Brief Life History of Eirik
When Eirik Gudmundsson was born in 1733, in Rangárvallasýsla, Southern, Iceland, his father, Guðmundur Stefánsson, was 27 and his mother, Guðríður Brynjólfsdóttir, was 34. He died in 1749, at the age of 16.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Gudmundsson: patronymic from the personal name Gudmund, from Old Norse Guthmundr, composed of the elements guth ‘god’ + mundr ‘protection’.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Gudmundsen , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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