Wulfric or Elias?

[Cuppaqueen]

Ok, my husband and I are totally stuck on a name for our baby boy due in April. We like unusual (but not trendy/made-up) names, especially old English/ Scandinavian. Help! What do you genuinely think of our favourites?

Wulfric (Wulf for short)
Elias (Eli for short)

These are the two front-runners right now. Also considering:

Nathaniel (but what would the nickname be? I don't like Nate or Nathan)
Isaac (possibly Zac for short)
Alaric (but he'd end up Al, just like Alan, I guess)

Other suggestions welcome - no T or P names due to initials not going with our surnames.

Thank you!!!

[ScarletForYa]

Wulfric definitely!

Elias sounds a bit wimpy!

[GreatBritishBakeOff]

Neither! Sorry Op, I'd be a bit if I met anyone named either of those names...

Nathaniel is nice though, maybe the nickname could be Ani or Niel?

[DementedUnicorn]

I like Elias.

Wulfric is a bit too Dumbledore for me and I have Harry Potter tattoos

[Scabetty]

Elias.

[user1477282676]

I like Wulfric. Elias is a bit weak. Wulf is a fabulous name.

[Normandy144]

I like Elias, Isaac and Nathaniel. You could use Nat for Nathaniel. Not sure I'd bother shortening Isaac as it is short enough. I do like Zac as the short version of Zachary/Zachariah.

[CakeRattleandRoll]

My favourite is Elias.

Others:
Wilfred
Cuthbert
Edmund
Torsten

[Riversiderunner]

Neither! Too try-hard!

[myoriginal3]

I don't like either name.

[NinjaLeprechaun]

I like Wulfric. You could use either Wulf or Ric as a nickname.
Ric can be short for Aleric as well.

[talkshowhost97]

I really like Elias, relatively unusual without being weird or hard to say/spell. I know a 4 year old Elias and it really suits him.

Wulfric is pretty dreadful IMO.

Your other names are ok.

[MissWimpyDimple]

Wulfric is pretty bad. I would think you had tried a bit too hard with that one. Plus it would be great if it suited him but it might not.

Elias is ok. Nathaniel is good. Nat or Natty would be nice

[Pluto30]

Wulfric = Dumbledore

Elias. I prefer Elliot though.

[LotsoNumbers]

Cuthbert? Fucking CUTHBERT?

I prefer Wulfric out of your names op

[user1477282676]

Lotso Your reaction has me laughing so hard.

[LotsoNumbers]

Honestly though, who looks at their beautiful newborn and thinks....Yeah....Cuthbert

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Wulfric. Love Wulf.

[BikeRunSki]

I like Elias.
I love Nathaniel - could be Nat?

Otto?
Silas?
Thor?
Anders?

[RobinSnood]

Neither. Isaac/Zac is great though.

[Artandco]

Alaric
Or
Eric

[mistermagpie]

Neither. What about Anders? I know a baby one and it's really cute. Or Magnus if you like Scandinavian names?

Elias is okaaaaay, just. But Wulfric?

[Staranise123]

Wulfric - classic and strong.

I don't like Elias much

[Cuppaqueen]

Thanks guys! I'd forgotten that Wulfric was one of Dumbledore's names - damn. Also husband has pointed out 3 syllables goes better with our surname. So Elias and Nathaniel now in the lead (although Wulfric will be the one that got away ).

I'd love a Thor but hubby vetoed that early doors! With Lotsa on Cuthbert - not a fan, ha ha. Javier? Or is that too Spanish for a couple with no family connection to Spain?

[BernardsarenotalwaysSaints]

What about Wolfgang? Or Wolfric instead of a U (both are considered proper spellings) it reads better to me, not sure why.

[RobinSnood]

Anders is really nice.