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Eric or Archie?

31 replies

SpongeCake23 · 16/10/2017 20:03

Which do you prefer?

Eric is a family name and DP really likes it.

I've always had a soft spot for Archie.

Surname: Black

We're not pregnant yet but hope to be soon!

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 16/10/2017 20:05

❤️ Eric Black, very cool !

ScarletSienna · 16/10/2017 20:06

Eric!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 16/10/2017 20:06

Archie

WanderingTrolley1 · 16/10/2017 20:06

Eric.

Chaffinch4 · 16/10/2017 20:17

Eric. Archie sounds like it should be short for something.

Eric Black sounds very cool.

MikeUniformMike · 16/10/2017 20:18

Eric.

Liadain · 16/10/2017 20:27

Eric. Not loving Archie!

Mayhemmumma · 16/10/2017 20:27

Archie but eric is cute

glovesonstrings · 16/10/2017 20:29

Eric. Archie is too often used.

LadyNutmeg · 16/10/2017 20:36

Archie

Smoliver · 16/10/2017 20:55

Definitely prefer Eric. Eric Black sounds like a cool name that can work both on a child and a grown man.

DiegoMadonna · 16/10/2017 20:55

100% Eric

Redpramlady · 16/10/2017 21:04

Eric by a country mile
Eric black is v cool!

Sophronia · 16/10/2017 21:14

Definitely Eric

CuckooClockChimes · 16/10/2017 21:15

Most definitely Eric

TatianaLarina · 16/10/2017 23:13

Eric God no. Archie for sure,

I know a lovely Archie.

ohhelpohnoitsa · 16/10/2017 23:17

ERIC no question

sonlypuppyfat · 16/10/2017 23:19

Eric as in Eric and Ernie?

TatianaLarina · 17/10/2017 00:20

Quite.

As in Eric Sykes - it’s an old man’s name.

stopbeingadramallama · 17/10/2017 00:26

I love the name Eric!

DiegoMadonna · 17/10/2017 00:41

It's gone from 234th in the ONS national rankings to 147th in the last five years, and most of the replies on here have been positive about it, so I'm pretty sure it's not going to be an old man's name for much longer.

Names are cyclical and Eric is definitely on its way back in

ThaliaLuxurySpa · 17/10/2017 01:56

Archie

Joeybee · 17/10/2017 03:30

Prefer Archie, but Archibald on birth cert.

Littlebear88 · 17/10/2017 04:01

My son is Erik and he's a darling so definitely Eric!

whoareyoukidding · 17/10/2017 04:38

I've always liked Erik with a 'K', cool name.