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Elliot - for a girl?

65 replies

DaniellaRose · 14/06/2017 21:29

What do you think?

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Foureyesarebetterthantwo · 14/06/2017 21:38

Ellie is a cute nickname, everyone will assume 'Eleanor' though.

Foureyesarebetterthantwo · 14/06/2017 21:37

No-one ever says 'shall I call my son Daisy or Cynthia?' do they?

There seems to be a fashion for traditionally boys names used for girls.

There's nothing wrong with calling a girl Elliot (or Elliott), it's an ok name, everyone would get used to it on a girl.

Apparently (google tells me) Sting has a daughter called Elliott.

Justmadeperfectflapjacks · 14/06/2017 21:35

Won't people assume you wanted a boy?

CrazedZombie · 14/06/2017 21:35

I think you risk people thinking that it's a misprint of Ellie.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/06/2017 21:35

No.

Morecaffeineplease · 14/06/2017 21:34

Juliet & Henrietta immediately spring to mind.

Elliot will inevitably get abbreviated to Ellie - are you happy with that?

CrazedZombie · 14/06/2017 21:34

You'll be told it's crap or it's the name of a female character from Scrubs so great.

Personally I like unisex names but if it's one much more common in boys then you (and she) will end up with a lifetime of apologising for being female rather than being the expected male.

If you live in a place like the US where unisex names are more common then go for it. Nobody will care as much.

oneoldmare · 14/06/2017 21:33

I knew a little girl named Ellis which was really pretty, and similar to Elliot

FreeNiki · 14/06/2017 21:32

No

HerOtherHalf · 14/06/2017 21:32

Elliette?

RebelRogue · 14/06/2017 21:32

Reminds me of the doctor in Scrubs. Don't love it but don't mind it either.

DramaAlpaca · 14/06/2017 21:31

Nice enough for a boy, but don't like it at all for a girl.

5OBalesofHay · 14/06/2017 21:31

Horrid

HerOtherHalf · 14/06/2017 21:30

Why not?

SuperBeagle · 14/06/2017 21:30

Just no.

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