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I agree, not as a full name.

I think it's horrible for a girl as a full name, but OK as nn.

Surely they could name her Eliana, Eliora, or, as already said, Elinor!

Maybe they could get away with it as a nn for Elinor or something, but it looks ignorant and silly as a full name for a girl.
I know a rabbi by this name, so I associate it with a tall guy with a black beard. Definitely not feminine.

*bursts into tears*

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Please, no. It's so masculine. It's no more feminine than David, Moses, or Abner.

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If she insists on Eli, I wish she'd choose Elinor and use Eli as a nn.

I was just thinking about this [m]

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I like it! I really do it works.

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ETA: though I prefer Eli as NN for a boy

This message was edited 4/15/2009, 8:16 PM

No!!!

I really don't like it for a girl. Eli is not a bendable name to me.

I've never known it to be a girl name. I knew a boy named Eli, but no girls. Perhaps Ellie or another similar E (or I) name.

Its a boy name, maybe suggest Ellie instead.