As some of you know my husband and I argued over Rhymer (my pick) and Rhimor (his choice) Well I appreciate all of the opinions we received and we decided to go with Rhymer. It’s a perfect name for our son because my husband is a rap artist.
Absolutely in love with it! Now for the middle name. It’s a tradition in my husband’s family for the first born son to have the initials [name]REB[/name].
Rhymer [name]Elyott[/name] is what we both like. I just wanted outsider opinions. It’s Hebrew and means The [name]Lord[/name] is My God. It’s pronounced ee-lie-ut. I think it flows beautifully and has a wonderful ring to it. Thoughts?
I once knew a boy of [name]German[/name] heritage named Reimer and it’s pronounced the same way as Rhymer.
As far your combo Rhymer [name]Elyott[/name] is concerned, I don’t like the spelling of [name]Elliot[/name]/[name]Elliott[/name] and the double y’s in the combo are repetitive and not pleasing on the written page. Many parents are choosing the name [name]Elliott[/name] for their daughters and spelling it with a “y” is their way of “feminizing” the name. For a boy, I would suggest spelling it either [name]Eliot[/name], [name]Elliot[/name] or [name]Elliott[/name].
We chose Rhymer because of its association with music. [name]Elyott[/name] is not pronounced the same as [name]Elliot[/name] or [name]Eliot[/name]. The y spelling is Hebrew. The others are English.
Hmm. I’m not sure where you got your information, but Im not finding any reference to [name]Elyott[/name] as a Hebrew name. On its own I don’t think it’s terrible, by the repeating “y” in Rhymer [name]Elyott[/name] looks awful to me. I understand your reasoning for liking Rhymer, but just seems so literal to me. Anyway, if you want a Hebrew name that starts with an E, I suggest-
[name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Elroy[/name]
[name]Emilio[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Ezri[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
Eliel
Eliat (same pronunciation, correct spelling)
[name]Elihu[/name]
I love word names. Always have… plus my husband’s line of work is very important to him. It is Hebrew. The pronunciation of it says it all. I’ve checked multiple baby name sites and I also have a baby name app on my phone that all confirm it is. I just double checked to make sure I wasn’t seeing things haha. What if I spelled it without the y? There is a spelling variation that has the same pronunciation and is Hebrew.
[name]Elyott[/name] and [name]Eliott[/name].
I actually like the meaning of [name]Eliott[/name] better. I could have my pronunciation too. Does Rhymer [name]Eliott[/name] look better than Rhymer [name]Elyott[/name]?
I’m sorry that people feel the need to criticize Rhymer when you clearly have made your decision and clearly haven’t asked for opinions on the first name! Sorry, needed to get that off my chest lol!
I wouldn’t worry about the spelling of the middle name. [name]Do[/name] what looks best to you. It’s his middle name so no one is ever going to have to pronounce or spell it other than you guys (his parents!).
The y in Rhymer looks right to me (probably because of the name [name]Rhys[/name]) but the y in [name]Elyott[/name] looks like a kooky creative spelling even if it is Hebrew. I think [name]Elyott[/name] spelled with y actually detracts from Rhymer and cheapens that great name.
Rhymer [name]Elijah[/name]
Rhymer [name]Ezra[/name]
Rhymer [name]Everett[/name]
Rhymer [name]Ellington[/name] (another musical name after [name]Duke[/name] [name]Ellington[/name])
Thank you so much to everyone who gave their opinion. I really appreciate it. People commenting on the first name doesn’t bother me as long as they aren’t rude about it haha. Which usually people are very kind on here when explaining their points. So no offense taken
I like [name]Elliot[/name] (as a FN or MN), but I do prefer the traditional [name]Elliot[/name] pronunciation to the alternative you were expressing earlier. That ‘y’ in there really makes it look and feel like a made-up feminized variation of [name]Elliot[/name] (even if it isn’t).
As far as first names go, I like the idea expressed earlier about using Reimer, as it has the same pronunciation as Rhymer but is a legit name with historical roots. Plus, it feels a little bit more like a subtle shout-out to hip-hop, a bit more interesting and less literal. It gives it a bit of a deeper, more meaningful feel to me. Plus, if your son ends up not liking hip-hop, even though his dad is a rapper, he may not appreciate the given name of Rhymer much. Another thought I had is what about using the name of a hip-hop artist (perhaps from the early days of hip-hop) that has had an influence on your husband’s hip-hop path (for example, [name]Lawrence[/name] is the given name of KRS-[name]One[/name], [name]Clive[/name] is the given name of DJ [name]Kool[/name] Herc (the originator of hip-hop)). I’m not sure what kind of hip-hop your husband makes (and there is a huge variety), but perhaps this could be a meaningful/interesting way to give a shout-out to the hip-hop roots. Or what about using the first and middle initials of M.C., then the kids nickname could be emcee (MC). I think that’d be even cooler, gives him the hip-hop connection, but feels deeper than just using the word ‘rhymer’, which to me makes hip-hop feel more shallow than it truly is (emcee feels more meaningful than rhymer to me too). Or if your husband is more on the side of poetic kinda hip-hop, what about a name like [name]Bolan[/name], which means ‘little poet’ in Irish, and then using Rhymer in the middle, would make the name mean ‘little poet rhymer’ when combined together.
