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Ellis and...

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I prefer Ellis...because of Ellis Marsalis

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Gareth is nice, but like Joreth more.

I really liked Gareth a lot, except I'm a little afraid of the nn Gary, which I don't care for much. (Then again, a child born these days... by the time he's old enough to be taking a nn, Gary might be right in style again!) Anyway, I love names with "th" sounds and Gareth is just nice sounding imo.

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Then I got into the show "The Office" (Brit version) and it really makes me think of that weird character. So that's kind of a turn off. Up until that point I'd really imagined a Gareth to be handsome and likable.

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Ellis was the name of an extremely awkward and nerdy guy I knew in high school. And I actually always found the name kind of too feminine. I'm not saying I'd like it on a girl. But I didn't really like it on a guy either. Kind of like Addison I guess, which I find too masculine for girls and too feminine for guys.

I like both, and I think they'd sound great as brothers.

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

I like Gareth better. Ellis seems kinda dorky to me, and I think of Hollis, which is a girls name to me.

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By the way, I was doing your poll, and you have it so we can't pick one of each symbol. It's a "one choice" poll!

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Julia Keelan

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"I don't mean to be rude-" he began in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.
"-yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often."
~ From Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Vernon Dursley to Albus Dumbledore.

sorry about the two messages! I didn't mean to post two.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Ellis!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Ellis!

I went to school with a boy named Ellis. I said "Oh, like the island?" and he said "Yes." and that was all. He wasn't teased about his name as far as I know. I thought it was a nice change from the ten thousand Jasons and Chris' and Michaels.

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Gareth sounds lispy.

I totally disagree with all of you. I love the name Ellis. I think Gareth sounds like a goth or punk rocker, but that's just my opinion.

Love both! After watching The Office, Gareth can never leave my long list. And I know the cutest little boy named Ellis. I used to think it was pretty fem sounding but not any more.

I like Gareth. It's got a lovely soft sound. There's a chance it'll date him though, with Celtic names being so trendy right now. The only Ellis I know is a woman, and then there's the female author Ellis Peters (though apparently her real name is Edith) ... so I see that as a female name. Not to mention, it sounds the same as Alice in a posh Edinburgh accent :-)

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♥Elinor♥

Both are definitely interesting, but I would choose Gareth to avoid Ellis Island connotations.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July