(Closed) What do you think of the baby boy name….

• sarahbabs
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: September 2012

Honestly, I do not like it either.  It does sound feminine, but Elijah is a great name 🙂

• expecting rain
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2012

I don’t like it either. Pretty much because of the same reasons as above. My mom messed with the spelling of my first name and it is so hard to get my name spelt correctly on legal documents. 

• EffieTrinket
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: March 2014

I’m not a huge fan, honestly. It sounds a bit like a bastardized form of “Nigel”.

• kala_way
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: May 2011

I actually know someone who’s name is pronounced that way, but it’s a woman and she spells it Nadzyah (nye-jah). So, yea, I would assume it was a girls names

• MightySapphire
• 9 years ago

My first reaction was “What’s the culture behind that name?”  After you explained it, I like it better, and after reading it throughout the thread I think of it like Kelley or Tracey, which are both androgenous names.  If you like it, use it!

• angeebride
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: July 2011

I’m not a fan.  It sounds made up…even with the biblical reference.  and techincally since you’re shortening it, does it still translate? 

• StuporDuck
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: January 1992

Reminds me of “NyJer Morgan”, a baseball player.

• bells
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2011

I would think its a girls names also.

• sarahbabs
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: September 2012

OP, Nigel is an awesome name 🙂

• Sassygrn
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2011

Sorry I don’t like it either. 

• Mrs.KMM
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: July 2010

I knew exactly how to pronounce it (even without your rhyming reference) but I don’t care for the name.

It sounds made up which turns me off (after your explanation, I know it isn’t, but it still sounds that way).  I also agree with the PPs that it sounds more like a girl’s name.

• EffieTrinket
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: March 2014

• SapphireSun
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2010

I knew exactly how to pronounce it even without the Elijah reference, but I agree that it sounds a little feminine.  I dont’ hate hard to pronounce names though, and I don’t believe kids are scarred for life by them.  I have a name will multiple possible pronuciations and am more in the 1) builds character and confidence to stand up for yourself when it’s important that the name is pronounced correctly, and 2) teaches you about letting the little things go, when someone you’ll never see again says it wrong 😛

• zippylef
• 9 years ago

I agree that it sounds feminine. I’m not a fan.

• Blizzard94
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: October 2011

I love it. Not feminine at all.