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Elliot or Linus?

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Evaevie · 13/01/2019 20:40

We’re really struggling with boys names and have narrowed down lots of names that we liked but didn’t love down to Elliot or Linus. Which do you prefer? And opinions on both would be very welcome

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Anonalongadingdong123 · 13/01/2019 20:54

Or Elijah

sollyfromsurrey · 13/01/2019 20:54

What's wrong with Linus. It's a perfectly normal name in Scandinavia.

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Evaevie · 13/01/2019 20:54

In the past 10 minutes I’ve suddenly gone off Elliot- sorry for the waste of a thread Grin

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Anonalongadingdong123 · 13/01/2019 20:53

Elliot

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Evaevie · 13/01/2019 20:53

Really like Isaac and your list made me think of Felix for some reason which I also really like

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CoffeeRunner · 13/01/2019 20:52

I would definitely go for Theo.

Linus & Elliot are both as wet as a bank holiday weekend.

erja · 13/01/2019 20:50

What about -
Artie
Cody
Elias
Isaac
Lorcan
Mason
Oscar
Remy
?

Plawmawss · 13/01/2019 20:50

Elliot.

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Evaevie · 13/01/2019 20:49

But any other suggestions would be great as well- we also quite like Theodore nn Theo but don’t want him to be one of 5 in his class

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Evaevie · 13/01/2019 20:48

Ooh didn’t realise there was such a strong dislike for Linus.
concerneddad I’m pretty sure both are fairly normal names- especially Elliot

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WorraLiberty · 13/01/2019 20:47

Really don't like Linus at all

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erja · 13/01/2019 20:44

Not keen on Linus but don't know why. I personally wouldn't go with Elliot as it's overused where I am but otherwise an excellent name IMO.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 13/01/2019 20:43

Elliott.

CosmicComet · 13/01/2019 20:42

I’d choose Elliot. Linus reminds me of the whingy kid from Peanuts.

NicoleNoPants · 13/01/2019 20:42

Linus seems very “red neck” to me- sorry I don’t know how else to describe it