# Herrick

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,733

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
* As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Earc," from earc (“speckled”). Compare Harkin from Ó hEarcáin.

## Easily confused with
- **herring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herrick-vs-herring)
- **heroic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heroic-vs-herrick)
- **heroics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heroics-vs-herrick)
- **Hendrick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hendrick-vs-herrick)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehrrick`, `herick`, `herirck`, `herrcik`, `herricck`, `herrickk`, `herrikc`, `hherrick`, `hrerick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/herrick