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Elijah?

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BlameItOnTheBogey · 25/05/2009 19:19

Go on, what do you think. We can't agree on any boys names but keep coming back to this. Eli for short I guess. Views?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 25/05/2009 19:21

I guess Eli is prounounced ee-lie??

I like it - lots

Paolosgirl · 25/05/2009 19:22

Love it - and love Eli

shavenhaven · 25/05/2009 19:22

i love it and wanted it on our list but dh hated it for some reason, might have something to do with the annoying actor that was in lord of the rings.

rubyslippers · 25/05/2009 19:22

yep = lovely

JeMeSouviens · 25/05/2009 19:23

We have one, it's the only boys name we could think of that we loved.

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BlameItOnTheBogey · 25/05/2009 19:25

Ooh ok hooray! I don't know any others so it seems a bit unusual to me and I am a bit of a square you see. But I do love it.

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BlameItOnTheBogey · 25/05/2009 19:26

And yes, pronounced E - lie when shortened.

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JentlyDoesIt · 25/05/2009 19:29

I love it - one of my best friends has an Elijah and it suits him down to the ground. Beautiful name.

pasturesnew · 25/05/2009 19:29

lovely

lowrib · 25/05/2009 19:33

Great name.

tummytickler · 25/05/2009 19:46

I love it, my 6 year old is Elijah - we always call him Eli though (he gets very cross if we use the full name )

Thunderduck · 25/05/2009 19:49

Love it. It's a great name.

ProfYaffle · 25/05/2009 19:53

I love Elijah, that's what dd2 would have been called if she were a boy. Eli is a family name for us.

VoteMerlin · 25/05/2009 19:54

Friend has an Elijah -- love it

ICantGoBackToSavouryNow · 25/05/2009 19:54

Thumb up here too.

Wilkiepedia · 25/05/2009 19:55

Love it

MrsMattie · 26/05/2009 13:19

Love it.

sockmonster · 26/05/2009 14:04

We like

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BlameItOnTheBogey · 26/05/2009 15:40

Wow! That's a universal 'like it'! OK, good well we may have a name then.

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HellHathNoFury · 26/05/2009 15:58

Love it. We ruled it out for some reason - I think DH decided it was too biblical.
But that aside, I love it.

Wasn't the kid in Sleepless in Seattle called Elijah?

PrammyMammy · 26/05/2009 16:15

Love it. It was on our list for ds, who ended up Noah. Go for it.

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boodleboot · 26/05/2009 19:33

LOVE LOVE LOVE it......

3lilgirlsxxx · 26/05/2009 19:40

Love it, i only seem to have girls or it'd be on the top of my boys list!!!

cthea · 26/05/2009 19:47

Elijah sounds ugly, sorry. Eli is nice. But not Elijah.