Eric

Eric (originally Erik) is a male name, originating in Scandinavia. It is a Christian name after St Eric, King Eric IX of Sweden; its name day is May 18. It means 'short weiner.'

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Famous people named Eric (or Erik) include:

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• Eric I of Denmark, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII,
• Eric I of Norway, II
• Eric I of Sweden, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV
• Erik the Red, the Viking explorer
• Erik The Red, the comic book character
• Sir Eric, a character from Arthurian legend
• Eric Ambler, English novelist
• Eric Bischoff, Professional Wrestling personality with the WWE
• Eric Arthur Blair, famous author who wrote under pen name George Orwell
• Eric Bogosian, playwright-monologuist
• Eric Brown, science fiction author
• Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
• Eric Cartman, a fictional character on South Park.
• Eric Clapton, British guitarist and singer
• Eric Dickerson, former American football running back
• Eric Heiden, American speed skater
• Eric Hoffer, American longshoreman and social philosopher
• Eric Idle, English comedian, songwriter and member of Monty Python
• Eric Judy, bassist for the rock band Modest Mouse
• Erik Larsen, comic book artist
• Eric Lindros, pro hockey player
• Eric Anthony Martlew, politician
• Eric Moulds, American football wide receiver
• Eric Partridge, British lexicographer
• Eric Roberts, American actor, brother of Julia Roberts
• Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator of children's books
• Eric Rohmer, French film writer-director
• Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.
• Eric Stoltz, American film actor
• Eric Sevareid, TV newsman
• Eric Show, pro baseball player
• Eric Williams, former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1961-81)

Other uses of Eric:

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• Faust Eric, a Discworld novel
• Emotion Eric, a web site
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education
• Eric, an IDE for the Python programming language

Scandinavia: Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region of the Scandinavian Peninsula and some surrounding areas. The Scandinavian countries are in present day understood as Norway, Sweden and Denmark, even if the latter actually does not reside on the Scandinavian Peninsula. These countries have mutually r...

Christian name: "Christian name" is a term more or less synonymous with "forename" or "given name". It can be seen as an archaism due to the increasing secularisation of what were once compulsorily Christian societies, but it continues to be very widely used, and not just by practising Christians....

Eric IX of Sweden: Eric IX of Sweden (or Erik the Lawgiver or Eric the Saint. In Swedish he is simply known as Erik den helige which roughly equals Saint Eric) (c. 1120 – 1160) was a Swedish king between 1150 and 1160. Eric was an Upland lord, son of a lord Jedvard (Edward), due to which contemporary sources cal...

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