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Elijah? Like or dislike?

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bytheMoonlight · 23/10/2010 16:51

And does it matter that we already have an Eva so both children with with names begin with same letter?

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Tortington · 23/10/2010 16:53

eli is better imo

initials dont matter exept for bank statements when they are 16 - i habe a household with the J's same bank so i open all the statements and often get a shock when we only have £1.34 ....then i realise its my sons bank statement!

yummymummie1 · 23/10/2010 16:55

I love Elijah and Eli for short. I dont think it matters at all that they will have the same initial. Me, my mum and my sisters are all S's and we never really had any issues.

Skyrg · 23/10/2010 16:57

Elijah is nice, don't think it's too popular. I don't think that the same letter thing matters at all, except as Custardo says for post :)
Eva and Elijah sound fine together. Would you shorten it? Eli and Eva sound a bit similar.

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bytheMoonlight · 23/10/2010 16:57

Yes Elijah would be Eli

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tribpot · 23/10/2010 16:58

Love Elijah.

Bumbleconfusus · 23/10/2010 17:50

Love Elijah as well.

LetThereBeRock · 23/10/2010 17:51

Love it.

JamieLeeCurtis · 23/10/2010 17:56

Like

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bytheMoonlight · 23/10/2010 18:11

Well everyone seems to like it Smile

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Rhubarbgarden · 23/10/2010 18:32

Dislike. Sorry.

sparkle12mar08 · 23/10/2010 18:51

Love it, especially with the softer original pronunciation - less keen on a hard 'juh' sound.

seaturtle · 23/10/2010 19:37

Love it.

toddlerama · 23/10/2010 19:39

Love it Smile

pintyblud · 23/10/2010 19:42

Disliek big time.

BelligerentGhoul · 23/10/2010 19:44

I like Elias or Ellis better but Elijah is okay. But I absolutely wouldn't consider having two children whose names begin with the same letter.

bluecheesedip · 23/10/2010 19:50

Love Smile

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC · 23/10/2010 21:01

Really lovely. I think it's fine with Eva too.

pearlgirl · 23/10/2010 21:27

Really love it. We used it for ds4 in April - he gets called by both Eli and Elijah.

randomimposter · 23/10/2010 21:31

it's lovely
initials don't matter

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bytheMoonlight · 23/10/2010 21:32

Do you get a good reaction to it pearlgirl?

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Sariah · 23/10/2010 21:33

I have an Elijah :) He is 17 months old. I also have an Ellen.

I usually call him lije for short.

jinglesticks · 23/10/2010 21:37

Very nice. I had considered it if I had a boy, but it is getting very popular now.

TheUnmentioned · 23/10/2010 21:41

love it

Spookberries · 23/10/2010 21:47

Much prefer Elias.

Elijah is very popular in the US, where I'm from so that's put me off quite a lot.

However, Eli is lovely and Elias is one of our top 2 at the moment. :)

pearlgirl · 23/10/2010 21:58

Everybody has been positive about it and we had considered lots of names as we have 4 boys and they all have 3 names each. One or two people have said 'oh that's unusual" but then go on to say they like it. We don't know anyone else who has used it locally.