How would you spell nickname?

stephiie49 · July 2011

Were naming our baby girl Eliana ( El - ee - ah - na ) and I wanted to call her Ellie for short . Is there any other way to spell Ellie besides the obvious without people mispronouncing it? Were already having issues when people read the name they pronounce it Elaina or Eli-ANN-a. I don't want to add any other letters to Eliana because she's already going to have a long enough name without added letters. I was thinking Eli, but don't want people calling her E-Lie or something like that . What do you guys think is the best spelling to go with ?

Lace815 · July 2011

I'm sure that most people would pronounce her name E-Lie if you spelled it Eli...I think Ellie is fine. If you want it to "match" her name, would it be too bad just to add just one L to Eliana?

MamaWino · July 2011

I think Ellie is really the only option. Like you said, Eli is E-Lie. Elie looks kind of strange and Elle is L. On the plus side, whenever I see the name Eliana, I pronounce it exactly as you intend to

motyma09 · July 2011

Ellie

melodylb · July 2011

motyma09:
Ellie

I agree.

MAMAxB · July 2011

I agree with PPs.

Only other potential I can think of is maybe Elli .. but i don't like that as much as Ellie

stephiie49 · July 2011

Alright well its settled! Thats what I thought but just wanted to see

Thanks for the help ladies. I loved the name when I picked it, I still do now just everytime I think Ellie I think about either Ellie the Elephant or Smelly Ellie. Both courtesy of my jackass of a sister who as soon as I told her the name started coming up with things to ruin it for me! hahaha oh well what can you do!