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Ellynor?

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ILoveBrucie · 30/12/2008 22:17

We are contemplating the name Ellynor - spelt as it sounds, for our next dc, we want to be unusual and know that Eleanor is the usual spelling but are quite keen of going slightly off centre.

Honest thoughts please - but do be gentle

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UnquietDad · 31/12/2008 11:17

How about Ellennourgh?

or Ellinoare?

or Ellyyeeenooare?

You can tell I'm not taking this entirely seriously.

scarletlilybug · 31/12/2008 11:15

Like it or not, but poeple make judgements about children - and their perents - based on their names. Sorry, but (IMO), most people would think of Ellynor as the child of semi-literates. It doesn't look "original" or "different" - it looks stupid. Sorry.

Charlea looks like a typo to me - especially as "a" is next to "s" on the keyboard.

Josef is fine.

Guess this is why I would never ask for anyone's opinions regrading my own children's names. Sorry.

bronze · 31/12/2008 11:03

If you don't like Eleanor/Elinor go for Elena or one of the other PROPER options

smartiejakeonachristmascake · 31/12/2008 10:24

My DD (12) is Eleanor (although she now refuses to answer to anything but Ellie which I think is a shame as her proper name is so beautiful.)

I am a teacher and had never taught an Eleanor in 14 years of teaching before I had her so thought it was fairly safe as unusual. Obviously other people thought the same!

I think I saw Ellie in the top 10 names in a list on here the other day but Eleanor was up at around 78.

Sorry but Ellynor looks silly and she will curse you for giving her a name that no one will spell right the first time.

Littlefish · 31/12/2008 09:59

However you spell it, it will still be a name that is quite common at the moment. (Common as in, there are lots of them around!)

I should know, because after agonising for 8.5 months about dds name, we settled on it, only to find that in her class at school next September, there are 3 Ellie's and 2 Eleanor's (and there's only 20 in the class!) . So basically, there are 5 girls called Eleanor, with at least 3 different spellings.

I agree that it sounds like you are just trying too hard to be "different".

bessiebighead · 31/12/2008 09:53

Or Yelena/ Yllona ?

MadamAntlers · 31/12/2008 09:29

bullshit

bessiebighead · 31/12/2008 09:27

have you considered Aaliyah?

some similar sounds in there, double letters, and a nice y tail to sweep below the letter line? It means tall; so not for a family of 5'0" ers.

purepurple · 31/12/2008 09:03

sounds a bit chavvy or like you are trying too hard

JulesJules · 31/12/2008 08:57

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belgo · 31/12/2008 08:38

If you want off centre, just go for a very unusaual name but spell it properly.

SoupDragon · 31/12/2008 08:37

Actually, your version would be pronounced Ellee-Nor which isn't the same as Elinor at all. It's an ugly pronunciation.

SoupDragon · 31/12/2008 08:34

Spell it properly

(BTW, NineDragons, the accepted spelling is Anakin)

belgo · 31/12/2008 08:32

No. What about:
Elly-Nora

Heated · 31/12/2008 08:31

Out of the accepted spellings choosing Elenore or Elinor would get ppl pn it Elly-nor, especially as they will take their cue from you.

Califraukincense · 31/12/2008 03:24

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pgwithnumber3 · 31/12/2008 01:14

I don't actually think it is that bad. Eleanor is far far nicer but Ellynor doesn't make me think that the parents are thick, it just makes me think that it is a variation of Eleanor.

Nancy66 · 31/12/2008 01:09

People will just assume you're thick...

ninedragons · 30/12/2008 23:45

are horrible, sorry. DD (whose name I never solicited opinions about because I knew I liked it) is distracting me.

ninedragons · 30/12/2008 23:43

The only way the baby name threads work is if you treat them as a place to get a real reaction.

Your friends will never tell you that all the names on your treasured shortlist is horrible or that yes, naming your child Anekin Skywalker is a terrible idea no matter how big a Star Wars fan you are.

If you just want people to tell you "that's nice", go back to your friends. If you want to know what people who meet your child for the rest of its life will secretly be thinking, ask MN.

thatsnotmymonster · 30/12/2008 23:41

I'm sorry I don't normally have strong opinions on these kind of things but I really think that name is awful both in spelling and pronounciation.

Eleanor/Elinor/Elenore/Elena etc all fine

Ellie-Nor just sounds wrong and Ellynor just looks stupid.

Charlea looks like a girl's name.

Vamonos · 30/12/2008 23:26

7 on Facebook, blimey.

Well if our arguments don't sway you ILB, maybe that will - it's obviously not that unusual!!

Seriously, don't be sad, your DD/DS will be lovely however you spell their name.

puffling · 30/12/2008 23:22

There are 7 Ellynors on Facebook inc. the Dutch one.

puffling · 30/12/2008 23:19

apologies for unnecessary apostrophe

puffling · 30/12/2008 23:18

Here are some links to real life Ellynor's. This one was born in 1917!!
here
This one writes astrology books:
here
Here's Dutch one:
here