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elsie- is it too old ladyish ?

38 replies

drpepper · 06/07/2009 10:48

i really like the name and its my dps grans name and my nan is called elseba ( she's from the faroe islands ) so its kind of short for that too ! what do u all think ? x

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Ladyem · 06/07/2009 11:36

I love that name!! Friends of ours just names their DD Elsie and I though at the time, what a cool name!!! Go for it!

gorionine · 06/07/2009 11:34

Elsie is a fantastic name. Actually, if We had not decided that our dcs would have arabic names that would be Dd1's name! It reminds me of "Fairy tale a true story".

kando · 06/07/2009 11:30

Love it!!! [dd3 is Elizabeth and I wanted to shorten it to Elsie, but she decided on Betty!] Go for it!

bundle · 06/07/2009 11:27

it's divine

Scorpette · 06/07/2009 11:26

Elsie is great. I'm all for cool old-lady names. And what a lovely way to honour both your Grans

gagamama · 06/07/2009 11:23

It's lovely, especially as there's a good family connection on both sides. Elseba is gorgeous, too (but this is the woman who wanted to call her DD Elphaba... vetoed by, well, everyone with a brain, really).

diedandgonetodevon · 06/07/2009 11:13

No, it's lovely. I met a six week old Elsie recently and thought at the time what a good choice of name.

McDreamy · 06/07/2009 11:12

It's lovely, very pretty

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 06/07/2009 11:08

I like it.

OracleInaCoracle · 06/07/2009 10:53

i like it. love ivy and violet too.

Lizzzombie · 06/07/2009 10:50

I love it.
I know of 2 recent baby girls; Sylvie & Ivy and I love those names too.

MamaLazarou · 06/07/2009 10:50

It's lovely. No more old-ladyish than the ubiquitous Lily or May.

LaDiDaDi · 06/07/2009 10:49

I like it.