Herrick Family History
Herrick Name Meaning
English: from the Old Norse personal name Eiríkr Old Danish Old Swedish Erik itself from Proto-Scandinavian ain- ‘one select’ + rík- ‘rule(r)’ + prosthetic H-. Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEirc ‘descendant of Erc’ a personal name meaning ‘speckled dark red’ or ‘salmon’ and borne by a Christian saint. In Munster and Ulster this name has been changed to Harkin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022