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Noelle and Enid, Isabella and May

32 replies

caitlinrose · 10/10/2022 21:01

We are still adding to our list and

Noelle

is the newest candidate. Do you like it? Does it work with the nickname Ellie?
Should we add the trema or not (does anyone know if it causes issues on documents?)

Enid

Enid has been growing on me more and more. I know in English it's ee-nid but in Welsh eh-nid, which one is nicer? I also heard a Welsh speaker say it more like enn-need online and now I don't know which one is correct. Could you tell me? Is the eh as in ehnnid or more eh-nid (with a long eh sound like the French é)?

Isabella

Has been on our list for a while and it's slowly becoming my favourite. Many people mentioned its popularity but is it popular to the point of being annoying or would it be fine? I saw on darkgreener that it fell quite a bit in 2021.

May

I think it's pretty and underused. Would you use Mae or May and why?

Isabella May

We were thinking about this combo, is it nice?

Thanks.

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IStandWithMaya · 10/10/2022 22:56

Noelle - unusual, quite nice

Enid - nice - I think she will be called EE-nid, as in Enid Blyton

Isabella - lovely, popular for good reasons

May - May, not Mae. Nice name, but possibly a bit overdone

ChocolateSpreadOnToast · 10/10/2022 21:41

May is massively overused as a middle name. Rose/Grace/May are quite literally every girl’s name.

I like Isabella but it’s popular. Enid is awful, sorry.

Howeverdoyouneedme · 10/10/2022 21:39

Enid

FindingMeno · 10/10/2022 21:37

Enid (Ee-nid) is lovely and my favourite from your list.

TottersBlankly · 10/10/2022 21:35

Noelle as you’re spelling it looks both too long and rather naked. Noël to me is a pretty name but feels dated at the moment - too 1970s. How about Esme instead?

Enid is lovely - or could be. Don’t think it needs over complicating with alternative pronunciations. Settle on the English if in England, the Welsh if in Wales. But Edith is better.

Isabella is way too popular to be satisfactory.

May. No.

As8ly4yn · 10/10/2022 21:13

I like May (with this spelling) and Enid. Noelle imo seems very American (if you’re in the UK)

Marcipex · 10/10/2022 21:04

Isabella May is a combo of two v v popular names, but is still much nicer than Enid or Noelle.

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