Dog Names That Start With E

Literature and poetry lovers might use Epic as a word name — an epic is a long narrative poem, typically the story of a hero. But epic has taken on a contemporary meaning of "impressive," which makes it somewhat of a virtue name as well.

Earlene is even more out of style than Earl. These are among the names that have not been revived ala the Hundred Year Rule.

An archaic French form of the name Ingram, itself a rare, attractive last name option.

Fairly rare Spanish name, found as a character in one of the Oz books. One of those

Erkin is an Uzbek vocabulary word from Old Turkic, and is widely used as a unisex name in Turkey. In English-speaking countries, it is unknown but straightforward and with a great meaning.

Once, believe it or not, seemed more stylish than Irma.

Catalan form of Amparo, found especially in Valencia.

Variation of Alexander.

Elf is an adorable nickname for the otherwise-clunky Elfrida or Elfrieda. Elf was used for the tragic sister in Miriam Toews' novel All My Puny Sorrows.

An Edwardian coinage from the Welsh word for gold, plus the suffix -wen.