What do people think of this name...

[MuffinMclay]

...Eric?

Dh came up with it last night. My initial reaction was , but it is growing on me.

I have a small cousin called Erik and it suits him.
If it's growing on you, that's probably a good thing. I'd go for it.

I like it.

An Eric is friendly and honest.

I agree. If it's growing on you then that's a good sign it's the right name.

If a name is unusual or uncommon then it will become his alone and he will define it with his personality iyswim.

My ds has an uncommon name. People were a bit bemused at first, but now 6 years on it means him and is associated with him alone. I'm glad we chose it .

I like it a lot, it's sort of geeky-cool.

I'm a fan of the historian Eric Hobsbawm, and would consider it for a DS of mine if my surname didn't begin with a C.

eric clapton is a great intelligent man and i think the name is good love old names

I have known some really sexy, cool Erics, I would say go for it

I like Eric alot, fwiw

I know an Eric, he is a perfect square.

Geeky-cool is good (dull, bad breath, skew-whiff glasses etc less so).

I don't like the Aric/Arik version at all, and 'A' names don't work with our surname.

Don't mind the French connection. This one was conceived in France.

Still can't decide if it passes the playground test though, but it is realy growing on me.

I can see why it is growing on you

it would be very unusual among his peers

my dd2 has a wee pal called Aric

im sure his parents are German

There's a lovely lad calleed Eric in the firsts chool ds1 attended- therfore, by association, I love it

I am so exasperated with dh! After mulling over Eric for several days I decided that I rather liked it. I announced this news to dh, only to find that he was joking about liking Eric as a name.

The quest goes on and on and on....