Eldred or Ernest?

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Which of these options do you prefer?

Surname is Rickman

If neither, any other Ideas with a similar theme?

I voted for Ernest, it's a nice name.
I have never heard the name Eldred before, but I'm not from the UK, so that might be why.

Eldred sounds magnificent but I don't think I'd be brave enough to use it.
Ernest is lovely, go for that one!

I picked Ernest because Eldred is awful. At first, I wondered if it was a spelling mistake (sorry!).

My favourite boy name beginning with ‘E’ is Edward by far.

I don't like either of them.

Is it old man names you like OP?

Albert
Clyde
Barnaby
Archie
Sydney / Syd
Frank
George
Arthur
Henry

Eldred if you want them to be a baddie conniving in a ropey medieval fantasy. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Claude Rickman
Hugh Rickman
Carl Rickman
Charles Rickman
George Rickman

Eldred is a family name for me and I really like it, but I don't think I'd use it for a first name! Save for middle name only, personally.

Ignore.
I think they're great names! Ernest Rickman sounds excellent!
Eldred is not a girls' name.

Only in 1971.

Both would sound as if they'd escaped from an E.B. Nesbit book (Edwardian children). (But the books are great.)

Terrible. Pregnancy hormones?

They're pretty awful names

Maybe use them as middle names if they're a grandparent's name

I'm guessing that all of those posters who love Ernest are a lot younger than me.

I'm often surprised by babies and young children with what seem to me to be an old lady's name or an old man's name. I'm not far enough removed from them for those names to seem cute.

Ernest makes me think of The Fastest Milkman in the West and of Eric and Ernie. Neither of which make me think it's a great baby name.

Oh OP imagine having to give your name as these in a meeting. So bad.

Give either name in a meeting? Still better than Wren or Teddy.

Other terrible names starting with E you light like...

Eugene
Elwood
Edgar
Errol
Eric
Evelynn
Everest
Elmer

You're welcome! 😉

Neither

Ernie is ok

Ernest is lovely. Also Edmund or Edwin for similar vibe.

I don’t like either

Elvis much better

I quite like Eldred. Saxon warrior-tastic. And definitely not a girl’s name, FFS.

😂 Eldred?!
You can't be serious.
If I was a bully, I'd bully the SHIT out of a kid called Eldred.

Both awful. Like old drunkards in a dodgy pub in the 70s.

I never heard of anyone in the 70s called Eldred.
On the other hand, I teach boys called Stanley, Alfie and Wilfred, and girls called Ivy, Minnie and Elsie, which were the names of old people when I was young.
Times move on.

Neither…..no, just no