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Help[Opinions] I don't like it at all
in reply to a message by Elinor
No! I'm sorry, but Elijah's a male name to me. It was a male name in the Bible, and has been used exclusively for boys for hundreds of years. Even if it's used for girls in your area, I believe most of the world still considers it 100% male. I liken it to Joshua or even John on a girl, really--it just doesn't wash with me.
Just because a male name ends in -a or -ah doesn't make it feminine. See Joshua, again, or many of the Russian diminutives for male names (Vanya, Dima, Pasha, etc), or African male names like Kobina.
I agree with Shantastic, in that I agree that it's particularly pointless to use Elijah for a girl when you have the oh-so-similar sounding Eliza. (Kind of like using Aubrey instead of Audrey on a girl, really.) I also agree with Carrie about encouraging this male names on girls trend.
Elijah Laurel does sound nice though.
Miranda
Just because a male name ends in -a or -ah doesn't make it feminine. See Joshua, again, or many of the Russian diminutives for male names (Vanya, Dima, Pasha, etc), or African male names like Kobina.
I agree with Shantastic, in that I agree that it's particularly pointless to use Elijah for a girl when you have the oh-so-similar sounding Eliza. (Kind of like using Aubrey instead of Audrey on a girl, really.) I also agree with Carrie about encouraging this male names on girls trend.
Elijah Laurel does sound nice though.
Miranda
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