My son is Elliot Paul - Paul is a family name and I love his whole name. We spell it with t, hoping it would separate it from the last name which is more commonly spelled with 2 ts. It is often misspelled - anyone who doesn't know will guess 2 ts. I don't regret it though because I still think it looks more like a first name this way.
DS is Elliott. We love the spelling with 2 t's, however daycare always misspells it as Elliot. I don't know if this is going to continue forever, but I'd still go with the 2 t's if I had to do it again.
DD would have been an Elliot (with one T) if she had been a boy. We were leaning towards Elliot Jude. Since its such a long name, I would stick with a short and sweet MN.
Re: Need a MN for Elliot
My son is Elliot Paul - Paul is a family name and I love his whole name. We spell it with t, hoping it would separate it from the last name which is more commonly spelled with 2 ts. It is often misspelled - anyone who doesn't know will guess 2 ts. I don't regret it though because I still think it looks more like a first name this way.
DS is Elliott. We love the spelling with 2 t's, however daycare always misspells it as Elliot. I don't know if this is going to continue forever, but I'd still go with the 2 t's if I had to do it again.
And his middle name is Scott, after DH.
not sure about spelling, but my first thought for MN is michael. i also like matthew.