Elijah

[Sparkandgold]

Hi there.
Can I get your thoughts on Elijah?
Thanks x

Love it 😍 and I love Eli. It's a great name I think.

Nice name. Know one who is usually called Lijah not Eli.

My partner also likes Eli but we do love Elijah and to works well with surname.
Glad there is positive feedback

Love it.

How is it pronounced? Eh lee ah?

I thought there was only one way to pronounce it (I suppose depending on accent)

sparkly it’s El-eye-jah

I love it , OP. So much so it’s the name DH and I have chosen for our little boy due in January we’ll also be using Eli as a shortening

Missmonkeypenny great choice :)
Think we'll be doing the same with Eli as a nn.

Absolutely love the name so much that I don’t think I’d want to shorten it.

Really like it

Great name, was on my shortlist.

It's gaining in popularity. Was the 41st most popular boy's name last year.

Am so pleased with the feedback. MN can be brutal with baby names

It's a lovely name. It was on my list for DD2 had she been a he. But I went to a busy park one day while pregnant with her and heard Elijah and Eli called to three different kids (this was 10 years ago) so it did put me off slightly. I also know of two socially.

Having said that, it's really lovely.

I love it! It was on our list for a boy until my friend named her son Elijah. I wouldn't use it now anyway as its growing in popularity and unfortunately that puts me off a name automatically 😂

Very, very biblical. I'd expect a brother to be called Issaac or Joshua. If I'm honest I find a name like Elijah strange if the family is completely atheist but it's a nice traditional choice if it fits your taste.

I have one and absolutely love it! He’s mostly called Eli (he’s almost 2) which I love too

I have one too! He’s 3 and is both Elijah and Eli. Still love it and was always our number one choice.

I'm not a fan of it. Like Noah it's becoming very popular though right now.

Love it!

I'm not fussed if it's popular.

PetraRabbit interesting take. Technically it's a Jewish name but that wouldn't worry me as someone who isn't practising.

My take on it is the same as PetraRabbit in that I'd assume you were quite religious unless I knew otherwise. But then, I wouldn't assume that of Noah, probably since it's now so popular so what do I know?

To be honest Elijah isn't my style of name at all, there's nothing wrong with it at all, it's just not for me.

It’s on our list we have Jewish heritage so it fits ethnically for us but has a decent wider popularity.

That's really interesting to see it as a religious name which I totally understand but wouldn't associate it with being from a religious family.
Then again noah or Joshua wouldn't make me think religious

However I think religious when I hear then name Josiah

So really there isn't any logic to my thinking

Great name