El Girl Names

laxwife2012

Hi ladies, I'm usually just a lurker but I need some help!
DH I are finally expecting a baby girl. We are planning on naming her after my mother, who is so important to us does so much for our family. Anyways, her name is Ellen. We love that name too, but not sure if we want to use it. Her nickname growing up was Ellie or El. I know this board doesn't love Ellie, but it's meaningful to us!
We have a semicommon mexican last name beginning with Arm
On our list currently is:
Elle My top pick. But my fear is will this sound funny with a Mexican last name being that El means the in Spanish?
Elsa I think is beautiful, but DH isn't 100 on board
Elowen Think it has a lord of the rings connection that may ruin it for me may be too close to DS1 Rowen.
Ella Too common?

EDIT: middle name will be Margaret after my grandmother.

Like I stated above DS1 is Rowen William DS2 is Declan Milton

I'm open to any and all suggestions, thanks so much in advance!

526SadieSadie

Elena

Ella

Elliana

I work with a Mary Ellen (first name), would you consider something like that?

ThatWasAHoot

We're naming our little girl Eloise.  For short, we are staying away from Ellie due to the extreme popularity and going with Elle.  But even with just the full name Eloise we think it is just so cute!

Eleanor is also really cute!!

aimee1899

How about Elena? It is in the same family of names as Ellen and could sound great with your LN. 

NicoleRich105

I think Ella, Ellie and Elena are all pretty names! My nieghbors granddaughter is named Ella, but I don't know of anyone else with the latter two names.

laxwife2012

ThatWasAHoot:

We're naming our little girl Eloise.nbsp; For short, we are staying away from Ellie due to the extreme popularity and going with Elle.nbsp; But even with just the full name Eloise we think it is just so cute!Eleanor is also really cute!!

Eloise is adorable, I didn't even think of it. Thanks!

laxwife2012

aimee1899:

How about Elena? It is in the same family of names as Ellen and could sound great with your LN.nbsp;

I knew a girl growing up named Alayna, we weren't fans of each other it has sadly ruined the name Elena for me. It's beautiful though!

mamainseptember

My first thought was Elena too. It's such a beautiful name.

Mmm79

I think ELsa is cute.

I also agree with pps on Elena.

Other suggestions:

Eloise 

Eleanor

 

 

laxwife2012

Mmm79:

I think ELsa is cute.I also agree with pps on Elena.Other suggestions:Eloisenbsp;Eleanornbsp;nbsp;

I do love Eleanor, but DH and family think its an old lady name. I think it's a great name!

hdon

I just came across the name Elowen yesterday and thought it was the bomb!

PunkyBooster

I don't think Elowen and Rowen are too close because they have different syllables.

I really don't care for Ella/Elle. I do like Ellen and Ellie. I don't know any little Ellies but I do know quite a few Ellas and one Elle (which is just so Legally Blonde, IMO). 

You could also use Elizabeth? 

laxwife2012

hdon:

I just came across the name Elowen yesterday and thought it was the bomb!

Isn't it beautiful? We love it, but is it too close to Rowen? And will people connect it to Lord of the Rings?

PunkyBooster

Is Ellory a name? That's cute, if it's a real name.

I'm gonna google! 

MarxieVonTrapp

I would connect Elowen to LOTR.

What about Elna?  Elsa?  Elizabeth?  

kayjay10

I LOVE Ella Margaret and I think Ella pairs well with Rowen and Declan.

I also love:

Elise Margaret

Elena Margaret

Eleanor Margaret

Eloise Margaret

PunkyBooster

Ellory is a real name!

What about Elise? I think that is really pretty. 

ramoseecology

I think Elowen sounds a bit LOTR to me. I like Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elise, with Elise being the standout. I have a bad association with Elsa otherwise I would like it.

giraffe54

I vote for Elena, too. It's my favourite girl name and it works with a hispanic last name. 

skio

Elodie was on our list when we had DD. Ellery, Ella and Elsa were also considerations.

On your list, I love Elle, but only you can decide if you like it with your last name. Elowen is also cute!

abloom6510

we had a little girl in our old playgroup named Eliana.

missaloha

my LO is Ellery, so i clearly love it!  i thought it was a great alternative to the more common El-names . . . . i call her Elle, MH calls her Elly.

IKEM_703

Eliza

Notwifezilla7

Eliza Margaret is my vote!

apc1929

Ohhh I love Elowyn  but def think too close to Rowan for me (btw love your boys names)   Do you like Eloise?    Elsa is pretty too.. 

BoxerWinx

Elissa is one of my favorites.

RedInLove

I'm an Ellen and have always liked my name. There's not many of us, but its also not old lady sounding. Easy to spell and pronounce, not too much to make fun of. My family tends to call me El, that's about as short as you can get with Ellen besides going by just E.

If I were to have a different name similar to Ellen, for me I like Elena. I also think using Ellen for a mn is good too, my bff's mn is Ellyn.

jupiterthecat

I think Ella is weirder with the Spanish last name than Elle (since it means she), but both are a little weird. My faves: Eliza, Elise, Eleanor/ Elinor, Elsa, Eloise, Elin. You're certainly not lacking in options! 

brittandjp

I'm not a fan of Margaret to be honest, but I think Ella Maragret and Eliza Margaret sound the best from all of the above options. I'm also biased towards Eliana because that's what we're naming this LO.

Staceyew

We named DD#2 Ellianna. Like you, we wanted to use a name that we could use El as a nickname. DH's grandmother passed away 2 days before Ellianna was conceived. We decided to honor her by using her childhood nickname. Her name was Eleanor, but everyone called her El growing up. 

We never call her Ellie because we have an Allyson and we call her Ally. Ally and Ellie are way too close together. Ally started calling her Ellsy, so a lot of times thats what we call her too. I really love her name. When we named her that I had never heard of the name, but now, sadly it seems to be become pretty popular.  

Good luck in your decision.  

Mommytobabysmurf

I like Elle .... Like Elle Macpherson the beautiful Australian super model