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Ellis - which gender?

185 replies

Maize · 20/03/2010 19:09

I love the name Ellis for a boy.

My mum, who is a primary school teacher, says that it is a girls name and a boy called Ellis will be teased.

I know that Ellie is very popular for girls but is Ellis?

Thanks!

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PuppyMonkey · 22/03/2010 16:00

I've only ever heard of it in the context of the Brontes... they called themselves Curer, Ellis and Acton Bell when they first published their novels (so that everyone would think they were men)....

roxy52 · 22/03/2010 15:55

Boys name - never heard it for a girl

nappyaddict · 22/03/2010 15:51

Elibean Isit prononced the same as Elijah but without the J?

Sparklyblue · 22/03/2010 15:48

How about Ashley. Boy or girl?

angelinaballerina123 · 22/03/2010 15:24

yea- very sweet.i live on a rather large estate covering two thousand acers which my husband inherited. on our estate we have three farms and several cottages. on the tipton farm they have recently bought a pig when i went over there to collect there payments i say this lovely new piglet and it was called ellis. so the name of your son will remind you of a pig.

bobblehat · 22/03/2010 14:50

I'd never heard of it as a first name until I met one a couple of years ago, and it belonged to a lady in her 40's.

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 22/03/2010 13:43

There are 2 Ellis' at DS2's nursery.

Both boys.

Elibean · 22/03/2010 13:28

Either.

I have an Elia, and she's a she...but its also a boy's name. And also a derivative of Elijah.

ohnelly · 22/03/2010 13:19

Never heard it for a girl. Love it for a boy though - I cant use it as my friend got there first!

Spacehoppa · 22/03/2010 13:19

Ellis Peters I guess, but also a boys name in my family. I would think either/or on it myself.

IwantamotorbikeNOW · 22/03/2010 12:49

My DS1 is an Ellis and it definatly suits him. I only know of one other and that is also a boy although a freind of a freind has a DD called Ellis.

If I remember correctly when we were looking at boys name Ellis was a derivative of Elijah.

CinderellaRach · 22/03/2010 12:26

My ds1 is Ellis.Doesn't sound right being a girls name to me.

RooTwo · 22/03/2010 12:14

It definitely sounds like a boys' name to me - there's a little boy Ellis in my daughter's nursery class.

annasophia · 22/03/2010 12:01

In German Ellis is definately a girls' name.

There is a famous German childrens' author and she her name is Ellis Kaut.

Rockbird · 22/03/2010 11:57

I know one and it's a boy.

dizzydixies · 22/03/2010 11:48

I've known 2 female Ellis' and one male Ellis and it suited them all

I also know a female Dylan and she is gorgeous, pretty and feminine - people make a name their own regardless of gender

Pasiphae · 22/03/2010 11:34

Ellis is for boys. Even if the sounds are quite soft and feminine.

I would use Elise for a girl.

nappyaddict · 22/03/2010 10:45

Boy

Flowerface · 22/03/2010 10:06

In Black Book (WWII film set in Holland), the Ellis is a girl...

diddl · 22/03/2010 08:57

I think Ellis is female in US?
I think it sounds more male than female tbh.

Mamafey-love Indigo-again I think female in US?
But so close to Inigo I think sounds male.

We didn´t tell anyone the names we were thinking of.
Good job-mum hated what we called our son-until others commented "how lovely & unusual"
She would have spent the pregnancy trying to dissuade me!

Mamafey · 22/03/2010 08:45

I think Ellis sounds like a boy's name but whatever feels right for your baby feels right. I am pregnant with my second boy and we like name Indigo and everyone we tell snears and says its not a name or better for a girl - the trick is not to tell people - then they can't say anything once you've named your bundle of joy.

albinosquirrel · 22/03/2010 08:17

I know two adult ellis's - one male one female- woman is AMerican though- don't know if nationaloty makes a difference

DuelingFanjo · 22/03/2010 08:01

deffo a boy. is popular in Wales.

overmydeadbody · 22/03/2010 07:59

It'a boy's name.

I don't like it.

skinsl · 22/03/2010 07:58

It's a boys name. It's been in our family for generations. It's lovely.

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