Personal experiences with the name Jurgen: | Edit. Share what you know! Nicknames for Jurgen: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Jurgen : | Edit. Share what you know! Famous real-life people named Jurgen: | Edit. Juergen JÃ¼rgen (habermas. b). 1929 A german sociologist and. philosopherrigin of the name George: Derived from the Greek geÅrgos (earthworker, farmer), which is composed from the elements gÄ (earth) and ergein (to work). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
Leif Ericson was born in Iceland in about 970 and died around 1020. He is widely believed to have landed in North America several centuries before Christopher Columbus. Ericson supposedly founded a Viking settlement at Vinland on what is now the Canadian island of Newfoundland.
This was partly because of the publishing of the novel Eric, or, Little by Little by Frederick William Farrar in 1858. In Norway, Sweden and Finland, the name day for Erik and Eirik is 18 May, commemorating the death of Saint Eric of Sweden.his was partly because of the publishing of the novel Eric, or, Little by Little by Frederick William Farrar in 1858. In Norway, Sweden and Finland, the name day for Erik and Eirik is 18 May, commemorating the death of Saint Eric of Sweden.