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Is Eleanor too close to Eliana (her cousin)

28 replies

itmsylifeitsnowornever · 06/02/2020 15:28

We had our hearts set on Eleanor then a few days ago my cousin named her baby Eliana. We are fairly close, see each other every couple of weeks. So we vetoed the name and have been looking at other names and settled on Rosemary or Josephine. However, this morning baby girl was born and she looks so much like an Eleanor and I desperately want to call her that. Are Eliana and Eleanor really too close? Eliana has a sister called Ariana so my cousin clearly isn't bothered about her own kids having very similar names, so maybe she won't care about my daughter being Eleanor, but be honest, can I really use Eleanor?

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FluffyEggsontoast · 06/02/2020 15:32

I definitely think you can

It’s such a gorgeous name 🥰

Marcipex · 06/02/2020 15:31

Yes of course you can. Congratulations.
Rosemary is a lovely name too though.

EssentialHummus · 06/02/2020 15:29

I think you can. Congratulations Flowers