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| ERIC m English, French, Swedish | Previous Names |
| From the Old Norse Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". A notable bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the of several early kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. | |
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