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Do people like Eli for a boy??

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samuel447 · 08/10/2009 20:23

Posted last week about Rudy.. the other name under consideration for baby #4 due in 3 weeks is Eli (eelye) so a shortened version of Elias I guess. Opinions appreciated..

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oldraver · 18/10/2009 22:21

I like most of the derivatives of Elijah especially Elias. I have an Ellis so i am biased. He does get called Elli which does cause some looks

thirtysomething · 12/10/2009 19:44

I absolutely love Elias and think Eli is really cool. Can't go wrong.

Curlygirly · 12/10/2009 19:43

I have an Eli.
I also love Elias and Elijah.

benjysmum · 12/10/2009 19:19

love it. Very biblical. Great improvement on Melchizedek which DH seriously considered for DS

Jamieandhismagictorch · 12/10/2009 19:15

I really like it. Would probably use Elijah, with Eli as NN

troutpout · 12/10/2009 12:47

love it

AnnVan · 12/10/2009 12:36

A friend of mine has an Eli, aged 9 months. It's a perfectly acceptable name in its own right. (biblical name) although I personally wouldn't choose it, I don't think it's a hideous name either

ILikeToQuickstepItTangoIt · 12/10/2009 12:28

Does it sound like e-lie?

Ely is a town nearish me and is pronounced E-lee.

If it's E-lie, yes I love it.

gorionine · 12/10/2009 12:27

Had DD4 been a Ds4 she would have been an Elias. We also have heard the Dingle thing because ds3 is a Zack, does not bother me in the slightest as I think most the Dingles have got fab names!

Tallulah1978 · 12/10/2009 12:22

My 20 month old DS is Elijah - we talked about perhaps using the shortened version of Eli, and maybe we will when he gets older, and perhaps his friends will but we always call him Elijah.

Incidentally my mum hated the name and thought it would be difficult for him to learn to say (her words) and asked from the off if she could call him Eli. I said 'no - his name is Elijah'.

Everyone always comments on it as being an unusual and lovely name and I think it's a strong name for a strong boy.

It was never on our shortlist of names, nothing even close, but when he was in my arms and I was finally left alone with him after he was born it popped into my head, I said it out loud, looked at my husband, he said it out loud and so Elijah he became.

In short - damn good choice if you ask me.

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fillybuster · 12/10/2009 12:02

Lovely name

lanismum · 12/10/2009 11:58

I have a 16 week Eli, I love it, he is just Eli, not short for anything, a few people have called him Eli Dingle, so be prepared for that if you use it.

cityangel · 12/10/2009 11:00

I would only pronounce the way you do if its spelt Ely, but then that because there are are loads of Ellie's (female) in my nursery.

I like Elias with Eli as a nickname.

There's also Elliot

vess · 12/10/2009 05:14

Elias is nice and more masculine.
Just Eli is too girly.

trixiechick · 11/10/2009 12:18

don't mind the emmerdale references it's a fabulous name and if my dd had been a boy as we were 99% sure she was she would be Eli now. I don't watch Emmerdale and didn't even know there was an Eli in it. We were going to go for Elijah as the full neme tho.

Jodyray · 09/10/2009 19:37

My Bro and SIL are due November and have picked Eli. Personally i love it, but some members of both families have really given them shit saying its awful! Eli Dingle, Eli (Newts schizo alterego) in Hollyoaks.....but who cares i got grief when i called my son Blake but now people have got used to it.

Bathsheba · 09/10/2009 08:14

It doesn;t have to be short for anything - its a perfectly acceptable Biblican name in its own right...

Short names don;t have to have long versions...

skihorse · 09/10/2009 05:19

It's a bit "children of the corn" for me - and the GP will never get it - the Hebrew reference I mean.

pranma · 08/10/2009 22:51

Sadly he will be forever Eli Dingle from Emmerdale
I like both Elijah and Elias

Thissideofchannel · 08/10/2009 21:45

Elijah/Elias are both lovely (and much, much nicer than Rudolph/Rudi) imo!

DippyDino · 08/10/2009 21:43

Love it! One of my favourite boys names.

SmokingKnickers0nMahead · 08/10/2009 21:39

I don't like it.

Wilts · 08/10/2009 21:38

than Ely

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Wilts · 08/10/2009 21:38

I personally think Eli is easier. I also think it looks nicer that Ely when written down.

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samuel447 · 08/10/2009 21:34

I had a look on the i village name finder and it could be written Eli or Ely.. did you immediately know the pronunciation of it as Eli? Which is easier? I think we would go for it as a name in it's own right, rather than Elias (which I do like but a little too formal for us)

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