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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS is Elliot and we have only gotten complements. She is named after DH's grandfather. We call her Elliot/Ellie interchangeably. [/quote]

Do you mean your DD?

[b]I will say that "we have only gotten complements" is more likely to mean that you have polite friends, than that every single person loves your daughter's name. [/b] I think that every name will appeal to some people more than others, but that polite people think of something nice to say or keep quiet when they learn a child's name.  I know that I'd choose Elodie or Eliana to honor an Elliot, and yet if I met your little Elliot, all I'd say is something like "How wonderful that you honored family!  She's adorable." [/quote]

+1. I am a foreigner (lived here for over ten years), and find that Americans in particular usually have a delighted response to about everything, especially something like somebody's child's name. I cannot imagine anyone here letting you know that they think your child's name is awful.[/quote]

Agreed.

Which is why I love DCUM so much, you find out that Americans really aren't so jolly at all.  Under that mask of happy smiles, they are really very angry people waiting to cut your throats.[/quote]

If you think people in DC are constantly wearing a "mask of happy smiles" I'd hate to visit wherever it is that you're from originally.  In the US, this area is pretty well known for being rude and unfriendly.  It's definitely the rudest place I've ever lived.
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