Does my baby boy's name sound too girly? Should I add a middle name?

[AmalFish]

Hi everyone,

I named my now 2 year old Eisa. At the time I liked the look of it and the meaning (its Arabic for Jesus). To be honest I didn't really think too hard at the time about names and just liked this one. Since then he has been called Elsa more times than I can remember and I am starting to worry about him being picked on at school. Its too late to change his name but I am considering adding a more distinctly masculine middle name- is that a silly idea? what do you think of the name Eisa, is it too feminine? Any middle name ideas? Thank you!

Some people will get anything wrong. Receptionist at medical centre called my friend’s wee boy Ellie — his name is Eli.

I have seen it spelled Eesa.

There is nothing wrong with the name. People are just misreading it - like the Irish name Enda might look like Edna.

his name is Eli

I would also pronounce Eli as Eli as in Eliott or Elinor.

I know an Eisa who spells it Easah?

I know a boy who has the same name spelt Eesa. Why don't you change it like that?

I have seen it spelled Isa, Eesa, and Esa.

Eisa isn’t much of my style honestly, and when typing it, it autocorrects to Elisa for me.
I think it doesn’t hurt to add a middle name.
If by the time he starts nursery/school and you still have doubts then you could use his middle name at nursery/school. And when he’s older he can always pick whichever he prefers.

On another note you can check out:

www.arabicenglishbabynames.com

For some ideas!

Good luck.

Or you could always potentially change the name to a similar sounding name like Elias?

I have an Eesa and worry about this too, but we both just fell in love with the name and it really suits him! I just imagined that if it bothers him he can go by 'Ee' as a nn, his middle name is Andrew (I'm english) so far though we've met 2 others and 1 adult and they didn't seem like they were having a breakdown because of it or anything 🤣 good choice!