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Eriksen
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English
Etymology
en da - or en no Eriksen.
Proper noun
s
en Danish,Norwegian.
en Ben Church How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/christian-eriksen-cardiac-arrest-return-spt-intl 2023-01-03 Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed. https://web.archive.org/web/20250109013859/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/christian-eriksen-cardiac-arrest-return-spt-intl/
Danish
Etymology
Originally a patronymic from da Erik -sen.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da patronymics
Norwegian Bokmål
no
Alternative forms
nb Eriksson patronymic variant
Etymology
From nb Erik sen male given name patronymic suffix meaning “son of”, originally a patronymic meaning “son of Erik”. The given name nb Erik goes back to nb non Eiríkr, from non ei alone, unique and non ríkr mighty, ruler.
Compare da Eriksen and sv Eriksson patronymic surnames.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈeː.rɪk.sən/
nb eːrɪksən 3
nb E rik sen
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb patronymics originally meaning “son of Erik”
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, nb Eriksen was the 13th-most common surname in Norway, borne by 18,162 people, as of 31 December 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Erik – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.
“patronymikon” in Store norske leksikon.
Anagrams
nb eeiknrs kineser