best spelling of Elliott

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Registered: 12-09-2005
best spelling of Elliott
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Wed, 03-28-2007 - 3:46pm

best spelling of Elliott



  • Elliott
  • Elliot
  • Eliott
  • Eliot


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Registered: 09-29-2005
Wed, 03-28-2007 - 3:58pm

I'd stick with either the all-single (Eliot) or all-double (Elliott) spellings -- Elliot and Eliott always look off to me, if you KWIM. All or nothing, so to speak. ;)

FWIW, I immediately associate Eliot with George Eliot, so it seems more feminine in my mind (though my second thought is T.S. Eliot, so that's admittedly skewed logic LOL). Still, I prefer Elliott for a boy (unless, of course, it IS a nod to George Eliot).

HTH


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Registered: 06-14-2003
Wed, 03-28-2007 - 5:12pm
Ya know, I thought that would have been easy until I stared at your choices for a few seconds & they all started to look odd to me. It's amazing how our minds work when we ask them to! It's like repeating a common word a few times ... it starts to sound like a foreign language, LOL.
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Registered: 11-01-2005
Thu, 03-29-2007 - 6:20pm

I can't remember if you are thinking of Elliott for a boy or girl (I know someone was thinking of it for a girl).

For a boy, I think Elliott is a better spelling. For a girl, Eliot (in honor of the author George Eliot, aka Mary Anne Evans)

AJ, enjoying life with C.