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Ellery?

JoJo1111JoJo1111 member
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I met a girl years ago with the name Ellery and immediately fell in love with it. I assumed it was made up but according to behind the name it is a form of Hillary. My only concern is that it is traditionally a masculine name. To me there is nothing masculine about Ellery (or Hillary) but I like my girl names to be feminine and boy names to be masculine. What do you think? Masculine or feminine?
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    JoJo1111JoJo1111 member
    edited December 2014
    Hmm I thought behind the name was pretty trusted for origins. Is there a more accurate website for name origins?
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    carolyngracecarolyngrace member
    One of my top names is Elodie. I like it a lot better than Ellery, since like pp said it reminds me of celery. 

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    dj99dj99 member
    Not sure about Ellery but I know a girl with the name Allary which I always thought was pretty.


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    JoJo1111JoJo1111 member
    edited December 2014
    Is babynamespedia a good site? Even though I love love the name Ellery, I don't really love the idea of using a masculine name on a girl. I do like Elodie. Any other names I should consider? Dd is Amelia. Other names on the list
    Isadora
    Clara
    Charlotte
    Madeline
    Blanche

    Eta Eleri is beautiful as well! I would need someone Welsh to check that I was pronouncing it right!
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    Dr.LorettaDr.Loretta member

    Masculine.

    How about Claudia?

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    JoJo1111JoJo1111 member
    Thank you for the insight and name suggestions! I'm sure I will be back for more help once we find out what this little munchkin is in a few weeks.
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    emaddockemaddock member
    My daughter has a friend named Ilaria which is apparently the Italian version of Hilary.
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    pipeTsquaredpipeTsquared member
    Ellery - no, just no 
    Eleri - Lovely 

    (Meleri is on our list for the next one. I also know many a Teleri)


    @JoJo1111 - as was said it is Eh-Leh-re/Eh-Lair-Re
    Welsh is a phoentic language, you say stuff exactly how it is written (always). The emphasis is mostly always on the middle syllable (if possible) but a Welsh person would inflect on the last -re. (It is just the accent we inflect at the end of words, why it sounds sing-songy)


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    housewifebecomesherhousewifebecomesher member
    edited December 2014
    I like the suggestion of Eleri, sorry OP, Ellery is just NMS.

    What about Mallory?
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    bromios said:
    pipeTsquared said:
    Ellery - no, just no 
    Eleri - Lovely 

    (Meleri is on our list for the next one. I also know many a Teleri)


    @JoJo1111 - as was said it is Eh-Leh-re/Eh-Lair-Re
    Welsh is a phoentic language, you say stuff exactly how it is written (always). The emphasis is mostly always on the middle syllable (if possible) but a Welsh person would inflect on the last -re. (It is just the accent we inflect at the end of words, why it sounds sing-songy)
    Is this like a pitch accent where you would modulate your voice higher on the -re vs. a stress accent?
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    It is very much an inflection, where you go higher than the rest of the word. It isn't a stress 
    (sorry I'm not explaining it well, linguistics and the voice I am not the best at)


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    4N6s4N6s member
    I want to like it, but it reminds me of celery too... Which I hate.
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