Elijah?

[BlameItOnTheBogey]

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?

[thelollipoplady]

Told people we were going to call bump Elijah as a joke - but it's grown on me... and now on our shortlist!

[NormaSknockers]

LOL tummy to this day DH's grandparents still refuse to call DS Elijah referring to him as 'The little fella' instead DS is now almost 10 months old!!

[tummytickler]

Norma - we have 6 year old ds called Elijah, but we also liked Raymond, but my Dad said 'no way - you cant call a child that!', refering to Raymond! haha .

[magbags]

It's a lovely name (I like Eli too). BTW kid in Sleepless in Seatle was called Jonah!

[claired21]

I love it but DP ruled it out for us.

[NormaSknockers]

I adore it, but I am biased as my DS is Elijah - although he gets called Ligee or Slider by his sister

We had a mixed reaction when we announced it after his birth (his great grandad said we should have called him something "normal" like Raymond) but we both absolutely love it & it suits him to a T!

Go for it

[BlameItOnTheBogey]

Glad it helped trixie. Interestingly, one of the things that is maybe stopping us from using it is that we are Jewish and DH is convinced that DS would get bored of jokes about empty seats at passover (where Elijah is meant to sit). So either way, you can't win....

[trixiechick]

oh yay
I was getting very stressed about imminent baby being a boy and nameless forever. Elijah has been on our list but something i couldn't put my finger on, (maybe it being too jewish when i'm not?)was stopping me.
This thread has made up my mind I am officially happy to put Elijah at the top of my shortlist(vv shortlist). A girl stands a much better of being named in this house.

Eli is great as a nn too.

Thanks

[bronze]

my favourite though was swinging towards Elias as rarer but I wasn't allowed either

[RachieB]

Lovely

[Kayteee]

I like it...Elias is nice too.

[cthea]

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

[3lilgirlsxxx]

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

[boodleboot]

LOVE LOVE LOVE it......

[Thefearlessfreak]

Tis gorgeous. I know an Ely and it's a cool name

[PrammyMammy]

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

[HellHathNoFury]

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?

[BlameItOnTheBogey]

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

[sockmonster]

We like

[MrsMattie]

Love it.

[Wilkiepedia]

Love it

[ICantGoBackToSavouryNow]

Thumb up here too.

[VoteMerlin]

Friend has an Elijah -- love it

[ProfYaffle]

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

[Thunderduck]

Love it. It's a great name.