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

I like it! And congratulations!

I like it. I know a teenage one and his mum said when he was born the names they had thought of didn't suit him but Eric did, and it really suits him. A little bit different without being odd.

Go for it.

Best wishes for the birth.

The middle name is great too.

Love it!

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2 week old DS has Eric as his middle name after DGrandad but nearly had it as a first name. Not old mannish at all IMO.

It's strange, I think in Britain Eric is old mannish, yet in the US it seems quite common as a young guys name, like a "Jock" name or something, at least in films and tv.. maybe their accent makes sounds less frumpy, lol.

I know a 3 year old Eric. Great name.

I like it

And I really thought it was going to be Archie/Arthur/Alfie/Ronnie/Freddie/Reggie so a refreshing change :)

Eric = old man for me. Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques.

But if you're younger, I suppose you don't remember them.

Great choice. I don't think the spelling makes any real difference so would probably go with the "default"/more common spelling in Britain if that's where you live.

I really love your name choice. Classy, classic and meaningful. Biased as I also love the little mermaid. Congratulations x

Ps I also prefer Eric hugely to Erik, which I'm not as keen on.

I know a 3month old and 4 year old names Eric. It fits in well with all the old man names that are popular now a days.

I also know 3 baby/toddler ericas so that seems to be becoming more popular.

I like it a lot.

I really like it!

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.

And FWIW, I know an Erika in her twenties.

I like Eric. I don’t like Erik.

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

Has pervy old man vibes, somehow.

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?

I think it's awful, sorry.

It’s great. Definitely with a c though.

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.