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It's my pop's name. It was popular in the 100's of the most popular baby names. He wished his name was Aaron. However, he grew to be fine with it and even had a friend also amed Eric who passed away.

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I only think of him whenever I hear the name Eric. I ran into kids with this name, I'm still suprised that it's still popular to this day. It's dated and a total dad like min(almost grandpa) name like Jeffrey / Jeff and Tony, but very strong. I might use it as a middle name for my son, maybe.

This message was edited 7/31/2021, 9:39 AM

I like it

Hmm, you're lucky. A friend from uni had a ghastly Eric boyfriend and we all rejoiced when she broke up with him. He was quite spectacularly good-looking, but pathetically immature. I like Erich, but unless I lived in a German-speaking area I wouldn't use it. I also like Erica and could use it as a mn to honour a school friend who died too young.

I've certainly known some bad Erics, because there are just so many of them!

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I don't think I ever considered this a "friendly" name.... I thought of it as smart and attractive, a slightly dated classic like Michael. Dashing more than friendly.

One of my faves since The Little Mermaid.

Apperently 5 girls in 2015 were named Eric. I think it’s a handsome, and really cool masculine name. Eric is light, yet really dark. Sadly it reminds me of Eric Harris, but that doesn’t 100% ruin it for me.

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Not sure why somebody would use Eric on a female when the beautiful Erica is right in front of them. It’s like Alexander to Alexandra, or Theodore or Theodora.