Eilidh?

[Thenightswatch]

What do you think of this name?
It's the only one DH and I can really agree on.

We're in Scotland so wouldn't really worry about spelling or people not pronouncing it properly.

Only other names we slightly agree on is,
Anna
Alice

Like all of them

Eilidh is a lovely name!

Go for Eilidh OP the only one I know is Scottish and lovely.

I like Eilidh and Anna.

Or Eliana, to combine Eilidh and Anna?

Personally I'm not so keen on Alice.

I love it, but I'm biased as I have one. The only downside (for some not all) is that it doesn't shorten for a nn.

It's lovely but has become very common. (As in lots of them)

I like Eilidh

Thank you all for opinions, I'm definitely stuck on Eilidh, so I think I'll go for it, just didn't want to ask family as don't want them to know yet and get unhelpful comments.

Love Eilidh! That's on our girls list too. We just can't work out which middle name to use with it.

Eilidh is a pretty name but - IF this matters - in recent years it has been quite popular (top 20) in Scotland. The provisional Scottish figures for 2015 show that it has just dropped out of the top 20 there www.nrscotland.gov.uk/filesstatistics/popular-forenames/2015/babies-first-names-2015.pdf

As I'm sure you know, in Scotland, Eilidh is often considered to be the Gaelic equivalent of Helen, although language experts say that it is a modern Gaelic short form of Eleanor (in other words, Scottish Gaelic for 'Ellie') www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-6930?rskey=NLl2PG&result=2079

I think it's lovely and classic

I'm glad Eilidh is well liked DD1's name is hugely popular as I stupidly didn't check the top 100 at the time, so I was wanting something a little less popular this time round

Eilidh is lovely but there are lots about (I'm in Glasgow and it's the equivalent of all the Eva's and Evie's in England), if that doesn't bother you then go for it!

Love it

Please could I ask how it's pronounced?

Pronounced like Ailie. I like it but I love Alice :)

I love Eilidh and we lived in Scotland when DD1 was born but DH didn't like. She is almost 14 and I told her a few years ago that I liked the name and she was disappointed I hadn't named her Eilidh - she sometimes uses it in the stories she writes :)

I love Eilidh as well, but DP hated it

Loads and loads of Eilidhs here.

Aila and Ailish are similar but a bit different?

Ah I was really hoping it was well known but not too popular. I guess if I love it I can only hope it's not too popular in my area