Erasmus (first name)

Erasmus (from ancient Greek ἐράσμιος erásmios ) or often Rasmus is a masculine given name that is common in the Netherlands , Denmark , Finland , Norway , Sweden and the Faroe Islands .

meaning

The name, which comes from the Greek, means roughly "the lovable one".

variants

Asmus
Rasmus

name day

October 24 (Estonia and Finland), October 26 (Sweden).

Name bearer

First name

Erasmus of Antioch (around 240–303), bishop and martyr

Erasmus Alber (around 1500–1553), German theologian, reformer and poet
Erasmus Bartholin (1625–1698), Danish scientist
Erasmus Behm (1939–2007), German internist and pharmacist
Erasmus Bielfeldt (1682–1753), German organ builder
Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), British poet, doctor and scientist
Erasmus Ebner (1511–1577), German diplomat, scholar and statesman
Erasmus Finx (1627–1694), German polyhistor and author
Erasmus Flock (1514–1568), German mathematician, astronomer, poet and doctor
Erasmus Fröhlich (1700–1758), Austrian Jesuit, historian, librarian and numismatist
Erasmus Grasser (1450–1518), German sculptor
Erasmus Habermehl (around 1538–1606), German watchmaker
Erasmus von Handel (1860–1928), Austrian civil servant and politician
Erasmus Herold (* 1969), German writer
Erasmus von Jakimow (1918–1944), German painter and author
Erasmus Jonas (1929–1986), German writer and historian
Erasmus Kern (1592 – after 1650), Austrian sculptor and carver
Erasmus Kittler (1852–1929), German physicist
Erasmus Lapicida (around 1450–1547), Dutch composer, singer and theologian
Erasmus von Manteuffel-Arnhausen (1480–1544), German clergyman, Bishop of Cammin
Erasmus Neustetter called Stürmer (1523–1594), German theologian, humanist and patron
Erasmus Quellinus I (around 1584–1640), Flemish sculptor
Erasmus Reinhold (1511–1553), German astronomer and mathematician
Erasmus Ritter (theologian) (around 1481–1546), German-Swiss theologian and reformer
Erasmus Ritter (architect) (1726–1805), Swiss architect and archaeologist
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536), Dutch humanist
Erasmus Rückgauer (1844–1907), German building contractor
Erasmus Sarcerius (1501–1559), German theologian and reformer
Erasmus Sartorius (1577–1637), German composer, organist, music writer and poet
Erasmus Schenk von Limpurg (1507–1568), German clergyman, Bishop of Strasbourg
Erasmus Schmidt (philologist) (1570–1637), German philologist and mathematician
Erasmus Schöfer (* 1931), German writer
Erasmus Schüller (1861–1890), German architect
Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs (1511–1575), German mathematician, astronomer, rhetorician, humanist and Hebraist
Erasmus Seidel (1594–1655), German lawyer and statesman
Erasmus Spiegel (around 1500–1551), German court marshal
Erasmus Stella (actually Johannes Stüler ; 1460–1521), German doctor, politician and historian
Erasmus Ungebaur (1582–1659), German legal scholar
Erasmus Unruh (1576–1628), German legal scholar
Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634), German organist and composer