| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Eadaion | Joyous friendship
| Female | |
| Edna | pleasure, delight | Female | Hebrew |
| Edwin | prosperous friend, heir's axe | Male | English |
| Edwina | prosperous friend, heir's axe | Female | Feminine |
| Elfa | Elf friend | Unisex | Anglo-Saxon |
| Elvie | Good Elf | Unisex | English |
| Elvis | Elf-wise friend. Variant of Alvin. Made famous by singer and actor Elvis Presley.
| Male | Meaning |
| Eowyn | from Lord of the Rings, the White Lady of Rohan, spouse of Faramir | Female | Old |
| Evelyn | Life
| Female | English |
| Ezio | friend, lover | Male | Greek |
| Garvin | Spear Friend | Unisex | English |
| Girlfriend | A favoured female friend or sweetheart. | Unisex | |
| Hamilcar | after Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal | Unisex | |
| Hermione Granger | Harry's and Ron's best friend.
| Female | |
| Irving | handsome, fair | Male | Scottish |
| Irwin | boar friend | Male | English |
| Jeb | beloved friend | Male | English |
| Jed | the hand | Male | English |
| Joshua | God is salvation
| Male | Hebrew |
| Kahlil | after Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran | Male | Arabic |
| Kara | pure | Female | English |
| Kareena | Pure, innocent, female friend
| Female | |
| Keller | cellar master | Male | |
| Kelvin | name of a river; from the narrow river | Male | Scottish |
| Livingston | dear friend's place | Male | English |