English Names that Start With E
- Elvina
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"elf friend"Description:
Sounds elven in every sense of the word.
- Easter
Origin:
English, from GermanDescription:
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.
- Easton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"eastern town"Description:
Easton is a stylish Waspy-sounding surname that's climbing up the popularity charts. TV actress Elisabeth Rohm named her daughter Easton August Anthony, which seemed like a real gender bender, and now Rachel Leigh Cook has made it the middle name of her baby Charlotte. Note that Easton is now in the Top 100 for boys--for whom directional names are a real trend-- but we won't be surprised to see more and more little lady Eastons arriving.
- Edlyn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small, noble one"Description:
Feels like a hybrid. Better go for Edith or Evelyn.
- Eldred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"old counsel"Description:
This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.
- Elbert
Origin:
English variation of AlbertDescription:
Rocking out on the porch with buddies Hubert, Norbert, and Osbert.
- Eaton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"riverside"Description:
Eaton's similarity to Eton gives it an upscale Old School feel, though in the U.S. a name that sound like eatin' could have teasin' potential. Eaton could also sound like the much-more-familiar Ethan with a tough-guy accent.
- Elmore
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"moor with elm trees"Description:
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".
- Earla
Origin:
English, feminine variation of EarlDescription:
If there's an ancestral Earl you want to honor, consider Early instead.
- Eastman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"grace protector"Description:
Eastman is a solid, old-style Atlantic seaboard surname. But as a first name, we think Easton works better.
- Emeny
Origin:
English, uncertain originDescription:
Emily substitute, though it sounds like a child's mispronunciation of "enemy".
- Ethelbert
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"highborn, shining"Description:
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.
- Emely
Origin:
Spelling variation of EmilyDescription:
This trendy spelling of Emily may be benefiting from the rise of Emery.
- Everet
- Elberta
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"highborn, shining"Description:
The great-great-aunt in the purple hat, singing jazz.