Anonymous wrote:Make sure you have another boyish name to choose from if you have another girl. Someone would feel like they got the short end of the stick if your second daughter has a feminine name.

Ha! Good point. Elliot and Olivia. Elliot and Sophia. That certainly doesn't work. Even Elliot and Madison sound like brother and sister.

I love Elliot! It was on my girl list and i have no family connection. I think it's cute

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you have another boyish name to choose from if you have another girl. Someone would feel like they got the short end of the stick if your second daughter has a feminine name.

I should have added, my great aunts were named Tommie and Grace. Tommie always hated that she had a "boys' " name and Grace had the girls' name.

Make sure you have another boyish name to choose from if you have another girl. Someone would feel like they got the short end of the stick if your second daughter has a feminine name.

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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.

I think that it would be a mistake to conclude that DCUM is reality. Indeed there are days when I think that DCUM is nothing but performance art, with no resemblance to reality at all.

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

Do you mean your DD?

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. 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."

+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.

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.

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

Do you mean your DD?

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. 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."

+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.

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.

Every male Elliott I've ever met has seemed pretty effeminate, so....yes, I think it works well for a girl.

Anonymous wrote:Only if you use Stabler for her middle name.

I like this person ^^. I was the T.S. Eliot post. Stabler is even better. Give the kid a break? She's going to be miserable all the way through school if you saddle her with Elliot as a name. New Yorkers will immediately go to "Spitzer" too. It's just too cruel.

I love it!

If I were you, I'd definitely go for it, and pick an unmistakeably feminine name for her middle name. That way, years down the road, people will know she's a woman if she just signs her full name on correspondence (or puts her full name on her resume). Done and done!

Anonymous wrote:I love it for a girl, and its on our list. You have to remember DCUM is full of the old fuddie duddie, super old fashioned, naming crowd. We like the idea of gender neutral/ male names for girls, as on paper (resumes) she will be on equal footing, and won't be judged by/for her femininity.

Ha ha ha ha ha ... oh ha haha hah a.... sorry.. I'll pick myself up from off the floor in a minute... ha ha ha ha ha ha

I think this would be a pain for you daughter and I think you could accomplish the same goal of honoring the deceased relative with an "El" name or using Elliott as a middle name.

I worked with someone named Darcy (male) and his signature and cards all said "Mr. Darcy....". Probably gets OLD.

This is OT but similar (funky spellings), I know someone with one of those Irish spellings (think Siboan, etc) and she actually has on her door, business cards, and email signature the phonetic spelling of her name. Also, everyone in the office mangles it because they can't remember how to spell or prononuce it. Fortunately, she is very good natured and funny about it, but it must get SO OLD.

OP, I love it! Super cute.

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

Do you mean your DD?

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. 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."

Not the PP you quoted, but of course people (at least the vast majority) aren't going to tell you they hate your child's name. Regardless, I think most of us are smart enough to tell the difference between a real compliment and someone who's just being polite.

Middle name please. That's what we did with my daughter, who I wanted to name after my deceased father.