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My name in eleanor, but everyone calls me ellie (which my mum gets annoyed by). I love phoebe, and am considering olivia for my girl! So I'd say Phoebe or Olivia

They're all nice names although I'm not keen on Eloise. Eleanor is also very popular, which would put me off.

I would choose Phoebe (with Olivia as second preference), but don't hate any of them.

I love Eloise - it's a really pretty name. Second choice would be Phoebe.

Alana?

I like Olivia best of those.

Eloise
Phoebe
Eleanor
Olivia
in that order

Other names I like are Camille, Freya, Beatrice, Hazel (just gorgeous), Harriet, Hannah, Emma, Hayley and Scarlett

Eloise all the way

My niece is a Phoebe, people call her Fifi instead :/ x

Eleanor!

All lovely. Eleanor popular.
How about
Louisa
Marianne
Nancy
Thea

My vote is for Eleanor. Good luck!

I like stronger names. Ella, lily, olivia, Emma, they are all so pretty but i think stronger names are starting to appeal to me now. think i'm just influenced by a fashion for stronger names, even since I named my own dd whose name would be more along the lines of Eleanor / Olivia. I like names like Nancy, Lois, Honor, Hazel.. Names I woudn't have liked ten years ago. Although, Phoebe i did like. I also like Juliet, Claudia, Clara, Maggie, Greta, Christabel, Rachel....

Love that idea of a nn for Eleanor. Nell is great.

Love Eleanor, I'd choose the nn Nell.

Phoebe by far - love it

Thanks for the replies.
For those who aren't keen on these names, what girl names do you like?

I like Eleanor best. I know loads of Olivias BTW

I like Phoebe best, it's lovely.

I don't like Phoebe at all. I always think it looks like an oddly-spelt name. Your other three names are fine, but I wouldn't be crazy about them and Olivia is far too popular at the moment in my opinion.

The only one I like is Eloise.

My 2DD's names are both on your list and I very much like the others (but had to discount due to family! )

They are all popular as they are nice names, (my DD's are each one of 2 in their school) I like the fact you can various nn's of them as u can suit their personality and then they can choose as they are older, both use full names at school though (their choice!)

So I really unhelpfully like all of them

Phoebe - cutest name

Eloise is okay, dislike phoebe.

The only name i like is Phoebe

The others are nice just a bit meh

I have an Eloise - it is often misspelt, but I do love it still. A couple of people have tried to shorten it to Ellie, but we've never called her that.

Eleanor is pretty, but another one to potentially become Ellie.

Phoebe is lovely, my DD has 2 in her class and there are several Olivias in her school. They're all Livvy though, or Livs. No one seems to stick to the original given name!!!

All lovely! I would choose Phoebe too. :-)