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Hopefully my final name post, what do you think of "Elvin"?

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honeytea · 05/11/2012 13:28

I have posted so many times, I think we have found our baby boy's name.

The name is Elvin, it's celtic meaning is elfish or elf friend, it's scandinavian meaning is 11th. We call my bump Elfie and I was tempted to actually call lthe baby Elfie but I'm not sure he would be pleased as an adult. He is also my DP's parent's 11th grandchild.

It's a pretty rare name in the UK 8 babies were claled Elvin in 2010. It's in the top 100 Swedish baby names, it was 90th last year but only 119 babies were called Elvin so the chance of him meeting another Elvin are fairly small.

I wanted an unusual name as my name is very common and I hated being in a class with loads of Amys, but I didn't really want to give him a name that was compleatly made up.

We are still not 100% decided I'd love to hear opinions both good and bad :)

And thank you for all the feedback on this name and the others we have considered :)

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thegreylady · 05/03/2013 21:52

Alfred means counselled by elves-originally Aelfred

char1eston · 05/03/2013 21:08

Have a very dear (welsh) friend called Elvin who is fantastic. Love it!

aufaniae · 04/03/2013 17:24

Hey people, the baby's been born and named already!

OP says they went with Elvin :)

twentyfourcarat · 04/03/2013 17:17

I think Elfie/Elfi is quite cool on its own. What about another name where you could keep the nickname "Elfie", maybe:

Elton
Olaf
Finlay
Philip / Felip
Eldwin
Eldrin
Eli
Elmo
Elwin
Felton
Fenton
Alston
Elden/Eldon

olivertheoctopus · 04/03/2013 13:55

Call him Orlando. Orlando Bloom was an elf in LOTR wasn't he? Although if Alvin is a reasonably popular name in Sweden then Elvin is fine too. I quite like the link with him being the 11th grandchild.

aufaniae · 03/03/2013 23:53

Ah, I was just about to post saying Elvin is lovely, go for it, but I see you already did.

Congratulations! :)

BeeBopDingALing · 03/03/2013 02:04

Ditto the Chipmunks.

MooseyMouse · 03/03/2013 00:44

I think it's lovely and the meaning fits perfectly. Congratulations.

BrainDeadMama · 02/03/2013 19:57

Lovely name, congrats :)

Bowlersarm · 02/03/2013 19:54

A name is just syllables put together! Elvin will suit him because that is who is. Congratulations

honeytea · 02/03/2013 19:49

Thanks :)

He is very un elf like he is whopping 7KG already at 11 weeks!

If we have ds2 and call him tor he will probably be a frail little elf like baby ;)

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JollyYellowGiant · 02/03/2013 19:07

That's nice. I really like it and my first thought was like 'elfin'. Congratulations!

FriggFRIGGisPoorlySick · 02/03/2013 19:06

I love it,it was on my list,great name,and congratulations Thanks Grin

popsgran · 02/03/2013 15:43

sorry but its dreadful.buck the trend and go for traditional masculine names.david, michael,adrian,adam etc.dont embarrass the poor kid.

AnneEyhtMeyer · 02/03/2013 15:38

Ooops! Sorry, skipped a bit and missed you have actually used the name! Sorry.

AnneEyhtMeyer · 02/03/2013 15:37

Elvin is the name of our Elf On The Shelf!

ImNotaPheasantPlucker · 02/03/2013 15:36

Congratulations!

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honeytea · 02/03/2013 15:25

I just wanted to update, DS was born on dec 18th and we decided to call him Elvin. Thanks for all the advice! :)

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FeckOffWithYourXmasBollocks · 14/11/2012 23:47

I quite like Tor, theres something nice sounding about it. Smile
I dont like Elvin though. If you want an elvish name, google Tolkien, He has some good ones.

MoelFammau · 14/11/2012 20:28

Elvin's FINE!

Easy to say, easy to spell.... what's the problem?

honeytea · 14/11/2012 19:17

Elvedin, I will suggest it to DP :)

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notallytuts · 14/11/2012 18:09

I know an Elvedin, which I think sounds slightly more adult...