Alaina, Elena or Poppy?!

I like Poppy. I like Elena but not Alaina. I love Eleanor but think a nn for that (and Elena, tbf) would be Ellie, so to close to Eloise (which is lovely btw).

I like Elena with your pronunciation, but there is a high risk of her being called Ellie (you can't control nick names) and it would be just weird to have 2 Ellies.

A couple of other options. Helena could still be shortened to Lanie, and less likely to be an Ellie. Madeleine could also be shortened to Lanie. Both would go well with Eloise.

My Dd is called Aleena. This spelling might work.
I like Elena but maybe too close to Eloise.

My Dd is Alaina it's an Irish name so definitely not made up

I've known a few Elena's I think it's a lovely name.

Does no one see poppy but think poopy?! Just me then.....

Another vote for Poppy 🥰

Lainey and Ellie works great! I really like Alaina.

Never been the biggest fan of Poppy. Knew and adult Poppy and always thought it was an odd name on her (she was quite a serious / slightly morose person).

The first Poppy I met was an adult, so I don't find it childish, any more than Rose or Lily. I wouldn't choose any of them, but Poppy and Jasmine are the best.

Not all flower names are equal. Really.

I love poppies the flowers and have a very sentimental attachment to them due to my late DM. But it’s not a name for a grown woman.

Honey is different because it's a food and a term of enderament.

I'd put Daisy and Poppy in the same category as Rose, Jasmine, Violet and Lily.
They're flower names. Poppy is better than a long vowelly name that people won't know how to say or spell.

How is it not cutesy?! It really is - same bracket as Daisy/Honey etc. I slightly despair to be honest wouldn’t you want to equip your daughter with a stronger more womanly name than one of those soppy toddler type ones?

I like Poppy. I don’t think it’s cutesy. It’s the name of a flower. It’s not even a short form like Archie or Rosie, which I do think are cutesy. It’s exactly the same as Holly. I Know a Poppy in her very late 20s.

weebleswobblebuttheydontfalldown just say you don't like the name, I don't believe for a minute you know multiple Poppy's who use their middle name,It's a really common name in teens m, and 20's

Half the pets I know are called Poppy. Elena is nice.

I work with an Alaina and I really like the name! It might cause spelling problems if people assume it's spelt Elena, but I doubt it would cause pronunciation problems as it makes sense phonetically. And anyway, a lot of names need to be spelled out.
I also like Alina ( reminds me of the ballerina Alina Cojocaru) and Alana.

Think Elena is too similar to Eloise, and I'm not really a fan of Poppy!

I like Alaina and like that spelling. I also believe Poppy is great for a little girl but less great for an adult. However, so many more Poppies around nowadays that it may well be totally normalised by the time your DD is an adult!

Congratulations on your new arrival when she comes.

I have a Poppy. She's 14 now and currently loves her name. Hated it between 11-13y. Who knows how she feels when she's older ?

You can't guess whether they will hate or love it when they're an adult. I don't hate my name but it's quite 'meh' (think 80s popular) but like others have said most of my peers have similar names. As will my daughters peers when she reaches adulthood - Lily, Daisy, Ruby, Ivy, Violet, Rosie - just some of her friends names. So it's not like Poppy is going to stand out!

Also is it that popular now ? She's the only one of two Poppy's in the whole school (over 1200 students so let's say 600 females)

I like Alaina. Eloise and Alaina sound nice together, but not sure on Ellie and Lainie.

I’ve had a lifetime of spelling out my name (think ‘necessary on a bike?’).

Give me my name over Poppy any day of the week.

I think Poppy is the nicest name out of those.

Poppy is nice. Alaina is setting her up for a lifetime of spelling and pronouncing her name

Poppy is overused IMO

And the other two are pronounced differently. I think Alaina would get so many different spellings and people might not know how to pronounce.

Poppy. Please don't give your child a lifetime of having to spell out her name.

I feel the same about all the cutesy names - Daisy etc. so many disagree with me tho as these are very well used

I think Poppy is lovely - then I every November I realise it could have a political interpretation! I live in NI where that could particularly be true so perhaps less of an issue where you are (and depending on your own views may even be a pro).

I like Elena and would pronounce it as you've said but I think it's too close to Eloise (which is lovely).

Poppy is just dreadful. What are you thinking? Can you imagine being landed with that a name an adult? She'll no doubt be changing t by dead poll.