Thoughts on the name Elliott

[Bertrina]

Hi all, first post but a regular reader.
Rather premature at 12 weeks but DP and I have been discussing baby names...
We both love the name Jessica for a girl but he hates my favourite* boys name, Elliott.

*my favourite boys name is actually Thomas but we have a nephew of that name. We both love the name Daniel, but DPs brother is called Daniel and as much as I like him, I don't want it to be thought that baby is named after him.

The only other name I like at the moment is Elliott but DP hates it, and thinks he will be picked on (why, I don't know. The best he can come up with is because of ET)
Middle name will be John (DPs late dad).

For a girl we both love Jessica, with middle name Alice (my late grandma's name).

Please give me your thoughts on the name Elliott (I prefer 2 t's, but appreciate this isn't the norm, will this cause problems?) and help me reassure DP that it isn't an awful name. Also any opinions on the other names, or similar names we might both like would be appreciated.

Elliott is gorgeous, let's face it, his school friends won't have a clue who/what ET is so that didn't even cross my mind. The spelling may bother you but not if you accept now that people will always spell his name differently.
Your name choices are nice, I understand you not wanting to name him the same as your BIL though.
Not sure they're similar but names I'm considering include Henry, Albert, Stanley, Adam, Thomas.

Why would he be picked on, for goodness sake? There are loads of Elliotts around, quite normal!

Thanks Dollyemi, I'll have to point out to him that the 80's are a long time ago now haha. Ps, I love all your potential names, particularly Adam (so underused these days) and Henry.
I have no idea Nadia, I'm just hoping I can twist his arm but if not, we do have similar taste in names (traditional) so fingers crossed we can agree on a name in the next 27 or so weeks!

I have an Elliott - I like the T's as well. It is a gorgeous name and really suits my pretty little son.
My husband disliked the name too, but once son arrived he admitted he suited the name perfectly and let me have my way. I got the name from E.T but only one person has ever mentioned the film and our social circle are all late 70s/early 80s children.
Many people do leave off the 2nd T though but I don't lose sleep over it!

Love it

I should mention that husband loves the name now, same thing happened with our second baby!

Well I think Elliott is a fabulous name :) but then I am biased as I'm snuggling up to my 8 month old called Elliott at the moment.

If your dh hates the name, then does it really matter what we think? I personally like it, the only potential negative could be the nickname El or Elly which sound quite girly. Otherwise it's a great name and no one will think of ET these days.

I have a Thomas Elliot so I think you have very good taste .My DH and I couldn't agree on anything for a boy ( he had no ideas but said no to all of mine ). I followed the midwives advice of "just have a cry in the delivery room - once he's seen you go through labour he'll give you anything you want!". It worked! We are now thinking of DC2 and I'm dreading another DS purely because I'd have no idea what to call him! You could see me on these boards soon.

On you beautiful boy

Sorry baby not boy. Please come back and let me know if I made a successful prediction .

Elliot is a fab name.

I am a teacher and asked the couple of Elliotts at school what their nicknames were, one got Elmo from family and just his name at school, though other only ever Elliott at home and a nickname from his surname from friends.
Our Elliott gets Tots- as in ElliTots (Jelly Tots- which he does indeed love! )

I quite like the name Elliott but your husband's reaction reminds me of this clip.

I really like it but much prefer it with one "t" - to me, two "t"s is for the surname, and one "t" is for the first name.

My DH is lobbying for Elliot as a name for our soon-to-be-born son - the only things keeping it off the shortlist are the facts that a) his mother doesn't like it, and b) my cousin has just called HER son Elliot.

But it's a lovely, classic but not old-fashioned, name for a little boy. Other names we're considering:

Alexander
Alistair
Arthur
Benedict
Benjamin
Edward
George
Henry
Patrick
Rufus
Thomas
William

We also like Oliver, Charles and Jacob, but they're also ruled out because of friends/family members.

I have an 18 year old Elliot. Named after ET as that was our first date. People usually get the spelling wrong though - give it 2 T's. IMO one t is for a first name but what do I know?? I love it!!!

He gets called 'El' by the way.