English Names that Start With E

Feels like a hybrid. Better go for Edith or Evelyn. 

Edlyn

We think Esmarie rolls off the tongue better.

Esmaria

One of the many El- names for boys that boomed in the 1910s and 1920s, but has long been out of fashion. This surname/place name has an aristocratic flavor, and a creative namesake in the artist Ellsworth Kelly. Polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth also gives it an adventurous connection.

Ellsworth

Boys' names beginning with "El" were all the rage in the 1910s, but today Elmore - along with Elwin, Ellsworth and others - has barely been used for decades. It has literary connections through writer Elmore "Dutch" Leonard. More recently, several children's book characters have given the name a cuddly feel: Holly Hobbie's Elmore the Porcupine, and Elmore Green in Lauren Child's "The New Small Person".

Elmore

Elfreda

Ethel is one of those vintage names that will always will be out...or will it? A generation ago we might have said the same for now-fashionable names like Florence and Ida. Even if Ethel rises, Etheline might sound too much like a chemical compound.

Etheline

Endicott

A Middle English form of Adalbert (and therefore of Albert), which was the name of several Saxon kings. Nowadays, Ethel plus Bert is not a fashionable sound, but Albert is feeling fresh again.

Ethelbert

Neutral color, but as a name, too much of an oddity. 

Ecru

Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years, as part of the day-naming tradition; now, this rarely heard holiday celebration name would make a novel choice for a springtime baby. 
Background:The early Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede took the name of a goddess--Eostre-- whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox and gave it to the Christian festival of the resurrection of Christ.
 Easter appeared on the Top 1000 list during the first few decades of the twentieth century. It was heard for the character played by Jasmine Guy in the TV miniseries Queen.
 International versions include Pascal, Pasqua and Pascua.

Easter

Eccentricity

Used by the Puritans but off the US charts completely since the mid-1990s, Eartha is best known today as the name of American singer Eartha Kitt, as well as of the philanthropist and humanitarian Eartha M. M. White.

Eartha

One of those short, travelling-lite names with a variety of possible meanings, Evo could be considered: a variation of Ivo, which means "yew" from its Germanic roots and "God is gracious" from its Slavic ones; a masculine form of Eva or Eve meaning "life"; a short form of names such as Evan, Evander, Evren, Everett, and so on; a play of the word "evolve" meaning "to develop, grow". 
 
Borne by former Bolivian president, Juan Evo Morales "Evo", it hasn't appeared in the US stats since 2009.

If there's an ancestral Earl you want to honor, consider Early instead. 

Earla

North and West are easier on the ear, but this works fine if it has some significance for your family. Could be lengthened to Easton.

East

Sweet Elsie joined with gentle Mae to make a cosy, vintage name that feels right on style in England and Wales. In recent years, it has overtaken the once popular Ellie-Mae. 

Elsie-mae

Sweet and vintage with a hint of elegance from Rose, Elsie-Rose has appeared in the England and Wales Top 1000 a number of times, where it fits in with Elsie-Mae and Ivy-Rose.

Elsie-rose

The famous home of Hamlet in Shakespeare's great play, Elsinore is based on Kronborg Castle in eastern Denmark. Known as Helsingør in Danish, it guarded the narrow entryway to the Baltic Sea for centuries.
 
Similar in sound to Eleanor or Lenore, Elsinore has potential as a name. While some may find it a little pretentious or be bothered by the 'snore' sound, it could make a fabulous middle name for a lover of Shakespeare, or a daring and unexpected route to popular nicknames Nora and Elsie.

Elsinore

A surname not often heard as a first, except in the case of English Gardner, the American track and field Olympian. Originally given to those who lived on the borders of Wales and Scotland, it literally means "relating to England, its people, or language" and is derived from the name of a Germanic tribe, the Angles. As such, it may more figuratively relate to the meanings "narrow" or "fishing hook".
 
Given to a small number of girls in the US since the 1960s, it had its peak in 1983, when it was given to 22 girls.

English

A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning. 

Early

English names that start with the letter E for boys and girls, including Edlyn, Esmaria, Ellsworth, Elmore, Elfreda, Etheline, Endicott, Ethelbert, Ecru, Easter, Eccentricity, Eartha, Evo, Earla, East, Elsie-mae, Elsie-rose, Elsinore, English, and Early. (Page 8)

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