 | | Re: New to the area —Erik Olson
| | | | (...) When I see those wooden calligraphy name plate doodads for sale with all the Biblical names like "Sara" and "Marian" and "David" and "Chris" and "Matt" and what they mean, I can't resist and I look... Sure enough! They have Erik! Plus meaning, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Shiri Dori
| | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes: <snip> (...) Hmm. Well, in a way you're right. But in another way, not exactly. There's a quite common name in hebrew, Aryeh (= lion). A nickname for people named like that is often Arick. Pretty close to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Eric Joslin
| | | | | | (...) When I was Bar Mitvah'ed, we had to come up with a Hebrew version of my name. The best we could do was Aaron. (...) The most common "meaning" for Eric/k/ck I've seen is "Ruler" or "King", and it's always Germanic- usually Norse, in fact. eric (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: New to the area —Erik Olson
| | | | | (...) In his autobiography, Ariel Sharon says that was the nickname he had when he was little. I thought that was kind of neat, but just a coincidence. Did you know Effie is a diminutive for Euphigenia? Two yucky names! (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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