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12-04-2012 at 9:43 AM
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Final Two Poll

You may remember that I posted a few weeks back that we had decided on Greyson Elliot for our little man. Well, despite the fact that we did not mention this to anyone (even family) another couple in our small community just named their daughter Gracen Elizabeth! DH and I are NOT throwing our first choice out, but we know these two will end up in school together so we have decided to have a second name ready and wait until his birth to decide for sure.

Siblings are Carys Jo and Sawyer Burt. We like both Reed and Rhys as MNs. I think DH is leaning toward Rhys as it is a Welsh name (like Carys) and his family line is from England Wales.

Thanks ladies :)

P.S. We decided on the spelling Elliot as that is how it has been used in Dh's family :)

Which do you prefer?

 

  • Elliot Reed (49.3%)
  • Elliot Rhys (50.7%)
  • Total Votes: 152
  • Voting Ended: 12/14/2012
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12-04-2012 at 9:47 AM
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I like both of them, but am leaning more towards Rhys as the middle name since it has meaning for DH.

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12-04-2012 at 9:57 AM
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I really like both, though I lean toward Rhys. (I also prefer the Reid spelling.)
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12-04-2012 at 10:37 AM
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Reed is a great middle name
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12-04-2012 at 10:41 AM
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I love Rhys, but I think Elliot Reed sounds better
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12-04-2012 at 10:46 AM
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Elliot Reed is lovely!
 
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Just to throw something else out there- have you thought about Graydon? It's similar to Greyson- but different and I find it to be more masculine.
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12-04-2012 at 10:53 AM
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I prefer Elliot over Grayson!! My vote was for Elliot Reed!
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Elliot Rhys.
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12-04-2012 at 10:55 AM
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JulianneJacks:
Just to throw something else out there- have you thought about Graydon? It's similar to Greyson- but different and I find it to be more masculine.

Thank you for the suggestion.

I mentioned to DH that we also consider

Grady Elliot and Graydon Elliot or Grey Elliot (As incorporating the color name Grey/Gray was our original intent.)

Sometimes it feels like we take one step forward and two steps back! But, I know that when he arrives we will choose the perfect name :)
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12-04-2012 at 10:59 AM
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i like Grady! 

Elliot is also a great name 
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12-04-2012 at 11:18 AM
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You can't really go wrong with either.
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12-04-2012 at 11:36 AM
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Since Scrubs still airs on syndication all the time and probably will for quite a while, I voted Rhys.  

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12-04-2012 at 11:49 AM
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Ha!  Good call on the Scrubs reference!

I voted for Rhys so all kids get a Y in their names.  But based on that, I might switch Elliot to Grady or one of the other Grey names.  But I love Elliot too.  I can see why this is difficult!

 

ETA: I just reread what you wrote and I think I am leaning more towards Grady or Greydon, etc. now.  Good luck!
 
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12-04-2012 at 11:59 AM
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It's too bad your name choice was used before you had a chance. Especially as Gracen or Greyson is a boys name through and through...I like Elliot Rhys it sounds very nice together
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I like Elliot so much better than Greyson!

I don't think you can go wrong with these MNs, but I voted for Rhys.
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pas1224:
I like both of them, but am leaning more towards Rhys as the middle name since it has meaning for DH.

This.  And I like the flow of Elliot Rhys more.  I don't care for Grady or Graydon.  I would stick with Elliot.
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12-04-2012 at 12:36 PM
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I voted for Elliot Reed, but I like either.  I think Rhys sounds a little too similar to Carys.  Also, Reed is English too.  
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I prefer Elliot Rhys.

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12-04-2012 at 8:07 PM
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Elliot Reed like from Scrubs?
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12-05-2012 at 8:58 AM
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MrsGlaedr:
Elliot Reed like from Scrubs?

I see that we keep getting this response...but we have never seen even one episode of this show.

I think we have settled on Rhys as our alternative MN. DH has always had Reed on his list of FN with every one of our children. "R" is a popular MI in my family and we like short MN with our long last name so that is why Reed was an option. Plus, I think it sounds nice.

But we had no idea that Elliot Reed was on a program! When we named our DS Sawyer we found out during the c-section that it was a main character on some program...I think maybe "Lost?'
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