ISO: first names that go with Ellen

mbritto4

My Mom was Virginia Ellen, and passed away in 2007, so if I have another DD I want to use my Mom's middle name in my daughter's name. I have a sister, so I don't want to claim Ellen as a first name, in case my sister also has a daughter.  My husband's family has like 5 Marys in it so I don't want Mary Ellen.  I also had a great aunt who died in her sleep as an infant (they suspect now of SIDs) who was named Mary Ellen. 

My DD #1 is Kathleen Nicole.  Our last name starts with P.  I tend to favor tradtional names over trendy names (not a fan of Madison/Addison, etc).

BelleBaby

Abigail Ellen
Grace Ellen
Julia Ellen
Nora Ellen
Olivia Ellen
Rose Ellen
Taylor Ellen
Victoria Ellen
Hannah Ellen
Brooke Ellen
Leah Ellen

(I had a grandmother named Virginia Ellen too!)

forensicmama

Anna Ellen

Ruby Ellen

Abigail Ellen

Rebekah Ellen

Elizabeth (Betsy) Ellen

Carolina Ellen

Geneva Ellen

Georgiana Ellen

Josephine Ellen

Judith Ellen

Kiersten Ellen

Laura Ellen

Lucy Ellen

Margaret Ellen

 

mbritto4

mj.reilly:

My name is Ellen Margaret. I was named after my great grandmother Margaret Ellen.

I like that name, other than I had a dog named Maggie as a kid though I like Maggie as a little girl's nn too.  Doubt my DH will like it.  He never seems to come up with names but is great at shooting them down.

He wants to do Ellen Marie (Marie is my mn) but I don't want to "hog" Ellen from my sister. 

mbritto4

forensicmama:

Anna Ellen

Ruby Ellen

Abigail Ellen

Rebekah Ellen

Elizabeth (Betsy) Ellen

Carolina Ellen

Geneva Ellen

Georgiana Ellen

Josephine Ellen

Judith Ellen

Kiersten Ellen

Laura Ellen

Lucy Ellen

Margaret Ellen

 

I love the name elizabeth, I wanted to have my DD1 be Elizabeth (Grandma was Elizabeth "Betty").  DH shot it down. 

ellelepa

melhunny:

Sarah?

Maybe Ashley or Amanda?

I like sara ellen!

ellelepa

would you think of using a different form of Ellen? I think Elin is really pretty (swedish).

ames71

Elizabeth Ellen 

Julia Ellen

Louisa Ellen

Lucinda Ellen

Miranda Ellen

Sabrina Ellen

Sofia Ellen

Audrey Ellen

Amelia Ellen

Victoria Ellen

Eliza Ellen

Rebecca Ellen 

 

SueandSteve

My name is Suzanne Ellen and my DD#2's name is Carissa Ellen.

elyshaswedding

What about using Eleanor or Helena?  They are different names than Ellen, but still incorporate the name.  Or try these:

Daphne Ellen
Charlotte Ellen
Victoria Ellen
Samantha Ellen

My great-grandma was Ellen, and she was an awesome lady with a great name!

erinms

Marjorie Ellen

Lilla Ellen

Laura Ellen

Samantha Ellen 

Honestly, though.  I would use Virginia as a first name, or as a mn.  I love the name Virginia. 

Virginia Rose 

Virginia Mae 

MrsR0908

I have friend named Kay Ellen and a friend named her baby Bree Ellen.

They use both names. Like Ellen isnt the middle name but part of the first name. KWIM? 

mbritto4

erinms:

Marjorie Ellen

Lilla Ellen

Laura Ellen

Samantha Ellen 

Honestly, though.  I would use Virginia as a first name, or as a mn.  I love the name Virginia. 

Virginia Rose 

Virginia Mae 

I would, but my Mom HATED her name. She was about to legally change it to her nickname (Gini) when she passed away.

LMS05

I love the suggestion of Sarah. I love Sarah and think it sounds great with Ellen. 

Rebecca Ellen

Caroline Ellen

Julia Ellen

Susanna Ellen

Hannah Ellen

Victoria Ellen

Juliet Ellen 

Aferrucci

Bridget Ellen

 

supermanda

I have a good friend who's name is Gail Ellen and I have always adored her name.

MelleTX

Have you talked to your sister about this? She may want to use the name as a fn, mn or not at all. She may be honored by you choosing it.

I had a brother, Ryan, that passed away and both my other brother and I will be using his fn as middle names for our children - him, a girl and me, a boy

Puppylove*85

Alexandra, Natalie, Amelia, Vivienne, Meredith, Alice, Cassandra, Bethany, Clara, Celia, Hannah, Rebecca, Audrey, Theresa, Josephine, Laura, Susanna, Sylvia, Lucinda, Gloria, Angelina, Lydia, Isadora, Nora, Anneliese

Nanna

I think you should talk to your sister.  If you like Ellen a lot as a FN, it isn't "hogging" it if your sister never plans to name a daughter after your mom, or only would consider it as a MN.

As an alternate suggestion, my cousin's name is Denita Ellen and she LOVES her name.  As a little girl she went by DeeDee.  As a teen/young adult she went by Dee.  Now as a career woman she goes by Denita.  When she's a sweet old lady I know she plans to go back to being DeeDee!  :-)