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Elliot - for a girl?!

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rezzle · 26/10/2012 18:48

I've been thinking about this name for a while, and recently I've started to think it sounds really pretty for a girl. Am I alone in thinking this? We would probably go for something along the lines of Elliot Pearl/Elliot Grace.

Is this a stupid pregnancy induced idea?

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Tuttutitlookslikerain · 26/10/2012 20:36

It's a boys name!

DS1 is Elliot. He has gone through school with a few other male Elliots. I think it is a normal, usual, run of the mill name(obviously I love it too) but just lately we have had a few people comment on it being a really weird name![hhmm]

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rezzle · 26/10/2012 20:32

I know there are some lovely girls names, but I just don't want to use an overly feminine name. Being a tomboy with an un-shortenable, girly name was not nice when I was younger!

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TessOfTheBurbervilles · 26/10/2012 20:19

There are so many fantastic girl's names out there, why the need to for people to keep wanting to use boy's names on their daughters?!

Oh and Elliott in Scrubs was so called named, as her father wanted a boy, she made that very clear in one of the earliest episodes. So yes, while she was a female, it was made clear that it's a boy's name!

Gwennan · 26/10/2012 19:31

Not one for me but you could always spell it Elliette if you wanted a distinctly feminine name.

Viviennemary · 26/10/2012 19:17

I thought it was a boys name. [hconfused] (just wanted to use one of these new smileys. [hgrin]

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rezzle · 26/10/2012 19:15

Rowan's gorgeous, can't imagine DH going for it though. Thank you all for your feedback :)

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LoveYouForeverMyBaby · 26/10/2012 19:14

Absolutely love Elliot for a girl!

StrawberryMojito · 26/10/2012 19:14

Rowan.

AlexanderS · 26/10/2012 19:12

And Sienna Miller has just called her baby girl Marlowe, which is growing on me (gets you round the issue of Marley rhyming with Harley).

PickledFanjoCat · 26/10/2012 19:12

Erin something like that?

Alisvolatpropiis · 26/10/2012 19:12

No.

AlexanderS · 26/10/2012 19:10

Hadley
Harper
Emerson

nahla321 · 26/10/2012 19:10

Elliot Pearl is beautiful!

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rezzle · 26/10/2012 19:06

Does anyone have any other suggestions of unusual girls names that either aren't too 'girly' or that have a variety of nicknames?

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PickledFanjoCat · 26/10/2012 19:04

Its growing upon me!

UltraBOF · 26/10/2012 19:03

I like it.

Eebs · 26/10/2012 19:02

My cousin's daughter is an Elliot. I think it is pretty. I prefer it for a girl than a boy. However most people loook surprised when they hear so you just have to be ready for that. I like Elliot Grace

2tired2bewitty · 26/10/2012 19:00

I know a small female Elliott and tbh i was a bit unsure when they announced her name, but now it's just her iyswim and i rather like it

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rezzle · 26/10/2012 19:00

Would try and avoid the nn Ellie as face as possible. I've not met any little Elliots - I suppose it wouldn't be great if she was at school with a lot of male Elliots.

5madthings, I love the name Eden, it's beautiful. I also love Scout and Marley (would use if it didn't rhyme with DS's name!) though, so not too into really 'girly' names.

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AlexanderS · 26/10/2012 18:59

I personally really like it (you don't want yet another Ellie/Ella/Eleanor!), but I like unisex names. I think Elliot Grace flows better than Elliot Pearl.

StrawberryMojito · 26/10/2012 18:58

I like it. She will have a lifetime of people presuming she is a boy before they meet her but then so do lots of people with unisex names. I say go for it.

RillaBlythe · 26/10/2012 18:56

I know several, and they are all boys.

vamosbebe · 26/10/2012 18:56

Scrubs! I think it's quite nice, although the nicknames are awful imho. Just use the full name and it'll stick Smile

PickledFanjoCat · 26/10/2012 18:55

It's a massive boys name for me.

memphis83 · 26/10/2012 18:55

I love it. I think it is really pretty.