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Elena, choice of middle name

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Julenelle · 26/01/2011 11:59

I love the name Elena (prounouncing as Elena, not elayna)

I've been going through names in my head to use as a middle name. We have a single syllable surname.

I was thinking of Elena Mary, but would love to hear other suggestions, as I'm not totally sure.

Thanks.

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Hedwig3 · 26/01/2011 13:29

Pronounced that way I would go with Eleanor to avoid confusion.

Ellen is lovely.

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thirtysomething · 26/01/2011 13:35

I would stick to Elena (just tell people it';s like Helena without the "E"!) It's a beautiful name and much under-used.

Would go with most other Italian/Spanish names like Lucia, Francesca, Antonia, Rafaella, Claudia, etc

Or something very classic like May, Frances, Katherine, Kate, Grace, Rose, Iris, Miriam, Beatrice

We would have put Elisabeth or Rose after it had we had another DD!

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Jennsdiaries · 26/01/2011 13:44

jenn would go nice with elena or you can use jennifer to if you wanna bit more classy

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Julenelle · 26/01/2011 13:59

Thanks. We do have Spanish connections hence the spelling.

The other side of the family is Irish, so Mary is a family name, but not sure how more obvious Irish names would go with Elena.

I like Elena Beatrice, although I know my husband would say no straight away unfortunately.

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weimy · 26/01/2011 19:50

I don't understand why there would be any confusion??? Eleanor is pronounced differently to Elena so how would that spelling help?????

Elena Rose has a lovely sound to it :)

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 26/01/2011 19:54

Maria?

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ninamag · 27/01/2011 09:34

Sofia
Vanessa

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5DollarShake · 27/01/2011 12:19

Eleanor is a different name from Elena (the latter would definitely be my choice!).

I think Elena Mary is absolutely lovely.

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FreudianSlippery · 27/01/2011 12:24

Elena May? (biased as I have a Jessica May)
Leigh (DSD's middle name)
Rose
Jade
Maeve
Niamh
Jane

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FreudianSlippery · 27/01/2011 12:27

Other names

Jasmine
Freya
Louise
Joanne
Megan
Imogen
Melody
Shannon

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marialuisa · 27/01/2011 14:11

Dsis is Elena Charlotte and was Elena Juliet briefly

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Acanthus · 27/01/2011 14:12

Has anyone said Handcart yet?

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Julenelle · 27/01/2011 16:37

Some more great suggestions thanks, still pondering!!

I like Sofia too, but I thought I might be going too far down the Spanish route. I guess having Mary does balance things out, although I do live outside the UK at the mo.

Luckily no Acanthus! It wouldn't cross most people's minds I wouldn't have thought?! Well not here anyway.

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PaisleyLeaf · 27/01/2011 16:41

I think people will pronounce it as Elena (Elayna).
You might want to put an extra 'l' in it to get it pronounced 'Ellena'

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cityangel · 27/01/2011 17:37

Zoe as a middle name

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