Message: "Ellis" - Behind the Name

Ellis

by Cora (Lyric)

8/3/2007, 10:24 AM

I really like the name Ellis, but it's too surname-y for me as a given name. Can I use it as a nn for something else? Maybe something a little longer? Victoria (VictoriaCalledTori) gave me the idea of Elliot. Any other names you can think of? TIA!

#Ellis

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- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +1

8/3/2007, 11:07 AM

There's also Ellery, but Elliot and Ellery are also both surnames.

Just use Ellis. Anything else nn Ellis is just going to sound contrived.

Array

- mollyann

8/3/2007, 11:11 AM

Just use Ellis. Anything else nn Ellis is just going to sound contrived.

Yes, I agree. I don't personally like Ellis but, as a general rule, I'm not opposed to surnames as given names on boys. However, if the surnameyness of Ellis bothers you, maybe you could use it as a middle name.

- Eilis (Suibhne)

8/3/2007, 11:05 AM

I'd just go with Ellis, if that's what I liked. It sounds too forced to me when it's applied as a nickname. It's the -is ending that makes it too random; it's just not a sound that I think can be pulled out of the air and work well for a longer name that doesn't also end in it. Ellis as a nickname for any name I came up with just struck me as being mismatched.

- Nirvanna

8/3/2007, 11:03 AM

Ellison
Elian

- Sara (guest)

8/3/2007, 10:36 AM

Elijah ~(ish)

Elias

Elliot

then i run out of ideas :S sorry

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