eric had a daughter named Melody, who loved the sea. When she was nearly killed by Morgana, the sister of Ursula, Eric had a sea wall built around his castle to protect her. 

In the Disney Channel series Kim Possible, Eric was a robotic henchman, or synthodrone created by Dr. Drakken. He was also known as Synthodrone #901. He was designed to use his attractiveness to woo Kim, drawing her away from Ron. He was later destroyed by Rufus.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dr. Erik Selvig was a scientist and colleague of Jane Foster. Loki used a septer containing an infinity stone to brainwash him into creating a portal using the tesseract.

In Atlantis: Milo's Return, Erik Hellstrom was a man who believed he was the Norse god Odin. He stole a spear called Gungnir, which was of Atlantean origin. He wanted to bring on Ragnarok, but was defeated.

Eric is a Norse name that means 'complete ruler.' Eric was the 123rd most popular name in the U.S. in 2014. The alternate spelling Erik ranked at #328.

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