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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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DuelingFanjo · 25/08/2010 11:25

it's definitely a boy's name though if you want to use the Welsh I would think Elis is the real spelling.

sedgiebaby · 25/08/2010 11:24

PBI... to me Elliot is most definately a boys name although I understand also unisex?...can't see this one!

mrswoodentop · 25/08/2010 11:20

In the US I think it is quite common as a girls name.What about Elliot?

wonderstuff · 25/08/2010 11:19

How strange - I thought definitly a boys name - was on our short list for ds.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 25/08/2010 11:18

I always think of it as a girls' name, however, I know only boys called Ellis (so I thought it was just me).

weegiemum · 25/08/2010 11:18

I also know 2 - both female, one a toddler, the other a teenager.

traceybath · 25/08/2010 11:16

I know two and they're both female.

sedgiebaby · 25/08/2010 11:12

It is unisex, I would have said more girly not knowing an Ellis of either sex, but having asked around the response is mixed. As I really like it for dd1.

It 'sounds' a more pretty/feminine unisex one to me. But I also wonder if it comes down to who you happen to know with that name? e.g. I only know male 'Ashley's' so I view it as more of a boys name.

MrsJohnDeere · 25/08/2010 11:10

The only one I know is female (in her 30s).

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DomesticG0ddess · 25/08/2010 11:07

Good, I find boys' names are tricky and have my heart set on this one!

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BertieBasset · 25/08/2010 11:04

I know an Ellis aged about 11 who is a boy.

I also know an Ellise pronounced the same way, aged 3, who is a girl.

I'd say it is a boy's name personally, or perhaps unisex. Def not just a girls name though!

telsa · 25/08/2010 11:04

Most definitely a boy's name - are some using it for girls now? Surprising.

activate · 25/08/2010 11:02

Ellis is a boy's name

it is not a girl's name although is being used as one now - kind of like Marilyn I suppose

Shaz10 · 25/08/2010 11:01

I don't know any, but would have said male.

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