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Elsie Belle

84 replies

DarlingLittleBabyName · 28/03/2019 22:08

hi everyone I made a thread yesterday on short and sweet girl names.
We loved the suggestion of Elsie, so out finalist is now Elsie Belle. What does everyone think of that?
the only thing is I strongly dislike the name Elsa for some reason and I don’t want it to be mistaken for that or it to be too similar? Help me please ladies!! x

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JimJamJarmusch · 29/03/2019 15:12

Sorry, I'm with the majority here. Elsie is okay, Belle is lovely - Elsie Belle sounds like something out of a whimsical Victorian nursery rhymes.

Swiminthesea23 · 29/03/2019 14:54

Sorry just terrible.

InsertFunnyUsername · 29/03/2019 14:04

Its fine.

Probably is a bit cutesy, but nothing too offensive!

BlueMerchant · 29/03/2019 13:57

Don't like them together.

GreatDuckCookery · 29/03/2019 13:53

Short for Isabelle.

Tiramisu1 · 29/03/2019 13:52

But Belle is an adjective meaning pretty (in French), it doesn't sound like s name to my ears.

GreatDuckCookery · 29/03/2019 13:50

Elsie is dire. Belle is ok.

PineapplePatty · 29/03/2019 10:21

Yep Else.

Like Or else.

alonerinlona · 29/03/2019 09:38

I assume Else as in "what else?"

Tiramisu1 · 29/03/2019 07:58

Is that Else as El-seh or El-see?

PineapplePatty · 29/03/2019 07:30

She'll be nn Else at school most likely. That's what the children call the one at my school.

missmouse101 · 29/03/2019 07:25

I do think Elsie is just awful, like Gladys or Doris. You so rarely say first and middle names together though, so if you like them go ahead.

ItWentInMyEye · 29/03/2019 07:19

Elsie is ok if that's what you've chosen, but not with Belle. Is belle from beauty & the beast?

emilybrontescorsett · 29/03/2019 07:14

I'm not keen.
I'm of the generation where I think of Elsie Tanner from Corra.

Sophronia · 29/03/2019 07:12

It does sound like the name of a boat Grin

Alienspaceship · 29/03/2019 07:01

If I’m honest, the first thing I thought of was that it sounds like a boat.

happytobemrsg · 29/03/2019 07:01

Love Elsie, not too keen on it being paired with Belle. Too cutesy

poseybobblehat · 29/03/2019 07:01

Sounds like a Blackpool tram, all aboard the Elsie Belle

MairzyDoats · 29/03/2019 07:01

Elsie is a lovely name, agree with PP who suggested Elsie Annabelle though. You can keep Elsie Belle as a family nickname?

MrsTerryPratchett · 29/03/2019 07:00

Elsie Belle as her day to day name will only work if she's a Tiny Tears doll.

Or a WWII bomber.

Madmarchpear · 29/03/2019 06:59

Not for me. It's a bit lily-mae.

Tiramisu1 · 29/03/2019 06:57

Would indeed work well for a tiny poodle Grin.

Tiramisu1 · 29/03/2019 06:56

Sorry, but it's too twee and lacks character or elegance. I really dislike it!

littlecabbage · 29/03/2019 05:06

Agree that Elsie is nice, but combined with Belle is very twee. And any hyphenating of Elsie with another name is rather horrid.

EnormousDormouse · 29/03/2019 05:01

Elle s'appelle