And no. I always inwardly shuddered when I saw it on Scrubs.
And she'll very likely (though not inevitably) become Ellie/Ella/Elle so you might as well give the poor thing a proper feminine name and if you want something different to
Eleanor etc there is always
Elaine,
Electra,
Elfreda,
Eliana,
Elmira,
Elvira etc. Something that will tell people she is actually a girl because regardless of whether she has a feminine middle name or not she is not going to be known as, eg,
Elliot Madelina her whole life. She will just be Girl-Elliot to distinguish her from all the male Elliots she'll meet.
This message was edited 9/15/2008, 11:02 AM