Elena, Eleanor, Juliette or Caitlin

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Kathryn3C · 30/06/2017 06:25

Need help on my shortlist above. Love Elena but pronounced Elayna and everyone says ellena, so could go with Eleanor instead for ease. Juliette is dh fave I like it but not if it got shortened to Julie. Caitlin is other one I have always liked but is dh least fave. Any help please baby due soon!

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Rainbowqueeen · 30/06/2017 11:40

I don't know any Juliets who have it shortened to Julie

It's a gorgeous name

Sophronia · 30/06/2017 11:38

Juliette (or Juliet?) or Eleanor

Oldgranny · 30/06/2017 10:04

Juliette x

VintagePerfumista · 30/06/2017 09:09

I like Elena, (dd's middle name until dp changed his mind) but the pronunciation is a minefield and you'd be forever correcting whichever one it wasn't!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/06/2017 09:05

Love Juliette (Etta).

Raines100 · 30/06/2017 06:41

I have an Elena, pronounced el-ay-na.
I've found we get 'Eleanor' from people who are reading it without hearing it, e.g. at the docs, and sometimes when I say it to people, they don't catch it or they don't remember it. But plenty of people do get it. I took her for a settling in session at nursery, and the staff all had it right. It doesn’t bother me, and if it starts to drive DD potty when she's older, she can shorten to Ella or Lena.

Juliet would be my other choice.

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