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I think Elisha is really nice, but prefer it as a mn, as most people will assume it is an alternative to Alicia. The other three names are nms.

I could see someone thinking an Elisha was a girl - via Alicia/Elissa/Alisha. I might assume it myself, since I've never met a male Elisha, and I have met many Alicias, Alishas, and Elissas. But I do love Elisha for a boy. It's so gently dashing.

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Esperia sounds like the name of a dragon from a fantasy story. Élienne and Éliette sound like faux French invented names. They are all very pretty.

I really like Elisha on a boy. I wouldn't use it myself, but I'd love to see it used more often. I don't think it's girly.

One of my dd's best friends (male) is named Elisha. Didn't care for it much at first because it seemed feminine to me even though I knew it wasn't. When I considered my own nephews whose names have been used for girls (Ezra, Noah), I decided to give Elisha some slack and the more I'm around my dd's friend, the more Elisha does seem masculine to me.

Maaaan, it ruffles my feathers whenever someone says Elisha is too feminine. I think it's because a lot of people have begun using this spelling on girls, but still with the pronunciation of Alicia. I suppose if someone unfamiliar with the name were to simply look at it, I can understand the mistake, but once they hear Elisha's true pronunciation, I don't understand how it could seem feminine at all. The pronunciation "ee-LIE-shuh" just exudes masculinity, in my opinion. What I really don't understand is that girls these days can have blatantly masculine names, but a boy cannot have a true boy's name just because some people are unaware of the name's true pronunciation.

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If you were to use this name, pronunciation errors are pretty much guaranteed, and stemming from that may be gender errors. However, I think that if someone meeting little Elisha for the first time heard his name before seeing it spelt out would be able to easily tell it was a boy's name. Honestly, if you love it, I think you should use it. It's a very handsome name!

I think that anyone who would look at Elisha and expect a girl must be some kind of drooling idiot.

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Esperia and Elienne are pretty. Eliette is too similar to the boy's name Elliot.

I like it and don't find it girly. I like Eliette, I prefer Hesperia to Esperia, Elienne looks like a mutilation of Julienne to me.

I'd expect a boy but wouldn't be taken aback for the bearer to be a girl. I think it's a very handsome name.

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I'm not a fan of Éliette. Esperia is interesting. Étienne is very handsome for the right bearer.

I wouldn't expect a girl - not for one moment - but I would expect a hyper-religious family.

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For the rest, I could just about face Eliette.

I think Elisha sounds really feminine to me. I prefer Elijah and sometimes I hear people pronounce it Eli-zha instead of Eli-jah although I prefer Eli-jah. I do like the sounds of your other names for Girls and I think Eliette is a great middle name for girls although I prefer it spelled Elliette.

Elisha is purely male to me, and I find it weird to even think about it on a girl. So I think it works for a guy.

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I don't like your other ideas though. I do like Eliane, with this spelling.