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Re: New to the area
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:04:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
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> Now I'm pretty sure Eric/Erick is not a
> Biblical name. Sure, there are some of the prophets that I will never stay
> awake
> to read through, but, I don't think it's in there.
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 Eric/k... Long shot, I know, but maybe.
(FWIW... the Sesame Street Ernie is called Arick in Hebrew! And Bert = Bentz.
Hehe! I always marvelled at that...)
> Well, it probably only demonstrates that mall stalls are not the authorities.
Pro-bab-ly. ;-)
The name DB lists a lot of meanings for Eri[ck], but not Hebrew rooted. Mostly
Old-German and other European countries.
(I'd give you the link, but it's on my other computer, and I'm just too lazy
to do anything about it. :-)
-Shiri
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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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| (...) 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)
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