Which name for baby girl

paulineb_2

Errata wrote: »

Eleanor = Ella, Elly, Laney, Nelly, Nora - and quite a few more.

Bella will be turned into Belly and Daisy was fashionable a few years ago so there's loads of 'em.

Some Eleanors get called Norma as well. Never heard of anyone called Eleanor being called anything apart from that or Elle. But its not really a common name up here (Scotland) these days. Know a few people who have called their kids Ellie.

I quite like the name Elle, better than Ella, Bella or Daisy.

Tbh, I think its better to pick a name that cant be shortened as a lot of people get saddled with a shortened version of their name and they dont like it.

19lottie82

I think Bella is a bit common, sorry. Also I think it's a name you'd give. A dog..........sorry!


I'd vote for Ella.

Person_one

peachyprice wrote: »

Out of the three, Ella.

Daisy, far too twee over the age of 5
Bella, for some reason makes me think of an old lady

I agree it seems like that now, but as all the little girls called Daisy (and Poppy and Maisie and Willow and Sophie and so on) grow up, it won't seem so odd.

building_with_lego

There's a good chance there'll be at least one other Ella or Daisy in her class at school, if that makes a difference. (There are three Ellas- or Ella-Mae or Ella-Rose etc- in one small class at my youngest's school.) I know some parents like their children's names to not stand out, while others like something more unusual, so it's something to bear in mind.

pingufan

I loved Ella until my gran said 'ooh sounds like she could be a little heller' as in hell like.

killed it for me. :mad:

pingufan

So we called her Elise.

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

I agree it seems like that now, but as all the little girls called Daisy (and Poppy and Maisie and Willow and Sophie and so on) grow up, it won't seem so odd.

Or call her Magueritte, from which Daisy is a natural diminutive.

AlexLK

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

For me I like to have a name that gives a child options later in life to either shorten it or lengthen it.

So personally I would go for Isabella, shortening it to Bella, or Elizabeth shortening it to Ella, that way you get the name you love your child to be, but they can have their grown up identity in whatever path of life they wish to go down.

I will probably be panned by people who think me dull, but just looking at the practicalities later in life.

I, for one, certainly agree with this. My name is Alexander, yet almost everybody (barring my parents) know me as Alex; I would not have wanted the shortened version to be my given name though.

Whilst Daisy sounds very "cute" for a little girl, when she is a grown woman I'm not sure she would appreciate it.

My wife and I had real trouble picking names for our child but one of our main considerations was whether or not it would be appropriate for our son when he was grown up.

lostinrates

pingufan wrote: »

So we called her Elise.

Congratulations! Ignore my lasts post then!

AlexLK

pingufan wrote: »

So we called her Elise.

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