Rúrik

Etymology
Borrowed from English and Scandinavian languages. The popular serial novel The Gunmaker of Moscow by American author Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., available in Icelandic translation as, seems to have influenced the earliest uses of the name in Iceland. At least one person in Iceland (born 1903) was named, after the book’s protagonist ( in the original). The forms in English and Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish ) are borrowed from , itself borrowed from an Eastern variant of , ultimately from , whence also the Icelandic form.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A dynasty that ruled over Russia and was succeded by the Romanov Dynasty.
 * 1)  A dynasty that ruled over Russia and was succeded by the Romanov Dynasty.