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Elliotte (girl)

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BabyGirl12345 · 15/03/2016 13:44

Opinions please :) she'll be Elliotte Rose

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QueenElizardbeth · 15/03/2016 14:14

No, it's not good. Sorry. The emphasis would be on the 'Otte' part, it sounds wrong.

How about turning it round and going for Ottilie? That's French and very nice.

JanetOfTheApes · 15/03/2016 14:13

Finnleigh is awful. It looks like you made it up (which you did!). Names already have spellings, changing them at whim is usually a very bad idea.

squoosh · 15/03/2016 14:12

Step away from Finnleigh! It looks like the name of a Scottish harbour.

If you're set on a boys' name for your daughter just go with the traditional spelling of whichever name you choose. It would just be doubly annoying for her to have a name that isn't spelt as people might expect as well as not belonging to a boy as people might expect.

DoctorDonnaNoble · 15/03/2016 14:12

Why do you need to spell it differently for a girl, I don't understand that.

juniperdingleberries · 15/03/2016 14:11

I like Elliette!

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BabyGirl12345 · 15/03/2016 14:11

I'd go for Elliott though, if I couldn't use Elliotte - Elliot feels like a surname (Billy Elliot)

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PurpleDaisies · 15/03/2016 14:10

Finnleigh is worse. Sorry.

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BabyGirl12345 · 15/03/2016 14:09

Well, I like Finley, but was thinking Finnleigh or something? I'm not sure, it's just, for a girl I picture a 'prettier' spelling Confused

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PotteringAlong · 15/03/2016 14:09

Quirky = made up.
If you want to call her Elliot that's one thing but please don't call her Elliotte.

JanetOfTheApes · 15/03/2016 14:07

but they're traditionally for boys and so I would spell them different

Please don't. If you want to use a traditionally boys name, do that. But don't make up your own spellings, its the worst thing you can do. It always looks awful. And you're not the one that will have a lifetime of nobody being able to spell your name!

hazelnutlatte · 15/03/2016 14:05

There is an Elliot Rose in a baby group I go to - I think Elliot is starting to become known as a unisex name now so I wouldn't worry too much about people assuming she is a boy.
I don't really like it with the extra 'e' on the end though as it seems unnecessary!

Sundressandsandals · 15/03/2016 14:05

I have a friend who is an Elliette. It sounds much more feminine to me.

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Canyouforgiveher · 15/03/2016 14:04

Elliot works for a girl I think but the Elliotte spelling seems wrong and very try-hard. It also would make me want to pronounce it differently to Elliot (otherwise why the extra te?) - so you may get people saying Ell-what instead of Ell-ee-ut.

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BabyGirl12345 · 15/03/2016 14:04

I highly doubt she'll be picked on, that's a bit far fetched. We are in the centre of London, there's lots of little children with different names, normally due to their background, but it's normal here. She wouldn't be picked on.

I understand the spelling thing, but most boys get that with Elliot/Elliott anyway. With Elliotte, I think people would assume girl?

I've just not fallen in love with any other name :( there are a couple I like, but they're traditionally for boys and so I would spell them different. Hmm, I'll keep thinking!

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wallywobbles · 15/03/2016 14:03

Eliane. Pronounced Ellie Anne it's an old French name

YoungGirlGrowingOld · 15/03/2016 14:02

Sorry but I think it's absolutely awful. It's a weird pseudo girly version of a masculine name that looks and sounds like toilet.

I like Elodie/Ellie.

ABitAsleep · 15/03/2016 14:02

Don't like that spelling at all! Sorry!

I think Elliott is fine for a girl (I actually think it sounds more femenine than masculine) I know one, I know one in a book, and think it is becoming more popular for females.

BertrandRussell · 15/03/2016 14:02

Why on earth would you do this?

It's not even a feminine ending- it anything it means little Eliot.

You will spend your life saying "Actually, she's a girl". And she will spend her life explaining that she is actually a girl/woman and her name is spelled with an extra -te on the end.

squoosh · 15/03/2016 14:00

I just feel like there's something quirky about Elliotte for a girl

'Quirky' generally turns out to be a bit of a pain to the owner of a quirky name.

Cuttheraisins · 15/03/2016 14:00

I am not keen on the name or spelling for a girl sorry. She will have to spend most of her primary school years with a name traditionally for boys and put up with having to spell it every time later on in life. It's not a question of liking it or not, it's a question of giving your child a name that will mean she will be picked on and she will have to spell all the time. Why? There are hundreds of really nice names, some traditional some more unusual, but a boys' name? Why? Ellie could be short for Eliza, Eleanor, Elena, Elodie, Eloise, ...

AliciaMayEmory · 15/03/2016 14:00

Not convinced here, either. Soundslike you are trying too hard to be quirky.

BoyGirlBoy3 · 15/03/2016 13:59

Plenty of others like maxine, which feel more natural

squoosh · 15/03/2016 13:59

Elliot/Elliott if you're so inclined but never Elliotte.

It reminds me of Deloitte, the auditors.

Girliefriendlikesflowers · 15/03/2016 13:58

I like it, I always think Elliot sounds more like a girls name rather than a boys anyway. I think its different and I like the spelling, personally I wouldn't shorten to Ellie, maybe Lottie instead?

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