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Saolas · 2023-08-04T20:26:11+00:00

What do you think of the name Eliana?

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professionalprofiterroletester · 05/08/2023 12:16

I love El names and this one is pretty but perhaps a bit try hard? I prefer Ella, Ellie, Elena, Alana. However would avoid Ella and Ellie as both extremely popular, with ellie only just starting to wane in popularity and Ella still raging. My top girl names being with El and L but having read some of these comments I'm starting to rethink my choices. It's so hard deciding on a name!!!

MerryChristmasToYou · 05/08/2023 12:04

Too frilly and the -iana makes it sound too similar to all the other -iana names. She'll just be yet another Ellie.

movingaccrossthepond · 05/08/2023 11:57

It's such a lovey name. I went to school with a girl names the same and I always thought it was beautiful 😍

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Saolas · 05/08/2023 09:23

@applepie04 it's interesting you know so many and call it really popular because that just isn't true at all, when you look at the amount of registered babies with that name! It's impressive 3 of those babies are in your circle!

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movingaccrossthepond · 05/08/2023 04:07

I went to school Eliana and i ways thought it was pretty

applepie04 · 05/08/2023 02:40

Really popular now. I know 3 Eliana's! (Babies)

MaxwellCat · 05/08/2023 02:25

Not keen

TheaBrandt · 05/08/2023 02:20

Awful sorry.

mishmased · 05/08/2023 02:20

@Saolas we have a two year old Eliana.
I love the name and the meaning 'My God has answered' (Eliyanah) in Hebrew (I'm sure you know this already 😊
She is mostly called Eliana but some kids do say Ellie the odd time but she is known as Eliana. Although I did want to call her Eli but that mostly works for Elijah. I do shorten her name playfully to Liana, Lia (only privately as my friend has a Leah that is the same age).
I was going to give my baby an 'Eli' name so the 'Ellie' nickname does not bother me as almost everyone calls her Eliana.

user1492757084 · 05/08/2023 02:03

Eliana is fine though not a fave.
Do you like ..
Elettra
Allegra
Luciana
Llanelli
Elsie
Barbara
Elaine
Ellina
Leonora
Graciana
Georgiana

ErrolTheDragon · 05/08/2023 00:28

I've got a friend whose family is from Cyprus whose dd is an Eliana, but she pronounces it more like il-ee-ah-nah - doesn't sound at all like the Ellie/Ellie etc names.

lizzaliza · 05/08/2023 00:11

toastofthetown · 04/08/2023 22:20

It’s just so bland to me. It’s name which rolls every current name trend into one name. Eliana in a sea of Arya, Lily, and Ella’s etc just blends into one vowelly mush. There are also seven El- names in the top hundred which combined with decades of Ellie/Ellas adds to the dull ubiquity of the name.

I'm afraid I agree... It's a nice name, but with all the Ella/Ellie/Elsie/Eloise/Layla/Lyla/Lela names at the moment it would seem kind of bland-but-at-once -trie-hard to me.

DramaAlpaca · 04/08/2023 23:20

I think it's pretty, but frilly.

Housenoob · 04/08/2023 23:16

I love it but the only thing that would put me off using it is that the nickname will very likely be Ellie which is now bland and overused.

user1477391263 · 04/08/2023 23:11

Sounds like the parent wanted "Ellie" but decided to try and be a bit original. Will probably end up being "Ellie" most of the time anyway.

toastofthetown · 04/08/2023 22:20

It’s just so bland to me. It’s name which rolls every current name trend into one name. Eliana in a sea of Arya, Lily, and Ella’s etc just blends into one vowelly mush. There are also seven El- names in the top hundred which combined with decades of Ellie/Ellas adds to the dull ubiquity of the name.

elp30 · 04/08/2023 22:15

I thought I'd mention that everyone calls my daughter, Illy, not Ellie.

elp30 · 04/08/2023 22:14

I love it but I'm biased because my 22-year-old daughter is called that but it's spelt differently.

The UK needs more girls with that name 😉

Olika · 04/08/2023 22:13

Love it

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Saolas · 04/08/2023 21:59

Would pronounce it el-ee-ah-nuh

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ParisP · 04/08/2023 21:47

Elaina is nice, not keen on Eliana

AnneLovesGilbert · 04/08/2023 21:42

I know one, she’s Cypriot. She’s fabulous!

Eyeapple · 04/08/2023 21:41

Eli - Ana or Ellie Ana??

Muchtoomuchtodo · 04/08/2023 21:38

Is it pronounced Ellie-Anna?

I prefer one or the other, not both together

PickledScrump · 04/08/2023 21:35

I like it. I prefer Illiana but mainly because Eliana will likely become another Ellie.