Baby Boy Name Opinion 🩵

[Elly1995]

Hello all,

I have found out I am having a baby boy, and would like to hear your opinions on the name I like for him.

First name: Elio
Middle name: Heath

Elio Heath.

What do you all think please? I am looking for uncommon, a bit different but still likeable + not a name where he could get picked on when he starts school.

Thanks.

Dalton and Edison are great, strong names. Elio is a No from me as is Heath.

Thank you for your honest opinion.

I have added Rico and Evander to the list as well.

Thanks for your opinion.

I have added the names Rico + Evander on to my list also.

Dalton Grant was a men's high jumper

I like uncommon names OP, and chose an uncommon name for my DC, so I'm not one of those "what, is that a proper name?! / no-one will pronounce it correctly!" types.

However, me personally I'm not that much of a fan of Elio. I prefer the sound of names ending in a consonant, and I think that's probably because there are soooo many kids with names ending in "ie" / "o" sounds at the moment, school is swamped with them. In my opinion those names don't sound uncommon because there are so many - even if the specific name is less commonly used iyswim. Eg Evie, Ivy, Arlo, Milo, Alfie all merge into one for me!

Have you thought about Elias (pronounced Illias)?

Evander Heath is a lovely, dashing name.

I like both Elio and Heath - and am especially fond of romantic sounding Heath. I think many people know how to pronounce Elio after Call me by Your Name, it’s the sort of name that’s on the rise (because of the trendy O ending and popular El- start like Elliot and Elias).

Less keen on Dalton and Edison as they are very American sounding Surname-as-first-name to me (although of the two I much prefer Edison as it’s an interesting scientific namesake).

I don’t think it matters whether the middle name is uncommon though, as it will be rarely used- personally I like middle names that have strong meaning to the parents in some way, like a family members/friends name, fave author/singer etc. Heath(cliff) would be ideal for a subtle Wuthering Heights link for Brontë lovers for example.

There's an Elio in DD's class, think it's really cute.

Not a fan of it with Heath, but so far I've been a parent 6 years to multiple children and can still count on one hand the number of times I've said their full names out loud (after the initial announcement period) so if you like it then go for it!

Neither Edison nor Dalton are to my taste, but both are much better than Elio.

Elio is a terrible name and he will be constantly misnamed as Eliot.

When you are thinking of names for your children, think about what you would like to be called yourself. They have to carry this through their entire life. Personally I would hate to be called Elio.

Is you want the Italian pronunciation of Elio you won't get it in the UK.....

I love it! Why not

Thank you.

We are thinking of Evander Laurie or Evander Rio or Evander Benson. 🩵

Elio Heath sounds like an estate agents. Ditto Dalton Heath.

Not to my taste. Evander sounds too like Ollivander in Harry Potter world

Dalton Heath sounds like a bleak park in the outskirts of London I’m sorry to say.

Elio is fine on the surface but in reality will blend into a sea of Elliot, Elias, Theo, Leo, Milo, Arlo, and then all the endless girl El- names too. Plus confusion whether Ell-eo or Ee-leo (I know you’ve said, but you haven’t said to everyone and people will definitely get it wrong).

Evander is more like it. I know a fair few young Evanders and Evans. Oh and Euans and Ewans. And Ethans. Boys names are hard 😂

I like Ennio. Not Elio.

Elio is awful. Sounds like a brand name for a yoghurt.

Sounds like a team from the lower leagues that have made it into the later rounds of the FA cup.

Tottenham are away to Dalton Health.

Dalton Heath's goalkeeper is a delivery driver.

Not keen on Elio (but then again I don’t like the name Elliot either which is similar) but I do like Ellis.

I do like Heath a lot though surprisingly!

I didn’t realise Evander was such a common name, I am looking for something a bit more unique but still likeable.

Elio means Helium in Italian

Out of al of them, I think Dalton Rico sounds nice.

Oh I am not sure if you have had your baby boy yet but I HAD to comment to say that Elio is the most beautiful baby boys name. We had our little Elio in 2017, and he is the most beautiful sunshine baby boy we could have ever imagined. The name historically is sunshine/god in Latin and it’s very popular in Italy and France. All the families in our little Yorkshire village love our boys name and truly he lives up to it. He’s so beautiful, kind, honest, and he’s a proper little family guy. Adorable x

My son is named Elio and he is the most popular little sunshine boy in his class. He’s excelling in all areas. His classmates truly adore him and he’s genuinely the most handsome little guy with floppy blonde hair and big blue eyes (we’re both dark hair and brown eyed) we joke he was sent from heaven because he looks like a cherub! Whilst I am not saying his name added to this, it fits his sunshine, beautiful personality and every little 6 year old girl in his class is falling over to try and grab a play date with him so I think he will be absolutely fine with his sweet, sunshine name ❤️