Is this name ...to oldman-ish?

[SarahF2019]

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

Simon Cowell!!
Hasn't done his ds any harm!!

I actually like it.

I love the name Eric (it's top of my baby name list)It's easy to spell, easy to say, strong, and a little unusual nowadays but not strange. I would say go for it. But in answer to your question, no I haven't heard the name on a baby, in fact haven't heard it on anyone for a while!

It's perfect
I really love it and no it sounds fresh now not old man-ish

Personally I think it's much more attractive spelled with a K. Erik seems much less of an old man's name to me than Eric, but regardless of spelling it is a very nice name.

Lovely, there's an Eric in my dd's class (year2) he's a proper little gentleman

I think it's lovely and works really well with the middle name and surname. I know gentleman sort of names are very in, so it being one of the less common ones is a plus.

I think Simon Cowell resurrected it and I quite like it

I know 10 year old Eric. I like it definitely not too old-man-ish

I know a 3 year old Eric. He’s adorable. I can’t think of any negatives tbh, go ahead and use it if you love it. Congratulations!

I quite like it. I met a little Eric. It was an unexpected name for him as I would usually expect it to be an older man. But it was quite sweet and grew on me. There's nothing wrong with it.

It's like Alec for me - I used to think 'old man' because of those I knew, but that's now one of my favourite baby names.

The little Eric I know is 2!
Oh, and I knew others thought the same as me - that they were surprised at his name but no one seemed to have anything negative to say about it, if that helps.

I think it’s a beautiful name!! Hope all goes well

Dave Gorman has an Eric too, I think.

The only Eric I have actually met is maybe about 5 or 6 now maybe even younger. He was a lovely kid and the name has grown on me ever since.

I love Eric, not too old man ish at all!

Eric - old man
Erik - Scandi cool

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

I like it.

My friend has a 9 month old Eric :). Named after a musician from hers and her partners favourite band. If you like it, go for it.

Eric is fabulous, although I agree with a couple of PP that Erik is a more attractive spelling. More rippling muscled Viking than elderly man in Marks and Sparks. But no, i don’t think Eric is too old man at all. I love it. I can’t imagine a horrible Eric. Great choice!

There's a little boy near us with that name. He's full of fun, a cool little guy. Parents are kinda... quirky, down to earth, rough around the egdes but friendly.

I don’t love the name enough to use but nothing against it at all. I can’t think of a reason not to use it.

@SpangleBug

Personally I think it's much more attractive spelled with a K. Erik seems much less of an old man's name to me than Eric, but regardless of spelling it is a very nice name.

Agree with this.

Eric is banana man! I love the name