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Please don't tell me Ellis is more of a girls name?

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DomesticG0ddess · 25/08/2010 11:01

Expecting DS2. Ellis is the one name we both really like. Goes well with DS1 (uncommon but not weird), our families are all from Wales, and I just really like it. But I did a search on it on mumsnet and it seems to come up more for a girls name choice than a boys!

What do people think of Ellis and is it completely unisex, or have you heard it used more on girls than boys? I don't know any Ellis' btw.

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Dangerouswoman · 18/05/2016 23:50

I know one boy Ellis and one girl Ellis.

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 18/05/2016 23:47

I only know one Ellis - male in his 30s.

I do remember him being told by a drunk student that it was a girl's name though.

GreenBeans17 · 18/05/2016 23:42

I'd guess a boy

NuggetofPurestGreen · 10/05/2016 19:48

I think it's a boy's name but maybe in US is used as a female name more. Like Meredith Grey's mother (and daughter).

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 10/05/2016 19:40

Sorry, but just on personal opinion. It does sound quite effeminate to me. I hope I've not upset you by saying that.
However I am in the minority in my thinking so if you like it go for it.

smithwillsam · 10/05/2016 13:02

According to me "Ellis" is surely a boys name.

Redmai · 10/05/2016 12:47

Dillon is definitely not a Welsh spelling, never seen it before so I assume it must be American? The correct Welsh pronounciation of Dylan sounds like Dull-an than the English way of Dill-an. Also the Welsh spelling is Elis although I'm sure you get Welsh people called Ellis too! :)

bruffin · 26/08/2010 12:48

Only know one Ellis who would be in his twenties now. Never thought of it as a girls name.

BigBadMummy · 26/08/2010 12:44

I know two, both boys.

BabyValentine · 26/08/2010 12:43

I'd definitely assume Boy if I heard this name. As in Ell-iss.

Elise (Elle-eese) would be the only similar girl's name that I know of.

jellybeans · 26/08/2010 12:41

I see it as a boys name but it is abit girly. I know an Elliot and an Ellis who get 'Elli' for short.

DessieLou · 25/08/2010 21:07

Definately a boys name. Personally I would find it strange on a girl. I like it though!

horatia · 25/08/2010 20:51

I think of it mainly as a surname, but as a first name I'd think of it as a boys' name.

sedgiebaby · 25/08/2010 17:57

I think mathanxiety makes a interesting point, I think agree once a name becomes unisex and given to enough girls, to me it become less acceptable to give a boy a girly name than it does to give a girl a more masculine stronger sounding one...not sure if I'm making sense now lol...

seaturtle · 25/08/2010 17:57

I know two little Ellises and they're both boys.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 25/08/2010 17:56

Darn it - I googled and didn't read it properly. Serves me right for trying to be clever! Yes - there's Marilyn Manson - but like you say, his real name's Brian (!) and then there's 'Marilyn' friend of Boy George and 'star' of the 80s. Can't imagine he was born a Marilyn either.

Patsy99 · 25/08/2010 17:44

I'm not sure about how unisex the Bronte's were aiming to be. I know the writer of the Cadfeal books (Ellis Peters) used her brother's name.

BalloonSlayer · 25/08/2010 16:53

I always thought that Ellis was a man's name.

However - someone else will know this - when the Bronte sisters gave themselves 'male' pseudonyms, weren't they deliberately not-particularly-male male names? (Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell)

morganlebuffay · 25/08/2010 16:53

ah yes but Marion was a girls' name first and foremost...

I am now imagining John Wayne in Marilyn Monroe's dress doing that famous "gust of air up skirt" pose

activate · 25/08/2010 16:48

ahh google-mojo proves a brain-fart

John Wayne's real name was Marion (not Marilyn)

so I shall hastily edit all previous posts to make the same point

mathanxiety · 25/08/2010 16:46

Can't say I blame him for changing from Brian...

activate · 25/08/2010 16:46

John Wayne's real name was Marilyn

morganlebuffay · 25/08/2010 16:39

Marilyn Manson is a stage name! His real name is Brian something . He chose Marilyn from MMonroe, and Manson from Charles Manson. (Why do I know this??)

mathanxiety · 25/08/2010 16:18

I think if a name is unisex it will eventually become a girls' name.

(ehem, Marilyn Manson, google, I feel a bit sorry for him myself)

wonderstuff · 25/08/2010 14:53

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