Nicholas vs Eric

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Which do you prefer? Nicholas to be called Nick most of the time. Is Eric too old?

Nicholas

Both nice. Good choices.

I would go with Eric.

Love the name Eric. Find Nicholas a bit boring.

Eric/Erik is getting more popular. Personally I love the name and don't think it sounds old at all.

Thank you! I wonder whether to do with a C or a K? Our main criteria is for it to be international and so I think Eric works. If anyone has any suggestions of similar short international names I’d be most grateful!

I think Nicholas is a lovely name - Nick or Nico are both great options for shortenings.

When you say international names do you means one that work well across lots of different cultures / languages?

some ideas:

Adam
Alex
Ander
Anton
Ari
Arlo
Axel
Ben
David
Dean
Felix
Finn
Gus
Hugo
Ian
Ivan
Jack
Jonas
Karl
Kiran
Lars
Leo
Leon
Liam
Linus
Luca
Marc
Mark
Max
Milo
Oscar
Oskar
Otto
Owen
Roman
Ronan
Ryan
Sam
Theo
Tom

I prefer Nicholas. It ticks the international box and has the nn potential of Nicky, Nico, Nick.

Eric really isn't for me.

Nicholas. Has the option of using the full name, or different short versions.

I love both names; you can’t go wrong.

Work well internationally:
Marcus, Marco
Julian
Adrian
Gabriel
Rafael
Dario
Dimitri

but why look further than the two excellent options you have?

I love Nicholas. I’m not too keen on Eric.

I love both

Adore Eric! Nick is a bit bland to my ears

Neither

I like both. They have different vibes. Which goes best with the surname?

I prefer Erik, Nic(h)olas is a bit boring to my mind. Nicolas is nicer than Nicholas, though.

Eric feels very dated.
Nicholas can have many variations Nick, Nicky, Nicko which all sound fine.
Definitely prefer Nicholas.

My middle son is Nicholas and goes by Nick so that's my vote. But I also like Eric prefer it with a K though, Erik

I like both of them, but I think Erik would be my favourite.

Or have you considered Ragnar?

Nicholas is my pick but both are great.

Nick and Erik are good.

Christopher
Griffin
Casper
Peter

Hate Eric. Makes me think of old bald men.

Love Nicholas although I may biased as it’s my DH’s name 😃

ooh! Does your DH like his name? Does he shorten it to Nick?

I like the spelling of Nicolas, but it would be odd if we didn’t pronounce it the French way?

Yes, he likes it.

His dad only ever uses his full name but he actually goes by Nik, I’ve no idea why it has no “C” but I like that’s a bit different to Nick! Probably something he decided as a pretentious teen long before I met him and it stuck 😅

Eric my a mile. Don't like Nicholas. Very dated.

Nicholas is more flexible than Eric in terms of international versions of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas .

William are George are equally flexible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(given_name)