Baby boy due tomorrow - brother for Noah. After 9 months of wrangling (which I suspect aren't over), we have a shortlist of sorts : Sol, Elliot, Tibor, Eli.

[viennesewhirl]

Thoughts?! Is Eli common in the UK? (I'm British but moved away in 97). Does everyone know how to pronounce it or would it cause problems?

[rubyslippers]

Elliot is a FAB namr

Eli is as well

[BrownSuga]

We have an Elijah, shortened to Eli. The french pronounce it Elee, the english Ely.

[2pt4kids]

Love Sol and Eli (I would say it Eel - eye)
Dont like Tibor at all and Elliot is ok/nice

[Lizzylou]

Like Elliot and Eli, Sol is OK but not keen on Tibor

Good luck

[viennesewhirl]

I like Tibor - it's hungarian and Tibor Kalman is a hero of mine - but I can see that it just sounds too novelty for a lot of people. Elliot is my favourite, dh not so sure. So it'll probably be Sol or Eli...

[viennesewhirl]

And thanks for your feedback! Glad Eli wouldn't be confusing for people back home :-)

[largeginandtonic]

Oooh love them all, Tibor very nice!

[viennesewhirl]

Ooh - a vote for Tibor, interesting! My Mum & Dad would probably have a heart attack. Noah was hard enough for them, despite being about #7 on name lists all around the Western world!

[LaDiDaDi]

I like them all but I think Sol is the nicest imo.

[viennesewhirl]

Started off with Solomon but we have a hard-to-pronounce German surname, so decided it was just too many syllables. So probably just Sol.

[suwoo]

What about Saul, if you like Sol?

[MrsMattie]

I have an Eli. Fab name. Sol lovely, too. Tibor is beyond awful, though

[NorktasticNinja]

As a sibling name for Noah, I like Eli the best. It's a great name!Is it pronounced the same in German as it is in English?

I do like Tibor and Elliot but not in combination with Noah, sorry.

[hester]

I like Eli and Saul.

[NorktasticNinja]

Oh, I'm in Holland BTW. Maybe Tibor might be strange to the British ear, not sure now I think of it...

[viennesewhirl]

Eli is unknown here (Austria), so they would probably automatically say "Elly" if reading it - which is obviously an issue.

Saul would be pronounced to rhyme with owl here, which I don't like.

Have just read that SOL is an acronym for "shit out of luck" which I'd never heard of before... are you all familiar with that?? Or is it an American thing?

[mooseloose]

Elliot is my sons middle name - I adore it!

[lljkk]

I like Elliot. Sol is ok if short for Soloman. I don't like the others.

[screamingabdab]

I like Eli, it was on my list.

Spanner in the works - what about Asa (pronounced Aser)?

[OOH]

Elliot is the nicest imo.

[spicemonster]

Elliot is my son's name so obviously is the nicest but I like them all. I think if you're in Austria indefinitely then a name that's easy to pronounce there would be an issue - so that or Tibor I think

[girlandboy]

Dh's name is Saul. People always ask him to repeat it, and invariably spell it wrongly. Sometimes other people spell it as Sol, or Sole, or even Soul (which annoys him), so I would say that if you name him Sol, don't be surprised if it is also spelled wrongly.

[harpomarx]

I like Tibor. And all the rest. The only thing Sol makes me think of is Sol Campbell. Oh, and Mexican beer. Both good.