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What do you tk k of this girls name

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Lc1979 · 11/04/2013 12:31

Elliot Rose. What do you think of this name for a girl? Also would you use 2 t's and 2 l's?

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yellowsnownoteatwillyou · 12/04/2013 09:42

I love Elliot for a girl, but am having a boy and am keeping it incase I have a girl next.

I was also going for a Girly middle name. Elliot rose is lovely.

I was preparing myself for some strange looks and opinions, but your baby your choice.

Dinosaurdrip · 12/04/2013 09:32

I apologise for the capitals. I appreciate that people are entitled to their opinions but I think in this day and age, when there are so many 'different' names out there and so many 'unisex' names out there there will not be so much nastiness.

Chocoflump · 12/04/2013 09:30

I think Elliott is a boys name.

seeker · 12/04/2013 09:27

Absolutely. Particularly if you have to say IT'S UNISEX! in capitals letters!

Umlauf · 12/04/2013 09:24

I love it and was thinking about it myself, but tbh my main concern was people's reaction to it (as has been shown here)! so pretty though!

JassyRadlett · 12/04/2013 09:18

Seeker, true. But if you're having to prepare for a kid having to have the argument and insist it's unisex, I reckon it's probably not.

willyoulistentome · 12/04/2013 08:46

It sounds wrong.

seeker · 12/04/2013 08:42

Some names are unisex. Not many, actually- and those that are are usually boy's names that people have used for girls - I think it's significant that it very rarely goes the other way- or "new" names that aren't traditionally associated with either gender.

Some aren't. John, for example. Or Susan.

JassyRadlett · 12/04/2013 08:41

Just because there are worse names out there doesn't make it ok. When a name is heavily skewed in favour of one sex - and I agree Elliot is - you're basically sending your kid out on the losing side of an argument with other kids (and probably some not-nice adults).

It's all about perception, isn't it? I mean, that's why we agonise over names like we do. Anyway, one of my rules for naming a child of my own is 'avoid Boy Named Sue territory'.

Dinosaurdrip · 12/04/2013 08:33

As a posed to some of the other random names out there? You explain that the name is UNISEX and so can therefor be either.

seeker · 12/04/2013 08:29

People do it because they think their preference is more important than their child's possible discomfort. There is no other explanation. It makes me cross.

thistlelicker · 12/04/2013 08:17

Why would anybody consider a boys name for a girl or even a girls name
For a
Boy? I know we live In a world where peculiar things happen but doesn't this just set said child up for being teased..... Say for chance u did name girl Elliot and there was also a boy with same name, how
Do u explain it?

Dinosaurdrip · 12/04/2013 08:13

I also think that using rose as a middle name is lovely. We called our DD Dylan Emily and I think that's beautiful too although a lot of people on here disagree but each to their own.

Ilovecheeseandlovinglife · 12/04/2013 08:12

Lovely for a girl :) I have a classically boys name and love it. X

Dinosaurdrip · 12/04/2013 08:09

I think Elliot is a beautiful unisex name.

thermalsinapril · 11/04/2013 17:00

Boy's name, sorry.

Offcolour · 11/04/2013 16:30

Elliot is a boys name and seems very incongruous with a pretty name like Rose.

What about:
Ellen Rose
Ella Rose
Eloise Rose
Louisa Rose

iloveweetos · 11/04/2013 13:42

I love the name Ella Rose!
agree Elliott sounds like a boys name - but i would spell it as Elliott

PandaNot · 11/04/2013 13:40

I think it's lovely and is the kind of name I would choose for my hypothetical second dd.

squoosh · 11/04/2013 13:38

Boy.

amandasegal · 11/04/2013 13:23

i know a girl name Elliot, but i think its not her birth given name

Coconutty · 11/04/2013 13:14

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seeker · 11/04/2013 13:14

Unless it is a boy, obviously, in which case the Rose bit is A Very Bad Idea.

seeker · 11/04/2013 13:13

Give the poor child a girl's name.

Startail · 11/04/2013 13:12

I'd go for Ella Rose or Elen Rose.
The only Elliot I know is a little boy and Elliot so totally suits him I'd have difficulty thinking of it as a girls name.

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