Think we might have a name... opinions please

[Dutchie77]

We both like:

Elliot

or....

Eli

...... (if you don't like both, please do not respond)

Thanks!

I love Eli - It's on my list if i'm ever lucky enough to be pregnant again.

Elliot, lovely, under-used imo

elliot is great

Votes till now:

Eli 10
Elliot 11

Keep it coming! And thanks for your posts!

Eli as nn Elijah

I like Ellis or Ellias - and I like that book! Not seen the film.

Elliot

Ooh I love Elliot! Excellent choice.

Elliot is lovely!

I shouldn't respond, as requested. But it IS a lovely a name. A lot of people are calling their sons this, but it is a beautiful name in my opinion, so go for it :O And tbh, Eli or Elliot, a boy can't grow out of it so call him Elliot to nn Eli if he likes it xx

You can't tell people not to respond!

I don't like either.

So there.

Elliot. On my list if DC2 is a boy. Not on Dh's unfortunately...

@ShendanRoad.... it's a question, not a command. And you responded, so that proofs it's a question, which you ignored . Thing is that it's more useful to me what other people prefer, then to hear that you don't like em both. Nevermind

Elliot is leading the votes at moment.

Elliot. Eli is a bit old manish for me!

Elliot

Eli - I like it much better!

I know a lovely little Elliot. My DC loves the 3rd & Bird book 'Meet Elliot' - the Elliot in the story is a worm, so my DC ran around the park following my friend's little boy while shouting "He's not a worm!" in a rather disappointed tone. Fortunately Elliot and his mum took it well. I did have a word with DC to explain that it wasn't the best thing to be yelling!

All the names beginning with an ell sound lend themselves to the most fragrant DCs being nicknamed Smelly-

So Elliot has the most votes..... !

I'll ask DP again tonight, which name he prefers.... and I'll let you know the end result. Tahnk you all for your help

Elliot, with Eli for short. Perfect.

Eli (although i love it as an nn for Elijah)

elliot is better because there was a boy in my class at school when i was young and i remember him being teased as teachers always calling him ellie as in the girls name

snugglebear333 I hadn't even thought of that - though the Elliot being used as a girls' name these days maybe has the same effect? Honestly, I'd be a lot more worried about "Smelliot" and "Smellibot" and in pre-school apparently being named after the cBeebies 3rd and Bird worm might be pretty funny to the little boy's classmates. I stress though that my DC is not yet pre-school age and didn't mean to be insulting to my friend's little boy - see post above.

Eli definitely, like it as nn for Elijah. Don't like surnames as first names, which is how i see Elliot.

Eli is soo much nicer.

ds's best buddie is called Eli short for Elijah. Cool name, great nn.

But I am a little confused. Is this for a by or a girl? The reason I ask is that you said you were inspired by a movie with a quirky girl called Eli. I know Eliot is unisex, and I guess Eli could be a nn for a variety of girls names, but I think most people would assume an Eli was a boy.

My dh is Elliot and shortened to Eli, I love them both. Good luck