Ellis-Harper for our girls name?

[Foxff1]

Me and my DH absolutely love the name Ellis for a girl after both of our favourite authors, Ellis bell (Emily Brontë) and Bret Easton Ellis. We’ve had mixed reviews on this with people absolutely either living or hating it!

I love double barralled names and boy names for girls and I like the sound of Ellis-Harper. What’s everyone’s thoughts?

but so unsure of a name to pair with it

You might like Ellis-Hannah or Emily-Harper.

Or maybe Greer?

Good luck :)

I don't like surname names on girls, and I don't generally like double barrelled names either.

Ellis isn't too bad I suppose, but put with Harper it's very harsh. I'd choose one of them with a more feminine name with it.

Ellis is the Bronte male name, when Emily deliberately wanted to disguise her sex to enable publication. The (female) author Ellis Peters chose it as a deliberate homage in order to hide her sex too.

I know only male Ellis IRL.

But if you like masculine names on a girl, at least you're not going for James or Max!

I absolutely love harper! However Ellis for me is a boys name 💙 and Ellis-Harper sounds like a double barrelled surname! I'm so sorry , but Harper is such a beautiful name alone 💖

Definitely sounds like a law firm or an estate agent.
I only know male Ellis’ so struggle to get my head round it as a girls name.

Ellis-Hera
Ellis-Tia
Ellis-Ren
Ellis-Rae
Ellis-Cara

???

I don't like names with a hyphen so I'd say no to it but Ellis isn't so bad on its own?

A double-barrelled surname as a first name for a girl. I suppose it's yoonique.
Hyphenated first names are generally looked down on in the UK.
People tend to have an opinion about surnames as first names.
Ellis is normally a boy's name.

Couldn’t agree more. As an aside, a psychologist friend of mine has a theory that these very ‘unique’ names turn people into raving narcissists as every time they introduce themselves they have to do a whole spiel about their name, so from a young age turn every conversation they join round to being about them.

Call her Emily if you like Emily bronte. I’m sure she’ll have a lovely personality you don’t need to give her a ‘look at me’ name.

I'm trying to imagine the teacher calling out her name. I would go un-hyphenated.

Ellis really is a boy's name and as others have said was used to make Emily into a boy's name and hide the sex of the author...if you must use it then pair it with a very female name; for example Ellis-Ann but consider Elisa which is a lovely female name?

@Foxff1 my 25 year old sister is called Ellis and I adore the name Kaiyah so I looove your naming style!! (almost called my daughter Kaia but we went for Eska instead!.. She's 11 days old )

Just go for it... My sister doesn't have any issues being a girl called Ellis!

I have an Ellis ds, so I love the name, but agree with dropping the hyphen.

I love Ellis but hyphenated names to me just sound a bit tacky.

Harper is becoming quite popular now too if that bothers you.

As a primary school teacher - double barrelled names are so hard to fit into labels 😭

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Sounds a bit Grey's anatomy

Where I am Ellis is an old man name! Youngest I know is a 53 yr old man.

@Cosmoa Wow! The name Eska is beautiful! Such a stunning name! Thank you 😊 xx

Neither name particularly lovely.

Go for it Fox.

@Coriandersnell I really like your suggestion of Ellis-Rae 😍 it’s just lovely thank you xx

Ohh this has made me a bit sad 😬. My 1 year old daughter is called Ellis. We adore it, and feel that it is perfectly feminine, and has a cool, simple feel.
We've had lovely feedback about her name.

i know an “eliz” which is pronounced like “ellis” - could that be an option (on its own)?

Maybe Alice-Harper?

Do you watch Greys anatomy? They’re both names of dead characters