To ask you if you like this name for a baby.

[Floppyflippers]

Don't worry, it's not Balonz.

One of our friends is having a little girl and she's asked for suggestions from our group. She wants one name from every member.

She would like something a little unusual but nothing that's going to make problems for her child in the future.

I was watching YouTube (okay, I was trawling it for cat videos) and I came across this channel called Esselle and Eric. This chatty cat is really adorable but it's the woman's name that really struck me. Esselle. I've never come across the name before and I think it's a lovely name but I'm not sure if I'm being swayed by the fact she's sounds like a really nice person.

I was thinking of putting the name forward as my suggestion.

I know it's not a massively big deal in the grand scheme of things but I don't want the group laughing at me or thinking I'm weird.

Can I ask what you think.

No, but Estelle is nice.

Yes or i think it will end up being called Esil.

Estelle is nice enough. Esselle sounds made up? I would also think of it as SL.

too Frilly for me

Estella is too similar to Estrella (beer).

Seems probable it's a made up YouTube handle as previously suggested so I will go with something else.

Like I said, maybe I was just being swayed slightly by the nice personality of this cat video maker.

Once again, thanks for steering me in a different direction.

No 😳

I’m afraid I don’t like it. Sounds like a product for the alleviation of menopause symptoms.

I love the name Estelle
But Eselle sounds like an ointment, shampoo or medication

How about Elise?

I hear 'A Cell' so no from me too...sorry

No fear of that

She'll spend her entire life having to spell it out. And it sounds like a fanny deodorant.

In that vein, how about Estee? As is Estee Lauder. Think its pretty, not too out there, and wouldn't be too many in the class.

No. For all the good reasons mentioned above.

I met a girl who I thought was called this when I was a kid - turns out it was SL, short for Sarah Louise. Probably the same with the person you saw, it's a nickname based on her initials not an actual name.

I like Essie but as a nn of Estelle.

So I'm another with suggesting Estelle instead

SL.

Say less.

No.

You could suggest Estelle though, lots of people seem to like that and it's fairly unusual these days? It's a pretty name

Not sure about the name but that's a great way to advertise the YouTube channel.

No it's awful sorry.

Estelle is nice.
Esther
Elise
Eloise

I like Sylvia

NO. Estelle would be better

My first thought was that it sounds like an oral contraceptive pill.

I completely agree with this. It's the first thing that popped into my mind. I can even see the writing on the packet, a bit like Cushelle.

Esselle is really S L, though.

I think it sounds like a shampoo or the name of a nail salon, or as a pp said, an oral contraceptive.

Estelle is much, much nicer.