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Is this name ...to oldman-ish?

90 replies

SarahF2019 · 22/08/2020 15:46

So rainbow baby is coming in 2 days time but has had his name for a while.

Reasons:
The first name is the same as; disney prince in my favourite disney movie. And the first name of the main character in our favourite musical. The musical me and my husband fell in love to.

Secondly, in general the name is short and sweet. But is it a bit too....old man ish..? Lol

The babys name is: Eric.
Eric Andrew Fitzgerald (my husbands father was andy, andy passed away recently. Hence the middle name)

What do we think? Ive yet to find another baby called eric recently... it seems to have completely gone out of style lol..

If you know of ANYONE who has called their baby Eric recently PLEASE LET ME KNOW

:) xxx

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Ingridla · 25/08/2020 14:41

I love it. Considered it for my son.

ChikiTIKI · 25/08/2020 14:39

Eric is a lovely name. I think it's fine to spell it the way you wrote it in your OP. 😀

AriesTheRam · 25/08/2020 13:41

I'm an 80s kid so I associate it with Bananaman.thats not a bad thing!

DappledThings · 25/08/2020 13:33

@ElizabethMainwaring

When I read your title, I thought that the name was going to be Gary Smile Erik is a great name.
I can't believe in 4 pages nobody else had said this yet!
Champy87 · 25/08/2020 10:58

@RowboatsinDisguise

Love it. It’s vintage without falling into the Ronnie, Reggie, Alfie, Archie trap.
Totally agree

I think its much classier than other popular vintage names, especially with the surname Fitzgerald. Its a very cool combination.

QueenCuntyFlippers · 24/08/2020 17:03

It's a great name. Cool and vikingy 😊

WrongKindOfFace · 24/08/2020 17:02

Eric is fine. I was expecting you to say Derek or Percival.

ladycarlotta · 24/08/2020 16:54

I know a little Eric! He is 4 and lovely.

PoodleMoth · 24/08/2020 15:01

Love it! It was one of the top contenders if we had had a boy

Noneyerbuisness11234 · 24/08/2020 12:23

My granda name is Eric he's in his late 60s lol but it's quite different

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 24/08/2020 12:15

We met a little eric. He would be about 4 now?
He had Ricky as a nn.
Also knew an ericky.
When he was born, he looked sort of ericky

(No idea on spelling, but said Eric-y)

ElizabethMainwaring · 24/08/2020 10:29

When I read your title, I thought that the name was going to be Gary Smile
Erik is a great name.

mintich · 24/08/2020 10:24

Love the name Eric! Unusual bueveryone knows it and how to pronounce it.
I went out with an Eric in my early 20s, American and very handsome!

Carpathian2 · 24/08/2020 10:16

My dog is called Eric, if I could've named one of my sons that I would've because I love the name so much.

VenusClapTrap · 24/08/2020 09:40

Love it.

Ninkanink · 24/08/2020 07:44

I like the names you’ve chosen very much.

I’m Danish but have lived in the U.K. for many years. I would say stick with the spelling you’ve already chosen - Firstly because that’s the spelling you chose so you obviously like it, but also Scandi is trendy right now but will likely date and to me, Eric is the traditional English/UK version so you are right to use that (only IMO of course, nothing wrong with the ‘k’ version in and of itself and I would like Erik perfectly fine if it were a Northern European using it. I just don’t find the concept of trendy names appealing.) I also personally think that Eric is the more elegant version, in English at least.

Firebird83 · 24/08/2020 07:35

It’s great. Definitely with a c though.

LouisBalfour · 23/08/2020 22:36

I think it's awful, sorry.

MollyAtTheFolly · 23/08/2020 22:34

Love the name Eric. The whole name works really well.

Dislike it spelled as Erik though - isn't it strange how one letter can make a difference?

ImaSababa · 23/08/2020 22:29

Has pervy old man vibes, somehow.

GirlCalledJames · 22/08/2020 20:45

It’s classic without being overused. Great that you’re going for the traditional English spelling.

VividImagination · 22/08/2020 20:35

I like Eric. I don’t like Erik.

CatteStreet · 22/08/2020 20:34

And FWIW, I know an Erika in her twenties.

CatteStreet · 22/08/2020 20:33

I think you'd be ahead of the trend. It has something of the hipster about it to me. Like Winifred and Barbara.

That aside, I like it - and I like Eric better than Erik. It's quite popular for children in Germany atm, in both spelling variants.

cretelover · 22/08/2020 20:33

I really like it!