To be honest, I’m not liking it. And though I love nature and word names, I can’t get past the heavy image of ‘Elk’ in it. I’m not sure, but I think it also has too heavy a sound for my liking or something.
I honestly cannot decide…
It isn’t an awful name, but I wouldn’t personally use it…
Elkan or Elkin… I like the LOOK of Elkan better, but Elkin looks more “real” if that makes sense.
Elkin would have the easier option of Kin if he dislikes the name.
The “Elk” part is sort of iffy.
Ooh, I like [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] or [name_m]Heath[/name_m] much better than Elkin! It’s a little out there for me…maybe better fit for Middle [name_f]Earth[/name_f]?
Makes me think of the Yiddish girl name [name_f]Elka[/name_f]. I know a few little girls named [name_f]Elka[/name_f] and Elkie, and while at first it was a shocker, it is growing on me more and more since those girls are so incredibly adorable.
If you’ve got frum relatives, you’d get a lot of ‘You mean like [name_f]Elka[/name_f] but for a boy?!’
I like [name_u]Micha[/name_u]'s suggestion of Elkana. That would be really cool for his Hebrew name. I like off-the-beaten-track biblical names. Elkana is a good one.