Eli, becauseEli is the one that I say how I assume you want it pronounced: EE-lye. I'm familiar with Ely as a surname and have only heard it said EE-lee. So Eli is my pick.
I would pronounce Ely as EE-lee, and I know it as a surname, which puts me off. Eli definitely beats Ely, but I do think it's too nicknamey to be a full name.
a popular full name in the UK is Elle and Ellie, pronounced the same, but those are used for girls. Out of your two options for a girl I would use Ely and a boy Eli This wasn't part of the question, but I quite like Elliot, but Eli is great
Eli is usually said which a long e, EE-lie (rhyming with see and buy). I would say Elle like the letter L and Ellie as rhyming with bell and see, so I don't really get the connection.Do you really pronounce Eli, Ellie and Elle the same?
My daughter's name is Elizabeth and her nickname is Ellie (rhyming with belly). We also call her Elle (the letter L, like the magazine and Elle MacPherson). Eli, I would think is a boy's name and goes with EE-lie.
In the UK we generally do. Elle is a popular and modern way of spelling Ellie, though in french lessons we say it as in "L" And I've only ever known Eli to be a nickname of Elliot, so I've known it said like Ellie, as in "el-lee"
fair enough, it depends on the parents, and also where we live. I live in an area where Biblical names such as Elijah do not flourish, and the only Elle I ever met was said like Ellie. I also much prefer Elle as "L" but it's a habit now.
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