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My reaction is about the same as if you'd said she had a son named Emer. It just seems wrong to me, like an embarrassing error. Elliot is not a new name; it is traditionally masculine. Just because Emer ends with an -ur sound like Christopher and Alistair, does not magically make it suitable for a man, and just because Elliot has "Ellie" in it and ends with an -ut sound like Juliet or Charlotte, does not magically make it suitable for a woman. Apologies, but I'm one of those stick-in-the-muds who thinks that if you use a name that is traditionally gendered, it actually does matter if a person is male or female. =P