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Maaaan, it ruffles my feathers whenever someone says Elisha is too feminine. I think it's because a lot of people have begun using this spelling on girls, but still with the pronunciation of Alicia. I suppose if someone unfamiliar with the name were to simply look at it, I can understand the mistake, but once they hear Elisha's true pronunciation, I don't understand how it could seem feminine at all. The pronunciation "ee-LIE-shuh" just exudes masculinity, in my opinion. What I really don't understand is that girls these days can have blatantly masculine names, but a boy cannot have a true boy's name just because some people are unaware of the name's true pronunciation.

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If you were to use this name, pronunciation errors are pretty much guaranteed, and stemming from that may be gender errors. However, I think that if someone meeting little Elisha for the first time heard his name before seeing it spelt out would be able to easily tell it was a boy's name. Honestly, if you love it, I think you should use it. It's a very handsome name!