Eleanor or Hermione?

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TIPosy · 24/03/2022 17:33

Hello,

Baby 5 is due this summer and after much debate and involving our children it looks like the finalists are

Eleanor
Hermione

I’m French so we’d pronounce Hermione Her-me-on. For Eleanor I’ll probably pronounce the a in it. Also being foreign I don’t understand where each name stands from a cultural/social perspective. I guess timeless classics?

I don’t mind the HP connection, but I’m worried Eleanor might be very common/popular at the moment.

Our other children are Josephine, Iris, Theodore and Charlotte. We don’t shorten their names.

Opinions, advice and feedback welcome.

Thank you :)

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DoobryWhatsit · 24/03/2022 17:42

Looking at your other names, I'd be thinking along the lines of Sophie/Sophia/Sofia, Esme, Sylvie/sylvia, Rafaela, Isobel, Beatrice/Beatrix?

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 24/03/2022 17:41

I was going to say Hermione but everyone will be "correcting" your pronunciation because they'll have all learnt the way to say it from HP.

DoobryWhatsit · 24/03/2022 17:38

Hermione has traditionally been much posher. I still don't know any kids called Hermione, even after Harry Potter. But most people have only just got their head around pronouncing it the English way!

Eleanor is very popular at the moment. No one will pronounce it how you want. Are you the same person who was asking about Eliana the other day?

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