Thoughts on our son's name?

[kala_way]

I kinda like Olias. You could use Oli as a nickname. Fun and different but spelled in an obvious way. I think it's a good choice!

[southern.maple]

Olias sounds so much like Elias that I'm not sure I'd even bother trying to push this one on people. Go for Elias Noah instead and save your son the hassle.

[irexshicanbabe]

I have no idea how to pronounce Olias....

I don't think it's terrible, but I don't really like it. How would you pronounce it? Nn Oli would be very cute though.

[auroramoonchild]

The name Olias is pronounced similar to Elias yes, which I prefer but hubby for the most part seems fixated on the name. He doesn't play video games, but did get the name from his favorite album "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson. That album has always been his favorite.

It was the first boys name he's seemed to genuinely like, and with an extremely common last name, I think he's thinking of intentionally going for something different but not "too weird."

[jennipea382]

The name Olias is pronounced similar to Elias yes, which I prefer but hubby for the most part seems fixated on the name. He doesn't play video games, but did get the name from his favorite album "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson. That album has always been his favorite.

It was the first boys name he's seemed to genuinely like, and with an extremely common last name, I think he's thinking of intentionally going for something different but not "too weird."

Aha! That was the song (I guess it was album, I didn't read too much) I saw. I feel better about it knowing it's not a video game character but you might get some people asking if he's named after Guild Wars since it's a somewhat popular game (though I don't know if the character is someone big in the game or not). Just something to think about.

[ellenelle]

I kinda like it, but I was really torn between the OH-ee-us, oh-LEE-us, and oh-LIE-us options pronunciation-wise. He'll probably have to explain/correct people all the time...

[peppersprout]

I actually kind of like it.