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Elias, Ellis....or Eliah

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Swiminthesea23 · 02/04/2019 15:47

What are your thoughts on the boys names

  • Elias
  • Ellis
  • Eliah?

Thanks

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00100001 · 02/04/2019 15:47

I'm. Ellis I guess.

00100001 · 02/04/2019 15:48

Because I don't know how to pronounce Elias
And Eliah will get called Elijah all their life

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Swiminthesea23 · 02/04/2019 15:51

Elias is like tobias. Is it perceived as tricky to pronounce?

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redwoodmazza · 02/04/2019 16:04

What about Elliot?

EngagedAgain · 02/04/2019 16:28

Ellis, or as pp suggested Elliot, which I think nicer somehow.

user1498549192 · 02/04/2019 16:29

Elias

BlueMerchant · 02/04/2019 16:30

Eliah best but I prefer the similar Isiah

Tiramisu1 · 02/04/2019 16:30

I prefer Ellis.

Is Elias pronounced El-ee-as? And Eliah as El-ee-ah?

PippilottaLongstocking · 02/04/2019 16:31

I like Elias best
Eliah is too close to Elijah (and my phone autocorrects it to Elijah and then to Elias when I tried to change it)
Ellis is nice enough

babycakes1010 · 02/04/2019 16:34

Ellis

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Swiminthesea23 · 02/04/2019 16:36

Thanks for the feedback Smile

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AverageMan · 02/04/2019 16:39

I like Elias. He was the good soldier in Platoon. Ellis reminds me of the coke head in Die Hard.

viques · 02/04/2019 16:41

Eliah looks as though a letter is missing! Ellis is nice.

Postmissposte · 02/04/2019 16:41

I have an Elias! He is usually known as Eli. He's five and loves his name, I've only had positive comments on it.

I also like Ellis, but agree that Eliah would be confused with Elijah.

Have you considered Elliott? I know a little one, also known as Eli.

And there's also Eliam, pn E-lye-am

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Swiminthesea23 · 02/04/2019 17:01

Postmissposte
That's great to know! I do love the name Elias. It's unusual but not too uncommon at the same time.
It would probably be between Elias and Ellis.

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GreatDuckCookery · 02/04/2019 18:13

Elijah. Elias is quite nice but really dislike Ellis.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 02/04/2019 18:15

Absolutely Elias.
Great name.

Tiramisu1 · 02/04/2019 18:35

How do you pronounce Elias, Ell-ee-as?

Shadow1234 · 02/04/2019 18:41

Ellis is lovely and would be my favourite
Prefer Elijah to Elias and Eliah. My sons friend is Elijah and most people shorten his name to Eli as well.

juneau · 02/04/2019 18:43

Elias or Elijah (even better).

Heartofglass12345 · 02/04/2019 18:50

Ellis! I'm biased because I have one Grin

Icklepup · 02/04/2019 19:00

Elias

IchibanLipstickForMen · 02/04/2019 21:41

Elias. I love Ellis but as a girls name as that's what my sister is called!

DramaAlpaca · 02/04/2019 21:42

Elias

Supergrassyknoll · 02/04/2019 22:14

Elias. It's my DS middle name 💙