Which of these two names do you lean to and why?

[ThatLilacExpert]

Eric Testa OR Frederick Testa? I like both names.
Frederick feels elegant and classic, carrying a timeless charm with a slightly regal air whereas Eric is a strong and concise name. Its simplicity makes it modern and approachable, with a certain confidence in its brevity. So, it's been hard to decide. I am curious to know your opinion. The baby boy will be British but I guess it doesn't really matter. I know most people will say Eric is more common in America, but I don't mind how common the name is. Thanks for your opinion! 😌

Frederick is strong and friendly and has good diminutives (I don't care for short forms as standalone names).

Eric is fine, but if I have to choose, it feels cold and a bit hollow to me (sorry to all the lovely Erics!). If someone said 'his name is Eric' about their baby, it would be a polite rather than an enthusiastic 'ooh lovely!' from me about the name. I prefer Alaric for a similar sound or Alec short for Alexander (I know you didn't ask!).

Frederick as it can be shortened to Eric.

Call him Oliver James and be done with it.

Frederick. Shortened to Fred or Freddie. Is Testa the middle or surname? It sounds a bit like testicles or reminds me of the Ferrari. Lol. I think it's Italian isn't it?

It's weird you've written this with AI. I don't think either name is great tbh, but I'd say Eric spelled as Erik is better. Fred makes me think of either Drop Dead Fred or the Weasleys from HP. Also the pretend baby from Psychoville, which might not be popular watching, but I'd struggle to keep a laugh down if I saw someone gurgling over their "Little Freddie".

It was chosen as a jokey name for a reason.

I know two baby Eric's so maybe it's on the up. I not personally a fan and prefer Frederick though, but I dislike Freddie so neither would be my no.1 choice.

I prefer the full name Frederick, but I hate Freddie (too twee and similar to Alfie, Archie type names), so therefore I'll vote for Eric!

I prefer Frederick

Like the nn potentials, like longer names.. Eric makes me think of grandad age whereas Frederick doesn't have an age association and is more classic

Frederick

Eric can be short for Frederick - it's literally in the name.

I don't really like either though - I think if I was going for something classically British I would opt for Oscar or Oliver.

I like both but Eric would be my pick. Erik was my second choice for ds actually.

Rick, Ricky and Eric are all down market. They're also old fashioned.

Frederick and Freddie are much more classy.

I'd chose a name you actually want your son to be called on a daily basis. Frederick - while seemingly sounding posh, etc - will never really be used as a name in a real world. It's too long and a mouthful. And no little kid will be running around a playground being called with such name. So - you'll have to call him smth else... And in all likelihood the shorter name will stick - he'll never go back a full name.
So - chose what name you like best - Fred? Rick? Eric? And go with it.

Personally:
Eric - sounds more international to me. I have met Eric's in the US, Scandinavia, Continental Europe. To me it's a nice and modern name.
Fred - to me is an old man's name
Rick - is too boring

Frederick is classy

Freddie, unfortunately, is the opposite, along with Alfie and other cutesy shortenings.

Eric is more classy than those

I much prefer Eric. It's simple but classic and for me I just am not keen on Fred/Freddie as a nickname.

My DB's middle name is Frederick. He hates it, as do I. Eric is much nicer.

Eric, I like it we used to say our dogs middle name was Eric. Fredrick will get shortened to Freddy and it’s such a popular name.

I prefer Freddie which I presume it will get shortened to, I’m not sure with Testa though.

I bought a beautiful Georgian horses’s mahogany stable name plate many years ago called “ Rico”

It’s online still - Probably a Spanish baroque horse imported to England !