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Elias, Elijah or Elliot?

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edwardian3 · 27/12/2016 02:04

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user1472334322 · 27/12/2016 02:05

Elijah

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SingaSong12 · 27/12/2016 02:10

Elliot - a personal preference because I have a really good friend of that name.

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waitingforsomething · 27/12/2016 02:20

Elias! I love this name and wish I had thought of it for DS.

I know 3 baby Elliots born in November this year, and I know a lot of Elijahs too so I think they are more popular at the moment.

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Nickname1980 · 27/12/2016 02:26

I love the name Elias!

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ILoveAntButHateDec · 27/12/2016 02:51

I wanted my youngest to be called Elliott - until his father mentioned he would be called "Elliott the Idiot". That totally put me off the name, even though there was no substance to it. We called him a more traditional name instead. -I still wish we had named him Elliott and his father wasn't such an idealistic pratt! -

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CakeRattleandRoll · 27/12/2016 05:17

Really like Elias.

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AntiQuitty · 27/12/2016 05:30

Elias

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Interestingangelfish · 27/12/2016 06:46

Are you wanting to shorten it to Eli?
If so, I would use Elijah or Elias, not Elliot. Don't know why, but I just always find it doesn't quite make phonic sense when people shorten Elliot to Eli.

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Sophronia · 27/12/2016 07:05

Elias

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SorenaJ · 27/12/2016 07:22

Elias

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Baseballcupcakes · 27/12/2016 08:30

Elijah

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Shylo · 27/12/2016 08:36

I have an Elijah who is 6 and we've yet to meet another so I don't think it's that common ....... but I don't often wish I'd used Elias instead.

As an aside, my DS'a name does not get shortened to Eli - his friends all shorten it to Lija or Lijie so something to consider if that will irritate you. Elias only really lends itself to Eli

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Shylo · 27/12/2016 08:37

*do often wish

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MollyHuaCha · 27/12/2016 08:53

Elias for me.

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Nataleejah · 27/12/2016 09:01

Elliot

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IAmNotTheOneWhoKnocks · 27/12/2016 09:25

Elijah! Love it!

Then Elias, then Elliot way down in third.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/12/2016 09:36

Eliza's.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/12/2016 09:36

Elias 😂

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DragonNoodleCake · 27/12/2016 09:39

Love them all in this order - Elijah, Elias, Elliot

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JunebabyT · 27/12/2016 17:20

Elliot

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1horatio · 27/12/2016 20:39

Love all of them...

  1. Elias
  2. Elliott
  3. Elijah (that's just so popular...)
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FlouncingInAWinterWonderland · 27/12/2016 20:45

I've only ever known one Elijah, a gorgeous, funny, full of beans, independant thinking six year old. Wonders is I know shylo! Its a lovely name. So is Elias and Elliot.

As someone whose name is always spelt wrong, life bugbare, can Elliot be spelt Eliot too.

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sooperdooper · 27/12/2016 20:47

Love Elijah and I've never met anyone with that name (and I've just added it to my own baby name list Grin )

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SummerScoop · 27/12/2016 21:29

Elliot

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redheadbarmaid · 27/12/2016 21:53

Definitely Elijah! Love the nickname Eli too.

Never taken to the name Elliot for some reason

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