https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:43:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718432 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:54:42 +0000 avivoca 718432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've got a gender-neutral name, and nobody ever teased me for it. I do sometimes get Mr. Evans, especially on cold call emails or from elderly gentleman, but not often enough to really bother me. I love Elliott for a girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718421 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:47:58 +0000 maybebaby 718421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Elliot for a girl. And if she is called Elliot, great, if she decides she wants to be Elle or Ellie, great. The other thing I love about unisex names is that she will not be discriminated against when applying to jobs for being a woman. If you love it, that is all that matters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718327 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:45:02 +0000 blackbird 718327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes it's a boys name but I like Elliott. And as for your friends who dislike it? Eff 'em :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718272 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:17:32 +0000 mauri 718272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Elliott for a girl! I also went to high school with girls named Ryan and Elijah, and the names fit them perfectly. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718270 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:17:14 +0000 Dandelion 718270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it! I had never heard of it being anything other than a boy's name, but I think it sounds really good as a girl's name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718227 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:58:47 +0000 Sweet T 718227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Elliot for a girl! I actually prefer it as a girl's name. If we have a girl, it's on our list as a middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718199 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:27:35 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 718199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I absolutely love it. And I think there are a few ladies here who have little girl Elliotts. I know one IRL, too. It would definitely be on our list if we didn't have an uncle Elliott. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-718083 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:03:13 +0000 Ra 718083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE Elliott for a girl! I've loved since I first heard it on "Scrubs."</p> <p>FWIW...I have a female friend named Ryan. She LOVES having a name that is typically masculine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-717275 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:34:37 +0000 birdofafeather 717275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Elliott for a girl! It's adorable! Don't let other people dissuade you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-717205 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:23:33 +0000 heffalump 717205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love that name for a girl!</p> <p>I think for some people names just have to grow on you. I have friends that have kids who's names I didn't love at first, but once you meet and get to know the baby it starts making sense for them. And once you start loving the baby you start loving the name too, because you associate it with good things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716933 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:27:04 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 716933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You stick to your guns and don't tell another single soul until your beautiful Elliot is born. She can always call herself Ellie if that suits her more.</p> <p>I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716897 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:15:39 +0000 LuLu Mom 716897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: HAHA this makes me laugh, thanks for sharing. I wish i would have known this 20 years ago when I was getting made fun of ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716882 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:10:59 +0000 SugarplumsMom 716882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a cute name for a girl! So sorry people are giving you grief because of it. This is the very reason why we made sure to not share our names before DD was born. People can be such aholes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716816 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:39 +0000 Trailmix 716816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend whose daughter's name is Elliott and I never thought twice about it, To me, it sounds like a gender-neutral name, not specifically a boy's name! I say go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716806 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:51:42 +0000 Cherrybee 716806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: @woodentulip: @BananaPancakes: Thank you for sharing stories about other little girl Elliotts (I think there are some more but replying on different pages is so difficult!!) </p> <p>It's funny, really. I nixed so many names for being too popular and now I'm really excited to hear about other little girls with the name I've chosen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716783 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:46:43 +0000 woodentulip 716783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two things:</p> <p>1-this is exactly why we kept names to ourselves! everyone has an opinion, and frankly, my opinion and my DH's opinion was all that mattered to me!<br /> 2-there is a little girl who goes to swimming lessons right after my older daughter, and her name is elliott! and it is so sweet, and so is she! they call her ella for short :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716771 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:43:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 716771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would've never pegged it for a girl's name, but I LOVE it!! You might just start a trend with that one. We call our little girl Ellie sometimes too (her name is Noelle). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716734 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:35:30 +0000 ShootingStar 716734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's kind of cute and love the nickname Ellie. But if you asked which gender or gender neutral is it, I would've gone with boy, as I think it's more common. As long as you're ok with it occasionally being assumed she's a boy, then go for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716728 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:34:49 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 716728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that I've read it like a thousand times on this thread, it's growing on me. Especially with Ellie as a nickname.</p> <p>But if I was a kid, I wouldn't want people to automatically assume I was a boy - which they most often will. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716709 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:30:09 +0000 MrsRoo 716709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE IT. And I'm generally one who is not a fan of unisex names at all. I think you should go for it! </p> <p>Our family was not a fan of our top 2 names, but once we found out its a girl and firmly chose our name, they grew to love it. As long as you and DH love the name, that's really all that matters, and it will set the tone for reactions from those close to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716704 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:29:06 +0000 PrincessBaby 716704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FWIW I watched scrubs for years and never noticed that Elliot's name was a "boy name!" I always thought it/she was so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716703 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:29:02 +0000 Cherrybee 716703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tysonja: Oooh, how exciting!! Let us know what your LO is!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716702 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:28:31 +0000 anbanan15 716702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actualy love it as a girls name and think you could use Ellie as a nickname if you wanted/needed something more girly sounding, but Elliot is beautiful! </p> <p>My friend recently had a baby and they kept all potential names between themselves for this very reason. Her husband was afraid that people's reactions would shape their name choices and they had a hard time naming their first child. If you love the name and both agree on it I would try to just ignore them and keep them to yourselves for the time being. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716696 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:27:46 +0000 PrincessBaby 716696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When the baby is here, it will just fit her and everyone will accept it. My daughter is Harper James and both of our families thought it was WAY too masculine and now that she's here, they love it and when people ask her name and I tell them, everyone is nuts about it! I think when the baby is here and is all cute and cuddly, people are a lot more accepting than when they dont have a real person to associate it with.</p> <p>And if anyone doesnt like it, they can suck it, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716692 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:25:59 +0000 Ash 716692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's so cute!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716691 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:25:57 +0000 tysonja 716691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think its really cute, actually. i definitely would picture a boy first, if i just heard the name, but i think gender neutral names are becoming more and more popular and it won't turn heads as much as perhaps in the past. probably within her own school friends there will be others with 'unsual' names, too!</p> <p>all that said, i think you should go with it, but still brace for people's possibly negative reactions and try your best not to be bothered by it, as it probably will come up from time to time! :)</p> <p>congrats on a baby girl coming!! we have our 20 week ultrasound today to find out, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716633 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:11:31 +0000 daniellemybelle 716633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is exactly why we will tell NO ONE our baby name selections until the baby is born and named! Some rude people will still give their opinions, but at least then there can't be any waffling on our part. ;)</p> <p>Boy names for girls is not my preference overall, but I think your choice is perfectly lovely and reasonable, and not "weird" at all. At the end of the day, its your child and you get to name them. The opinion of others really shouldn't matter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716596 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:59:03 +0000 meredithNYC 716596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it and think it would be totally fine in the US, but maybe because it's rare in the UK people would have a hard time accepting it? I can tell you I heard worse when I was teaching in London, so I say if you like it, go with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716559 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:49:20 +0000 photojane 716559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like it &amp; I wouldn't worry about what other people think. I mean, who cares? There will always be people who find something wrong with whatever you do. I say, if y'all are happy that's all that matters! And, as far as her being picked on, I wouldn't worry about it. Kids can find a way of making fun of ANY name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-matter-if-everyone-you-tell-recoils-at-your-name-choice/page/2#post-716536 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:43:44 +0000 Mrsjets 716536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it! I like masculine names for girls though. That said I don't like less than masculine names for boys. If that makes sense. I say keep any name you choose private unit she's born to keep people's manners in check :) </p>