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Elliot is totally masculine, and no matter how many people name their little girls the male name Elliot, it'll still be a masculine name - just somewhat common on girls. That will never make it seem feminine, to me.

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So I don't think you have to worry about using a particularly butch middle name with it; just one that is obviously masculine which isn't used on females...

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I don't agree with you about names beginning with vowels seeming more feminine. I do think that it's possible, though, that having all short vowels and no long vowels might make a name seem "lighter" .. maybe that is what seems feminine to you?

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Anyway, I think Elliot James is the most masculine looking combo on your list.. All of the other middle names have a similar gentleness about them - not making them less masculine, nor more feminine, but they have a gentler quality as opposed to sounding butch. Nicholas is pretty darn masculine too, but James is more so. I think I get these impressions from the length of the vowels (A in James, O in Nicholas).

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Maybe try to think of male names you like that have a long vowel, stressed.

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Examples:
Owen
Julian
Ivan
Michael
Darius
Rudolf
Silas
Ethan
Aidan
Keith
Lucas

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- chazda

This message was edited 1/26/2005, 11:01 PM