Elliot - would u be tempted to nn poor boy elly?

[trixiechick]

What do you think of Elliot. if i can get my DH not to keep saying Ell eee ooott as in E.T. I really love it. But I am worried about a shortening as it has three syllables and a nn is inevitable. Advice please?

Elliot is a fab name

It can be shortened to Ells as well

I like it. I know an Elliot and he isn't shortened to anything. (and he's a man not a child)

I like Elliot. it's my family surname, good Borders name that.
All the Ellitos that I know are never shortened to anything

I know a few Elliots and none of them are shortened yet but they are all aged between 1 and 4.

I also have an Elliot and no one calls him Elly.

We tend to call him Elliotio rather than shorten it!

The Elliott I know is never an Elly, my sons middle name it Elliott as well. I really like it.

There's an Elliot in ds's Yr 1 class. Isn't shortened at all.

I don't like Elliot at all.

I like Elliot but so many people round my way do not pronouce 'T' properllyit would end sounding really horrible

Love it.

Would have been DS's name if DD hadn't already have been called Harriet!

I don't like Elliot for this reason. There's no obvious short name that isn't really feminine.

There are people on here who have Elliots shortened to Eli (pron El-ee or Ee-lye), El and Els.

A relative has an Elliot. I don't much like it and yes, it does get shortened to Ellie. And I STILL want to do the ET voice when I see him!

I have an Elliot and it is usually shortened to El.

My nephew is called Elliot and we always call him Elliot.

My cousin is an Elliot and he is only ever called that or El.

i really wanted to call my ds Elliot, specifically because of ET. But i didn't. i can't remember why not now. it would never occur to me to call an Elliot Elly.

I've never known an Elliot shortened to Elly. El is the only shortened version I've heard in use, though Eli would seem a reasonable alternative too.

It is a wonderful name (and ds' middle name).

You should be prepared for lots of people to mis-spell it though, as there are so many variations re the number of 'l's and 't's.

I love it
DH's middle name
the only child Elliot I know is shortened to El

Els is better, but I would worry about Ellie as it's the kind of thing I would say. Likewise, I would probably end up calling a Conrad "Connie". But some people are really strong about not using nicknames.

my ds2 is called Elliott with 2 lls and 2 tts easier for other people to spell that way.
his name doesnt get shortened, he only gets called something else if hes up at 5 in the morning haha!!!!!

my son is Ellis (7) so similar
and we call him El / Els usually

some of his friends call him Ellie ,messing around but he doesn't care / mind lol

lol @ Connie for Conrad!
we have a Connor also ( 13) , and his brother calls him Connie sometimes!

but mainly Con / Cons / Condor!?! lol