Names I Would Actually Use
- Edward: means 'wealthy guardian'; derived from Old English words ead 'wealth', 'fortune' or 'prosperous' and weard 'guardian' or 'protector'.
- Elijah: from the Hebrew name Eliyyahu meaning 'my God is Yahweh'. Yahweh means 'to be' or 'to become'.
- Ellsworth: is a place name of Old English origin which possibly means 'Elli's estate'. Elli was an Old English name derived from Elias, a Greek form of the Hebrew name Elijah which means 'to be' or 'to become'.. It might also possibly mean 'nobleman's estate.
- Emil: from the Roman family name Aemilius which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning 'rival'.
Guilty Pleasure
- Easton: a surname name and place name which means 'east town' in Old English.
- Edgar: is derived from the Old English elements ead 'rich, blessed' and gar 'spear'.
- Edmund: means 'rich protector'; from Old English ead 'rich, blessed' and mund 'protector'.
- Edwin: means 'rich friend'; from the Old English elements ead 'rich, blessed' and wine 'friend'.
- Eldridge: a surname name which was derived from the given name Eldric; Medieval form of either of the Old English names Ælfric or Æðelric (from the Old English elements ælf 'elf' and ric 'power, rule').
- Ellington: a place name which is of Old English origin and possibly means 'Ellis' town'.
- Elliot: a surname name; derived from a diminutive of the medieval name Elias, a cognate of Elijah which means 'to be' or 'to become'.
- Emerson: an English surname; means 'son of Emery', a Norman form of Emmerich; a Germanic name derived from ermen 'whole, universal', amal 'work, labour', or heim 'home'. The second element ric means 'power'. Because of Emmerich this name is a relative of Amalric and Henry.
- Emmett: from an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Emma; originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning 'whole' or 'universal'.
- Enzo: an Italian variant of Henry; means 'home ruler'. In modern times it is also used as a short form of names ending in -enzo, such as Vincenzo or Lorenzo.
- Eric: means 'eternal ruler'; from the Old Norse name Eiríkr which is derived from the elements ei 'ever' and ríkr 'ruler'. This common Norse name was first brought to England by Danish settlers during the Anglo-Saxon period. It was not popular in England in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th-century.
- Everest: a geographical name; it's the name of the world's highest mountain which was named for a 19th century surveyor of India, Sir George Everest. Of Old English origin and possibly (and probably) related to Everett.
- Everett: a surname name which was derived from the given name Everard; means 'brave boar' - derived from the Germanic elements eber 'wild boar' and hard 'brave, hardy'.
- Ezra: means 'help' in Hebrew.
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