Opinions please.... Ellis for a boy, Harper for a girl.

[InspectorGadget]

Do you like either, neither or are you frankly not in the slightest bit interested in what I intend to call my wombfruit?

I really like both of them.

I love Harper for a girl but Zoe Williams (of Guardian fame) has nicked it!

Ellis is OK but i really don't like Harper for a Girl.

Ellis is lovely but I don't like Harper.

They are nice enough names, no one will laugh if that is what you mean. Not ones that I would choose but the important thing is do you like them?

I teach a girl called Ellis and a boy called Harper (in a class which also has two Morgans, one of each variety). Both personally and professionally, I much prefer names to be gender-specific.

I wanted to call ds ellis.oh my did i av everyone on my case.you can't call a child that type comments.i actually like it though.Harper is really not nice though sorry

Harper I like. But could it be shortened to Harpy when she has a row with her boyfriend? Easy ammo?

Wombfruit! Brilliant!

Ellis is a lovely name, but Harper sounds quite mascueline, not a girls name at all.

I like them both

I like both. My friend has an Ellis and he is lovely.

I would spell it Elis. It's efinitely a boy's name.

I love Harper.

I think you should stick with 'wombfruit' love it!

Seriously tho, Ellis is nice for a lad, Harper is okay but a little try-hardish / harsh sounding for a girl (makes me think of nasty upper east side New York Gossip Girl types)

wombfruit!?are you being sarcastic with lentil munching mummy goddess terms.i hope so

btw, like ellis (but is getting v popular) and like harper as in harper lee

Love both names

Ellis is lovely

I don't like Harper - it sounds too masculine and it's a surname (in fact I work with a right cow going by the surname Harper)

I'm not too keen on either, both a bit androgynous and surnamey. Plus there is a Harper in Wizards of Waverly Place and she is annoying (I have to watch this program way too often )

Not keen, sorry. Harper Lee is actually Nell Harper Lee in real life... I like Nell. Harper makes me think of "harping on and on" and I just don't think it's a pleasant sound.

I like Ellis for a girl more than for a boy, Harper I like too, quite popular in the US I think.

Harper for a girl is about as ugly as a name can be.

Yes I know about the literary associations. I'm not missing that. It's still awful. HArpie for short. That's actually better than Harper.

bleurghghgh

I have a Harper but he is a boy, but generally most of the other Harper's I've heard of are female.
I love it obviously - my baby name book says it means artistic and musical, which swung it for me.

Ellis is a great boy's name imo. Classic, easy to pronounce and not overused!

I'm less keen on Harper for a girl.

wombfruit: ewwwwwww, that alone makes me feel a bit squicky

and no to both names as ellis is a bit androgenous and vague and harper for a girl is not nice and very American and made up - both awfully surnamey

I can't get away from the thought of Harpic. Or Harp, not unrelated.

I think Ellis is a bit wet personally -- prefer Elliott.

I have a ( male) Ellis :) he and I and everyone loves his name
we do not know of another with the same name ( male or female!)

I also like Elliot and Elijah

hmm not keen on Harper for a girl,bit harsh