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Etta or Elodie

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Crazyone84 · 17/10/2020 20:56

I'm in favour of Etta, DH likes Elodie. Opinions please

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PoodleMoth · 28/10/2020 19:19

Love Etta!

propertealady · 25/10/2020 21:32

I loved Etta but my DH vetoed on basis that if she happened to be overweight there could be a lot of Etta PIE, Etta CAKE jokes etc...

Cressie2 · 25/10/2020 11:21

Etta

carben · 20/10/2020 21:51

Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins.It was her Manager who created her stage name transposing her first name into Etta James.

paperclippink · 20/10/2020 03:03

Etta is wonderfully simple and sounds great.

picklecustard · 19/10/2020 21:22

Etta could be a bit tricky for accents that drop the ‘t’ from words, for example can’t imagine someone from Newcastle being able to say it very well.

AKissAndASmile · 19/10/2020 19:58

Elodie spoken by the woman's mum was such a beautiful sound that I made a mental note of the name at the age of 20-odd. I've been trying to pronounce it myself since you started this thread, and have been thinking: "hold on, it doesn't sound right'. The name Melody would probably sound better in an English accent, but I'd wager loads of people would find that 'common'

ClinkeyMonkey · 19/10/2020 19:34

I completely agree with MikeUniform - Elodie is beautiful when pronounced with a French accent and very unremarkable with an English accent. Worse still in my NI accentGrin

As for Etta, nobody where I live seems to pronounce their t's, so it would be sloppily pronounced as Edda. Whether it sounds appealing depends where you're from I guess.

ShipOfTheseus · 19/10/2020 15:16

Etta was the Basque Separatist Terrorist group

That was ETA.

MegaBloxRoxx · 19/10/2020 11:14

Elodie isn't even in the top 100, so hardly overdone

MikeUniformMike · 19/10/2020 09:42

Elodie is french and sounds pretty in French. Amelie is too, but both sound quite plain in an english accent

Barryisland · 19/10/2020 01:02

Etta was the Basque Separatist Terrorist group. So no to that name for me.

Elodie is a pretty name.

AKissAndASmile · 19/10/2020 00:44

Elodie is gorgeous. I'm surprised people are saying it's overdone: I've only met one in my life and that was 20 years ago. She was French. Maybe it's a common name in France.

Heh1991 · 19/10/2020 00:36

I prefer Etta as it’s a bit punchier and more unusual. Both lovely names for you- responses seem very mixed so feel for you having to make a decision! X

Firebird83 · 18/10/2020 23:44

Neither! Etta is harsh sounding and a bit nothingy. Elodie is prissy.

TempsPerdu · 18/10/2020 19:20

Definitely Etta for me - much stronger name. I’m slightly biased though as DD is Greta - similar sound and we sometimes use Ettie/Etta for short.

bridgetreilly · 18/10/2020 19:00

I don't love Etta but I loathe Elodie.

Could you call her Juliet or Harriet or something, and then have Etta as a nickname?

WatchOutTheSkyIsFalling · 18/10/2020 18:22

Elodie. Don't like Etta at all.

Magicbabywaves · 18/10/2020 18:16

Etta.

Milkshake7489 · 18/10/2020 18:14

Both are beautiful but Elodie wins for me!

Creamteafatty · 18/10/2020 11:07

Enya?

sibbys · 18/10/2020 11:02

Etta*

sibbys · 18/10/2020 11:02

Etts

Creamteafatty · 18/10/2020 10:58

Etta

BeMorePacific · 18/10/2020 08:26

I love Etta. It’s definitely the cooler choice out of the 2 x