Elena, nn nell

[NiceCuppaT]

What do you think?

Love Nell.

Elena is my no 1 choice for bump at the minute, love it, but not sure how you get Nell from it?

I love Elena but I'm not too keen on Nell...

Nell is a proper nn for elena

Prefer it spelt Eleanor if it is said the same way? Nell also a nn for that.

Nice name, isn't Nell a very old fashioned nickname (like Nan for Anne)? not that there's anything wrong with that of course, and for all I know it might have become fashionable again.

Would make a change from all the Ellie/Elle's around as well!

I like it, bit biased as I have an Elana. Nell is a lovely nickname.

I like it - love Nell

If you spelt it Elena, would you be pronouncing it in a Slavic way? Or would you use it as an alternative spelling for Eleanor? I prefer Elinor if so. Can still be Nell.

Love both Elena and Nell.

Love Nell too, makes a change from "Elle" based nn, Ellie, Ella, Elsie etc

Would pron. Elle-len-ah

More of an 'A' at the end than an 'Ah' iykwm

It is normally pronounced 'Eh-LAY-na'

Why can't you just call her Elena? It's absolutely gorgeous, much nicer than Nell. It's my sister's name and I've always been a bit jealous. She's never been anything but Elena (El-AY-na).

If you want to pronounce it Elle-len-ah, then why not use Elinor or Eleanor as spellings? Otherwise people are always going to say El-AY-na when they see that spelling.

El-ah-na is a better way of explaining how I would say it (thanks qumquat).
I don't like the nor on the end of eleanor.

That's how we pronounce our Elana, the Elena we know is El-ay-na.

Ha typo I mean el ay nah!!
Anyway the good news is we have changed our mind and elena is off the list!!