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Eliza Elodie Eleanor?

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fififolle · 02/10/2015 21:12

...as a sister for Ted (Edward)
I love old fashioned, slightly unusual names and have recently found out that were expecting a little girl. My favourite at the moment is Eliza Rose.
Any thoughts?
Would you/could you shorten Eliza in any way?

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fairyfeatures · 02/10/2015 21:18

Firstly, love Ted.

Eliza and Elodie are beautiful. I don't like Eleanor - it's quite a harsh and unattractive name in my opinion.

Eliza could be shortened to Lizzie which I like with Ted, but would personally use Eliza.

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Arsicles · 02/10/2015 21:21

Eliza, definitely.

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MrsLeighHalfpenny · 02/10/2015 21:24

Eliza and Edward. Lovely.

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NegativeNora · 02/10/2015 21:25

Oh Ted and Eliza are just perfect together!

Dislike Elodie and Eleanor.

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BreeVDKamp · 02/10/2015 21:26

Oh my gosh from the title I thought you meant all in one a la Milly Molly Mandy! Shock

I really like Eliza :) lovely.

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carmugz · 02/10/2015 21:26

either eliza or elodie. elodie is my favourite. i would have loved this name but our surname ends in ley so it would have rhymed!

eleanor is quite a solid name, nice but nothing to love about it.

eliza and elodie sound like little fairies you'd find in a victorian garden or maybe not!

all three work with ted but to me eleanor and ted sound like a political pair. see above... i over think!

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NegativeNora · 02/10/2015 21:27

Grin Bree

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Cel982 · 02/10/2015 21:29

I love Eleanor (wanted it for our DD, but DH vetoed as it's the name of a friend of his Mum), and Elodie is lovely. Not a big fan of Eliza, but there's nothing wrong with it of course, just not to my taste. All three go well with Ted.

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fififolle · 02/10/2015 21:31

Thank you for your lovely comments. I've liked Eliza since very soon after I found out I was pregnant. I quite like Elodie and Eleanor was thrown in for opinions as it was on my list.
It's very much looking like Edward James' little sister will be Eliza Rose.

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ashesandfire · 03/10/2015 16:02

I love all 3.
Ted and Eleanor together makes me think Roosevelt, though.
Elodie is my favourite, I love it. I think maybe Eliza goes better with Ted though.

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twattersonsmythe · 03/10/2015 16:07

I love Eleanor. Such a beautiful name, and very classic but without being overused.

Eliza is nice but very 'of the moment'.

Really dislike Elodie. I think it sounds like you've missed the M off of Melody.

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Rach2025 · 05/10/2015 20:13

Elodie is too close to Elodea (pondweed) which we used in GCSE Science experiments. The other names are better.

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Sighing · 06/10/2015 09:39

Definitely not Elodie. Eliza is on my list Grin Eleanor is nice.

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LucyLocketLostHerPocket · 06/10/2015 09:58

Met an Elodie recently for the first time and thought it was a lovely pretty name.

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LisbethSalandersLaptop · 06/10/2015 10:03

Eleanor is really classic
Eliza sounds a bit 'witchy' and
Elodie - a bit too French tbh, not a nice sound in English.

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JessieThom · 06/10/2015 10:08

I love these names - Eliza is gorgeous and goes beautifully with Ted. My middle name is Elodie and DD is Eleanor. Lovely lovely 'E's! :D

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Marisaurus · 06/10/2015 10:19

Eliza Rose is lovely.

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LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 06/10/2015 10:23

Oh Eliza is lovely.

Like Bree I read the title as using them all together and was going to politely say it was a bit much.Grin

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fififolle · 06/10/2015 21:31

Thank you!
Sorry, the title was quite confusing Blush

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TheDaerieQueen · 06/10/2015 21:41

We have an Edward and Elizabeth (Lizzie) was our top choice for a girl. I think they feel like the same sort of name - classic and popular without being overused, and with lots of nicknames.

All your choices are beautiful but agree with pps - Elodie is a bit trendy and Eleanor and Ted sound like the Roosevelts - and would therefore go for Eliza.

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