Baby Girl- Clicky Poll

LadyXaverian

We just found out yesterday that we are having a girl! Yay! We have our names narrowed down to 2 first name choices and a few MN choices. All names are special to us for different reasons.

Can you help me start narrowing it down?

 

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vilaro

I'm loving Audrey Elinor. Classic, feminine without being too flowery and elegant.

Happy Thanksgiving, love.

LadyXaverian

vilaro:

I'm loving Audrey Elinor. Classic, feminine without being too flowery and elegant.

Happy Thanksgiving, love.

DH will be so happy to read this comment! Not that I don't love the name or it wouldn't be on the list, but I think this is his favorite.

faithita

I voted for Audrey Elinor too! It's beautiful. Happy Thanksgiving!

GHBEA

I picked Elinor Marie.  My youngest DD is Ellie whom we named after my grandmother Elenore so I love the name.  How ever we named her Ellie as I didnt want to shorten her given name or use a nick name.  My grandmother was delighted.

Good luck on choosing your little girls name.

LadyXaverian

GHBEA:

I picked Elinor Marie.  My youngest DD is Ellie whom we named after my grandmother Elenore so I love the name.  How ever we named her Ellie as I didnt want to shorten her given name or use a nick name.  My grandmother was delighted.

Good luck on choosing your little girls name.

Thanks! I've struggled with this as well. Elinor was DH's grandmother's name. If we were to shorten it, it would be to Nora. Like you, I'm not a fan of preconceived nicknames. However, DH feels strongly that if we are going to name her after his grandmother, he wants her to have the formal name Elinor, which I understand.

magsugar13

I would have picked Elinor Johana but I do not like this spelling of Eleanor.

LadyXaverian

magsugar13:

I would have picked Elinor Johana but I do not like this spelling of Eleanor.

I would absolutely go with the Eleanor spelling if it wasn't a family name.

Ceridwen21

I too prefer the Eleanor spelling, but you'll be in good company with Jane Austen if you do Elinor

LadyXaverian

Ceridwen21:

I too prefer the Eleanor spelling, but you'll be in good company with Jane Austen if you do Elinor

Thank goodness for this. I actually thought that the Elinor spelling was made up until I researched it and found it in several places.

LemonBlush

magsugar13:

I would have picked Elinor Johana but I do not like this spelling of Eleanor.

This. I don't like the spelling so I voted for Audrey Johanna. I do love Johanna, it's my mn as well as my grandmas name

forensicmama

WAhoo for someone using Elinor! I love both Elinor Catherine and Audrey Elinor!

forensicmama

SarahL77:

Ceridwen21:

I too prefer the Eleanor spelling, but you'll be in good company with Jane Austen if you do Elinor

Thank goodness for this. I actually thought that the Elinor spelling was made up until I researched it and found it in several places.

Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility. Can't get any better than that! I hope you use Elinor somewhere in there.

genaruthp

I love Elinor Johana! I don't hear that name very often, and love the family meaning! Nora is super cute too!

shaindelr

forensicmama:

SarahL77:

Ceridwen21:

I too prefer the Eleanor spelling, but you'll be in good company with Jane Austen if you do Elinor

Thank goodness for this. I actually thought that the Elinor spelling was made up until I researched it and found it in several places.

Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility. Can't get any better than that! I hope you use Elinor somewhere in there.

(1) I think Elinor Catherine sounds beautiful :-) (2) She gets to be respectable and reserved like Elinor Dashwood (3) She gets to be wild and reckless like Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights. (4) I think all girls want to be these two women ;-)

Congratulations!

qtsreign

I voted Audrey Marie....'cause I love the French sound of it.

 

Lesley0228

DDs mn is Johanna, after my grandma, and I think it is such a pretty name. We pronounce it the german way (as my grandma did), which sounds like "Yo-haw-nah." I was set on using this name to honor my grandma and found it difficult to work in with a friend name. I think Elinor Johanna sounds nice. I'm sure my mom wishes I would have chosen that name myself, since my mom's name is Eleanor.

AllSmiles1210

I love love love the name Audrey. We would use it but it's already been used with someone close in our family.

Yay for a little girl! 

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vallartavows

I love any combo with the fn Elinor.