It"a man"s name, and is German in the spelling you give, like ERICH von Daniken, who is Swiss, despite his Germanic-sounding name. Eric is the Scandinavian version Eric the Red, Viking explorer. There is also the surname Ericcsson meaning the son of Eric. Erica is the female version, a neat name for a Valkyrie Knight type. A Friend of mine who claimed his father was a former SS man, had two beautiful sisters ( the son) named Erica and a variant of Elisabeth, note the continental spelling. This guy was a real Four star Wacko. He was a virulent anti-semite and knife collector who used his weapons for real.. Family had the totally benign line of work of a Candy Store. I can still remember this guy"s mother in anguished talk with the principal after the knife fight when her son was arrested- But, Herr Bennett, ( she would talk German under load- Karl:s not such as bad boy, he just likes to , likes to- Play with Knives! everybody outside the office had a sick laugh over that. oh bruder.
Eric Carle served in the U.S. army during world war II
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His name was Eric Smith. The boy he beat, killed and sodomized was only four years old...and he claims it was because he was bullied. The four year olds name was Derrick Robie.
Ericson means he was the son of Eric. His father was Eric the Red.
Leif Ericson.
Yes.
Scandinavian. He was a Viking from Iceland.
There was Eric the Red & his son, Leif Ericson.
There was Eric the Red & his son, Leif Ericson.
Son, Daughter, Dog, Cat, Fish, Wife
To America--------------No, Erik the Red founded a viking colony in Greenland. It was Leif Eriksson (son of Erik the Red) who discovered America.
Because he was banished from Iceland for three years.
He never explored in North America, his son Leif Ericson did. Erik the Red explored Greenland.
He explored Greenland, and established two settlements there. It was his son, Leif Ericson, who sailed to North America. Erik never went to North America.
Eric the Red is credited with discovering and settling Greenland in the 10th century. He named it Greenland to attract settlers, but the land was mostly icy and inhospitable. He also had an important role in the Norse exploration of North America, as his son Leif Erikson is believed to have reached North America around the same time or shortly after him.