Eli/Elijah?

[ThisHardyBird]

Thoughts on Eli/Elijah for newborn DS? Big sisters are Layla and Megan.

I like it!!

They’re completely different names. Eli is not a short form of Elijah. Eli should really be pronounced Elly, technically. I would assume you were Jewish.

Names don’t need to go , great name

It sounds a bit odd to me to have one very biblical name with two non biblical names.

It's a lovely name though!

There’s a priest called Eli in the bible..

What about Malachy?

GREAT name

We very nearly chose Eli, but it just didn’t work with our surname. Heard a little boy called it on holiday yesterday and thought it is a lovely name and his brother had same name as our little boy, so we must have similar taste 😄

No one said they did…

Gorgeous name, always liked Elijah, goes nicely with your girls names.

@Choppedcoriander , why Elly? I think Levi is 'Levvy' in Hebrew, so you could be right.

Elijah doesn't go with the girls' names, and I don't get the 'Eli short for Elijah'.
I don't like Eli and Elijah is a bit too twee-sounding.

The siblings' names don't need to go together.

I like Eli as a name in it's own right, but really don't like Elijah. It's such a mouthful and any Elijah I've known has spent his days at primary being called Eliza by his peers, as young children really struggle to pronounce this name.

I’m not a fan of Eli but like Elijah very much. Also Elias and Ethan.

I have an Elijah. He struggled with it when he was younger and wanted to be called Jason or Mark. He is 16 now and girls like it so he has warmed to it.

My teen daughter said the Eli in her class got mispronounced as Ellie by secondary school teachers reading the register, and it’s stuck, that’s put me off the name!

Prefer Elias

That’s the correct pronunciation, though…

Yes, that’s right - Levvy and Elly.

@Choppedcoriander , do you say Rachel the Hebrew way or as Ray-tchul?

Jew here... Unless we're actually ready in Hebrew we pronounce names the way you'd expect them in English.

So it's Jacob not Ya'akov and Levi like "Levis" as in the jeans

I like Eli, but I prefer Elias to Elijah.

Eli sounds like a girls name. Short for Elinor

@Redflamingos , in the UK it's Ee-ligh.

Love Elijah not keen on Eli.

Prefer Elias