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Ellis- would you use this for a boy or a girl?

71 replies

lollipopz · 02/02/2009 10:46

I liked this if baby turned out to be a boy but recently heard of a wee girl with the name.
What is the mn opinion!
Don't want to give a boy a girls name iyswim!
This is dc 4 and the name sounds nice with the other dcs names.

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seeker · 02/02/2009 10:48

In so far as it's a name at all (it's a last neam in my opinion!) it's a boy's name. It would be awful for a girl!

thisisyesterday · 02/02/2009 10:49

if I heard it I would assume boy.
but it could suit a girl too. i am probably the only one who will say that on here though lol

themildmanneredjanitor · 02/02/2009 10:49

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savoycabbage · 02/02/2009 10:49

Boy.

PeachyBAHonsPRSCertOnRequest · 02/02/2009 10:50

Have a nephew Ellis, lovely name.

lollipopz · 02/02/2009 10:51

Thanks thats what I thought, still need to work on dh though as its not traditional enough for him, wouldn't use it if baby is a girl btw!

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Wigglesworth · 02/02/2009 10:56

Boys name, defo!

MrsMattie · 02/02/2009 10:58

Ellis or Elias - boy

Elise - girl

cyteen · 02/02/2009 10:58

boy. a friend from NCT has a little Ellis, he's lovely

paolosgirl · 02/02/2009 10:58

No - Ellis in my DS's class is a girl!

Tigerschick · 02/02/2009 10:58

Definitely a boy's name.
I know a lovely 9-year old Ellis.

madwomanintheattic · 02/02/2009 10:59

I know both girls and boys with the name.

The one girl who is dd1's friend is lovely, very sweet, and it suits her.

Tigerschick · 02/02/2009 10:59

Ah - yes, MrsMattie, Elise is a girl's name ... perhaps that's where confusion can arise.

bluebump · 02/02/2009 11:00

My friend has a lovely Ellis and he's a boy.

islandofsodor · 02/02/2009 11:02

My cousin's son's middle name is Ellis. It was chosen as it was his grandmother's maiden name.

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ILoveBrucie · 02/02/2009 11:04

I would use it as a surname only!!

NormaLeighLucid · 02/02/2009 11:04

Boys name def. My cousin is male and is Ellis.

MrsBadger · 02/02/2009 11:05

No I wouldn't

DarkAngel80 · 02/02/2009 11:25

I'd say a boy as most of the Ellis ive come across in my job as a nursey nurse are boy's,but its down to each person

mooseloose · 02/02/2009 11:30

boy

McDreamy · 02/02/2009 11:31

Boy

naturalbornmum · 02/02/2009 11:50

I know a girl called Ellis, I think it is nicer for a girl - prehaps because I know one?

Cies · 02/02/2009 12:09

Boy.

beanieb · 02/02/2009 12:09

a boy.