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Zamummy · 2023-02-26T17:56:15+00:00

Elijah What comes to mind when you hear this name?

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daisypond · 26/02/2023 20:02

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/02/2023 17:57

I like it. Eli (Eee - lie), the inevitable diminutive, is nice too.

Eli is a completely unrelated name. It’s a full name in its own right, with an important religious history.

daisypond · 26/02/2023 20:06

I think Elijah is very religious -either Jewish or nonconformist Christian.

samsmum2 · 26/02/2023 20:06

Love it

FayCarew · 26/02/2023 20:09

It's a very religious name. There are lots of names beginning with El currently popular. It's long, and peple tend to shorten it to Eli, which I don't like.
There are better names

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Zamummy · 26/02/2023 20:10

FayCarew · 26/02/2023 20:09

It's a very religious name. There are lots of names beginning with El currently popular. It's long, and peple tend to shorten it to Eli, which I don't like.
There are better names

Can you please name a few starting with El?

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Twotreesgreen · 26/02/2023 20:11

daisypond · 26/02/2023 20:02

Eli is a completely unrelated name. It’s a full name in its own right, with an important religious history.

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Yes Eli is a name in its own right, but also very commonly used as a nickname for Elijah.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 26/02/2023 20:18

Zamummy · 26/02/2023 20:10

Can you please name a few starting with El?

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Elliot
Ellis

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Zamummy · 26/02/2023 23:20

What about Ilya?

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DramaAlpaca · 27/02/2023 01:22

If I met an Elijah I'd assume religious parents.

user1492757084 · 27/02/2023 05:04

Elijah comes from parents who practise their faith.

garlictwist · 27/02/2023 05:09

It makes me think of the bible or sleepless in Seattle. It's fine.

saltwater1985 · 27/02/2023 06:01

Loads of them around here

Mysa74 · 27/02/2023 07:54

Zamummy · 26/02/2023 23:20

What about Ilya?

I work in pharmacy, if I saw it on a prescription I'd guess female and wonder how it's pronounced... I prefer Elijah.

Reddahlias · 27/02/2023 07:55

Ilya is definitely 100% a male name!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 27/02/2023 08:02

Ilya is very very much a boys' name but it is a strange choice if you have no Slavic heritage.

PaulaPaola · 27/02/2023 08:03

I generally like biblical names - but this one is a bit too holy for me.
I think Eli (Ee-lie) is ugly too.

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SweetsAndChocolates · 27/02/2023 08:14

@Zamummy You could always got for something like Adam (is the same in both Bible and Quran).

Twotreesgreen · 27/02/2023 09:11

I really wouldn’t worry about it seeming religious, it’s definitely mainstream enough now. I found the older generation saw it as religious but my age group not so much, I doubt his age group will at all. Name fashions change! My own name and half my family have biblical names that were common in the 80’s/90’s, although no one is religious.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 27/02/2023 09:46

Twotreesgreen · 27/02/2023 09:11

I really wouldn’t worry about it seeming religious, it’s definitely mainstream enough now. I found the older generation saw it as religious but my age group not so much, I doubt his age group will at all. Name fashions change! My own name and half my family have biblical names that were common in the 80’s/90’s, although no one is religious.

I completely agree with this. Biblical names, especially Old Testament boys' names, are very fashionable at the moment. The most popular boys' name in E&W is Noah and I guarantee that very few of the 4000+ families who chose it for their son in 2021 are practising Christians.

MNers rarely suggest that the choice of James, or John, or Peter, or Simon, necessarily denotes a very religious family. Those names are exactly as religious as Noah, Elijah, or Josiah, but the difference is that they crossed over into secular popularity a longer time ago.

FayCarew · 27/02/2023 11:32

Can you please name a few starting with El?

Elliott/Eliot, Ellis, Elias, Eli, Elisha, Eliezer,
Elon, Elton, Elwood, Elgan, Elwyn ...

Ellie, Ella, Eleanor, Elsie, Elizabath, Eliza, Elena, Elodie, Eloise, Elise, Elsa, Eliana, Ellen, Elora, Eleni, Elisa...

Not all of them are popular but Ellie and Ella have been very popular for about 30 years.

Elijah means 'Yahweh is my god'.

MayMi · 27/02/2023 12:40

Not a fan as it sounds similar to 'a liar'

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Zamummy · 27/02/2023 19:07

FayCarew · 27/02/2023 11:32

Can you please name a few starting with El?

Elliott/Eliot, Ellis, Elias, Eli, Elisha, Eliezer,
Elon, Elton, Elwood, Elgan, Elwyn ...

Ellie, Ella, Eleanor, Elsie, Elizabath, Eliza, Elena, Elodie, Eloise, Elise, Elsa, Eliana, Ellen, Elora, Eleni, Elisa...

Not all of them are popular but Ellie and Ella have been very popular for about 30 years.

Elijah means 'Yahweh is my god'.

I am choosing a boys name. Eliezer sounds good too and thank you

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Zamummy · 27/02/2023 19:08

MayMi · 27/02/2023 12:40

Not a fan as it sounds similar to 'a liar'

Lmao 🤣 liar sounds weird to me

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Twoshoesnewshoes · 27/02/2023 19:11

I know a few Elijahs, aged 3 to 17
most are Eli for short.
it’s a nice enough name, definitely popular enough now to not have a religious connotation as pp have said.