Help with girl name ideas...

nelb3 · September 2010

So, DH and I have been struggling with girl names. I feel like as soon as we make progress, back to square one. He likes when they end in a "Y" or a "Y" sound. He loves the nn Ellie-cute, but if we call her Ellie, I want a formal name for her that she can choose to use if she wants. Here are some ideas we have, I'd love suggestions.

Elizabeth

Elise

Noelle

Other names with the "Y" sound we've tossed around are:

Emily

Marie (family name, may be used as a mn)

Chloe

HappyMrsK · September 2010

I like all of your choices. I like the pairings of Elizabeth Marie, Elizabeth Chloe, Elise Chloe, Emily Elizabeth, Chloe Noelle, and Emily Elise.

dana1318a · September 2010

I love Noelle! Other potential "ellie" names: Eleanor, Ellen, Elle, Ella, Elaina, Eliana...

ara_cale · September 2010

I really like the name Elise. It's my mn and growing up I always kind of wished that it were my fn.

LMS05 · September 2010

Elizabeth is my all time favorite name, but Noelle and Elise are beautiful too. I like family names so I'd use Marie.

alohamora · September 2010

You may not care about popularity, but I just wanted to say that Elle/Ellie is so popular right now - we probably get one post a week with people asking for a formal name route to Ellie.

That being said, I do like Elizabeth and Elise.

lgoodenow · September 2010

Lexie Elizabeth is my name, and I love it, I'm 17 weeks along, and if it's a girl she will be Evelyn Elizabeth (Evie, Eh-vee) for short my Husbands name is Elliot, so I think it's funny that we've both got E's and L's in our names and that's what we're picking for out kids too (not planned either).

I like Elise though too, and I think Elsie is a cute name