#People named Illyusha are traditionally nicknamed Illya

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Eli's Name Headcanon

Now, I'm not the biggest fan of the "Eli being named after Stiles' abusive grandpa" theory, and the whole "Eli comes from s-t-'I-L-E'-s spelled backwards" feels like a big stretch to me.

So, here's what I suggest:

Instead of Elias, Eli is actually short for a crazy-long, Polish/Spanish-mishmash name--a combination of Stiles and Derek's roots--(either by a single-parent Derek, who had been pining for Stiles like crazy, or by Stiles who wanted to carry on his family's tradition of naming your kid a mouth-nightmare). Maybe something like:

Iljuszeczkamierz "Eli"(Stilinski-) Hale

(I would like to think that Stiles would probably make a convincing argument about wanting Eli to experiment around with his name to find what truly suits him, like how Stiles had his "Mischief" phase as a kid before settling on "Stiles". Eli probably went through an "Illya" phase, an "Illy" phase, maybe he even tried "Zack" and "Amir" for like a day, before the name "Eli" just clicked into place and he got that excited, giddy feeling of "Yep. That's the one. That's who I am.")

#sterek #teen wolf #derek hale #stiles stilinski #mieczysław stiles stilinski #tyler hoechlin #dylan o'brien #eli hale #Iljuszeczkamierz “Eli” Stilinski-Hale #vince mattis #Foreign names are tough my dude #I mean I went through several name phases myself as a kid #Including a cringey ill-advised “Karma” phase #*shudders* #If you're confused how this name could possibly become Eli it's because the j is silent and the beginning i is pronounced like ee #People named Illyusha are traditionally nicknamed Illya #And the y in Polish names can sometimes be replaced by a j