Is Elliot Still A Masculine Name?

TLee3 · December 2012

Hello

DH & I are expecting our first! It is important to us that a boy have a masculine name, and a girl have a feminine name. We both love with the name Elliot for a boy. But I've started to see people use it for their daughters.

What do you think? Is it still a masculine name? When you see/hear the name Elliot, do you think boy or girl?

sugar212 · December 2012

I don't think of Elliot as a girl name, but I also don't think of it as very masculine either. It might be because the only Elliot(t) I have ever known was a bit strange and awkward.

brookelynpaisley · December 2012

Yes, I still feel strongly that Elliot is masculine.

Mochadoodle · December 2012

Yes, Elliot is still a masculine name.

Fletch82 · December 2012

To me it?s now becoming a unisex name. While I personally associate it as a boy?s name IRL I have only heard it on girls.

plunderb · December 2012

In 2011, there were 2,585 boys named Elliot/Elliott/Eliot/Eliott/Eliut/Eliotte and 635 girls. That's about 4:1 in favor of boys.

Compare that to 2005, when there were 1,537 boys and 215 girls named Elliott/Elliot/Eliot. That's a ratio of more than 7:1 in favor of boys.

Long story short, Elliot is still used predominantly for boys, but the gap is shrinking fast.

BrittRN+ · December 2012

I don't consider Elliot unisex, but I've also never thought it sounded very masculine.

CeCe8579 · December 2012

I think it is!

neverblushed · December 2012

I would assume that a child named Elliot is a boy, although when I hear this name I think "intellectual" more than "jock." I think naming a girl "Elliot" is weird.

So if you're looking for a name that's clearly a boy's name, but that's not necessarily a "tough" name, Elliot is a good choice. If you are looking for a name that's really "tough" sounding, keep looking.

theimpossibleastronaut · December 2012

brookelynpaisley:
Yes, I still feel strongly that Elliot is masculine.

This. Just because a female character on Scrubs had the name does not make it unisex or feminine to me.

megemoney · December 2012

Yes. It is not at all a girl's name.

Zimger · December 2012

Yes, it is a boys name. I know alot of parents are taking masculine names that they think sound feminine and giving them to their daughters. They often follow up with "but I want to dress it up with a frilly MN"

The whole trend makes me feel ill.

I think it is a great name for a boy.

nlscroggins · December 2012

i think of it as a boy name. i would side eye a girl named elliot(t).

anvloveskme · December 2012

I think of it as an exclusively male name

strawberrytree · December 2012

Boy. If I met a girl named Elliott I would assume the parents wanted a boy. Seeing all these boy names on girls makes me want to slam my head against a wall.

jennipea382 · December 2012

nlscroggins:
i think of it as a boy name. i would side eye a girl named elliot(t).

This 100%

Also, people that stop using it because a few girls have the name is the reason why boy names "go to the girls". Stop being afraid to use boy names on boys!