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Which baby name?

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Blueroses4 · 21/01/2019 21:03

Just trying to see what you guys think of these:

Eleonora or Genevieve.

Im told Eleonora is an italian variation and Genevieve is french. Although that isnt really why I picked these, I just really like them.

Im having trouble picking between them, I just keep going back and forth. Which one do you like best and why?

thanks!

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Blueroses4 · 22/01/2019 00:57

@Argeles No I understood, no worries. I appreciated it! :)

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Argeles · 22/01/2019 00:08

@Blueroses4

That’s great that you like both pronounciations. I mentioned it in case you hadn’t taken it into consideration.

tammytoby · 21/01/2019 22:36

Eleonora definitely! Lovely name.

Geneviève only sounds nice in French! It sounds awful in English imo.

Phebes · 21/01/2019 22:05

Genevieve, but both are beautiful

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Blueroses4 · 21/01/2019 21:31

@Argeles, thats a shame :/

In my case, I actually like both pronunciations. Only downside would be the very common Jen,Jenna,Jenny nicknames that I really dislike.

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Argeles · 21/01/2019 21:27

Genevieve is so gorgeous, and was on our list.

The problem that I have though, is that I only love the French pronounciation ‘jhonvee-ev,’ but cannot stand the typical British pronounciation, ‘Jen-e-veeve.’ We tested the name - wrote it down and had family and friends pronounce it, and every time it was ‘Jen-e-veeve.’
For this reason, we decided we just couldn’t take the risk, and erased it from our list.

Choosinganame · 21/01/2019 21:16

I prefer Geneveive, great nicknames - Genny or Genie, Vivi.
Don't like Eleanora, I like Eleanor.

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Blueroses4 · 21/01/2019 21:13

haha thanks but I can only pick one!

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Ribbonsonabox · 21/01/2019 21:11

Both are really lovely

Twickerhun · 21/01/2019 21:10

Eleanora by a long way

17caterpillars1mouse · 21/01/2019 21:09

Love Eleanora so much nicer than Eleanor though i also like Eleanore