Elton?

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Is it unusable?

Not in the circles I move in I'm afraid, no. Sorry op.

nope

No way!

Nooooooooo!! Sorry.

Elton John's kids have nice names Zachary and Elijah.

I'm a BIG Elton Welsby fan, so I say go for it.

No

Well Elton from clueless wasn't a very nice character.

Go for your second choice.

Just realised that sounded like I was saying no, it isn't unusable. In reality Elton will instantly make 99% of people think of Elton John. Rightly or wrongly I think it would set him up for a lifetime of teasing.

I think it's a bit like Elvis or Madonna or Jesus. There's only one Elton.

How about Alton, Alvin, Albin or Ellis instead?

Nooooooooo!! Sorry.

...........seems to beeeee the hardest word.

OP imagine how boring it would be to be asked 'oh were your parents big Elton John fans?' 70 million times.

I LOVE an unusual name and this is my first ever DEAR GOD NO on Mumsnet! Sorry.

You could call him Benny or Daniel

Dear holy jaysus and mary, no. It's like naming a baby Shakira. Setting him up for endless renditions of Candle in the Wind there

Eldar is lovely though and not too far off it.

It's a bit like naming a kid Madonna...

And what if the LO doesn't even end up liking the singer?

I personally would not do it. Unless this is truly the only name you can agree on. But there are worse names...

Surprisingly, it is quite a popular boys name in Sweden at the moment irrelevant fact

My friend called her baby bump Elton. And another called hers Luke Skywalker. Neither is really a good name for a child....sorry!

How about Elroy?

Never. Ever. Not in a million years.

The only association I have with this is Elton John

There's Mr Elton from Jane Austen's Emma but he's an utter tit.