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It has an elegant ring to it, but I can't see myself using it.

I quite like it. I don't think it's particularly feminine which many others seem to think. I prefer the Ellery spelling although Elery makes it a bit more masculine.
Both James Elery and Elery James are very nice. I also like Elery Paul and Elery Thomas.

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It's nice, but I wouldn't use it personally as I find it too feminine.
I like Elery Thomas and Elery Jacob best from your list.

I don't like it personally though i think Ellery for a girl is pretty if not my style

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Elery Thomas is my favourite from your list

Now a days, it would most likely look like a girly name. Sort of sounds like Celery or Ellie.

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Is there an original spelling of it? I can't find the name.

I grew up with a TV series of the "Ellery Queen" mystery books. So Ellery is all male to me.

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It's a bit surname-y for me, but it does have a nice sound to it. I feel the same way about Avery.

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Go ahead and use it for a boy. I'm going to start a movement to "take back the name." Parents of little boys will do the fighting for me by using tradtionaly male names like these for their sons.

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When will parents of little girls be sated? Why must they continually pinch boy names? When will I get a life and stop obsessing about this stuff? :-)

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P.S. My parents named my sister Hilary, so that tells you how full of it I am.

This message was edited 3/10/2009, 2:00 PM