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Elliot or Felix

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Wombat222 · 16/01/2023 12:27

I’m driving myself a bit mad - keep thinking I’ve chosen a name then going back to the drawing board. So I’m determined this is my final post and then I’ll go and live my life!

Here goes: Elliot or Felix (surname Marshall).

Worried about nicknames and keen to avoid anything mega posh, which in my mind would be like Tristan or Hugo (or maybe Sebastian).

Be kind :)

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Rauha · 16/01/2023 16:09

Elliot

Beeswood · 16/01/2023 16:10

I really like Elliot, great name.

The cat food connection puts me off Felix.

Purpletopaz42 · 16/01/2023 16:15

I really like Felix, it's a lovely name and not as common as Elliot

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 16/01/2023 16:22

I don't think I know any Elliots (or Elliotts) but Felix really feels like it's having a rapid ascent up the charts.

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Wombat222 · 16/01/2023 16:23

Mallowmarshmallow · 16/01/2023 14:58

@Wombat222 I have an Elliot and I still love the name.

He's never been called Eli, I see that as a totally different name, and I think because the E sound is different, Elliot doesn't naturally lean itself to it.

We call him El/Els at home often but at school he's firmly an Elliot.

Thank you! How old is he? Does he get Smelliot or anything? I’ve got myself overly worried about this but think I might just be hormonal and losing it a bit!

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Purplemagnolias · 16/01/2023 17:03

Smelliot? Confused

You're overthinking

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Wombat222 · 16/01/2023 17:45

Purplemagnolias · 16/01/2023 17:03

Smelliot? Confused

You're overthinking

Mumsnetters have worried me!

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cravingtoblerone · 16/01/2023 18:10

I think they both work. If pushed I'd say Elliot has the slight edge on Felix.

Twoinapod · 16/01/2023 19:09

Wombat222 · 16/01/2023 12:47

Gosh that’s random!

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Yeah probably not the norm 😂, Emma seems to be the same, round me. Shoplifters and addicts. It’s strange. I went to school with a Felix though and no one ever made a cat comment. No one has ever said smelling to an Elliot as far as I’m aware, the only nn I’ve heard for them are El and one is Elmo.

ThomasinaLivesHere · 16/01/2023 19:52

Elliot - I can’t get away from the cat connection with Felix

pairofrollerskates · 16/01/2023 19:56

Felix

Blueberry40 · 16/01/2023 21:09

Definitely prefer Felix, it’s a lovely name. Elliott is okay but a little boring.

Mallowmarshmallow · 16/01/2023 21:15

@Wombat222 no horrible nicknames at all. He's 9. I'm fairly sure most of his friends still call him Elliot. I'm guessing it might get shortened at secondary school, although he prefers the full name so perhaps not...

purpledalmation · 16/01/2023 21:44

I have a child called Elliot and a cat called felix so you know my favourite. DS of course

CastleTower · 17/01/2023 07:02

Felix for me, but you can't go wrong, both are nice.

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Wombat222 · 17/01/2023 07:16

Wrongsideofpennines · 16/01/2023 15:33

Elliott. Felix is a cat food. And I think borders on the very posh sounding names you don't like.

But try calling him one for a few days and see how it feels.

Yes I did wonder if it was in the Sebastian category!

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wizzler · 17/01/2023 07:17

Prefer Elliott

anotherscroller · 17/01/2023 07:19

I like both but I think Elliot goes best with your surname

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 17/01/2023 07:20

Elliot Marshall works better than Felix Marshall. EM sounds strong and straightforward, FM is a bit sibilant and drippy.

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Wombat222 · 17/01/2023 07:50

purpledalmation · 16/01/2023 21:44

I have a child called Elliot and a cat called felix so you know my favourite. DS of course

How old is he? Does he have any nicknames? I just can’t quite seem to say Elliot easily to the baby - 3 syllables is beyond me apparently 😂

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DuchessOfSausage · 17/01/2023 07:59

Elliot is two syllables, @Wombat222 .

BettyBlue50 · 17/01/2023 08:59

Elliot!
I have a 17 year old Elliot, never knowingly called Smelliot!
We call him El or Els and so do his mates.

picnicshicnic · 17/01/2023 12:40

DuchessOfSausage · 17/01/2023 07:59

Elliot is two syllables, @Wombat222 .

3 syllables, surely?

Ell - eee - ot

?

Omgwhatthehell · 17/01/2023 12:45

I love Felix. Elliot is a perfectly nice name, but I think in a lot of areas of the country people will drop the T on the end.
I’m struggling to write it phonetically, but he’d often end up being called something like El-i-uh, rather than El-i-ut.
That would put me off.

ZacharinaQuack · 17/01/2023 12:46

Felix sounds like a bit of a posh boy name to me.
I know an Elliot who gets called Otto for short.

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