Omitting "who is" in "I would like to date a girl [who is] at least of my intellect"

Question

Instead of

I would like to date a girl who is at least of my intellect.

can I say

I would like to date a girl at least of my intellect.

by dropping the phrase "who is"? What I try to mean is:

I would like to date a girl whose intellect level is at least the same as mine.

Answer 1

In colloquial English the phrase would be I would like to date a girl at least as smart as me. That would mean that you're willing to date girls who are smarter than you as well. You just don't want to be smarter than the girl is.

But you could also say who is my intellectual equal or who is my equal in intelligence if you're looking for equality there.

Answer 2

It's fine to drop the "who is" in that sentence, but the resulting phrase "a girl at least of my intellect" is clumsy. Possibly better:

I want to date a girl having/with an intellect at least equal to mine.

Still, the more idiomatic expression is "intellectual equal" or, if you must, "of equal intellect":

I want to date a girl of (at least) equal intellect.

I want to date (at least) my intellectual equal.