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Help[Opinions] Does anyone else like Elliott better on girls?
I like it better for some reason. Sounds more feminine.
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I guess my prejudice will show here...I find it too feminine for a boy, with the potential nickname "Ellie". On a girl, I think it's too masculine, because of its long history of male usage. If I had to choose Elliott for a male or female, I would much prefer to use it on a boy. I'm just not a fan of it on either gender, honestly. I mean no offense!
I don't like it for either gender. It seems super preppy. Maybe I would say there is something prissy about it, but I think that perception's originating from the preppiness.
In general, I think all surnames used as first names are unisex.
In general, I think all surnames used as first names are unisex.
I think it sounds more feminine too, but I still like it on boys.
Nah, I really dislike it on both genders.
It's very slimey and limp, it's just faintly... damp. Oozy. Moist. Snotty. It's the auditory version of the colour and texture of celery that's gone old in the bottom of the fridge. It's one of my absolute least favourite names. I dislike it so much, I forget it exists until I stumble upon it again and get unpleasantly surprised.
On a boy it's very, very bad. On a girl, it's a very, very bad name which is now being shoe-horned onto a girl.
It's very slimey and limp, it's just faintly... damp. Oozy. Moist. Snotty. It's the auditory version of the colour and texture of celery that's gone old in the bottom of the fridge. It's one of my absolute least favourite names. I dislike it so much, I forget it exists until I stumble upon it again and get unpleasantly surprised.
On a boy it's very, very bad. On a girl, it's a very, very bad name which is now being shoe-horned onto a girl.
This message was edited 4/15/2025, 1:11 PM
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It's the sound. It sounds like Ellie with the feminine -ette ending.
Like Elliette. Once you read it spelled like that, it's hard to imagine it as purely masculine again.
But really, all names that start off as surnames don't inherently have a gender (except for names that mean son/daughter,like Jackson etc.)
It's the sound. It sounds like Ellie with the feminine -ette ending.
Like Elliette. Once you read it spelled like that, it's hard to imagine it as purely masculine again.
But really, all names that start off as surnames don't inherently have a gender (except for names that mean son/daughter,like Jackson etc.)
I had a friend at uni whose ln was Eliot; not sure of the spelling, it was a long time ago. Her given name was Yvonne, but everyone called her Penny. Nobody even thought of calling her by her surname. I don't enjoy it as a boy name either, but then I don't like lnfns in general.