Elodie

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What do you think of Elodie.

I've mentioned it to one or two people. Big mistake! The reactions haven't been great, they've also not heard of it before and mixed it up and misheard for Melody.

I am often amazed at the names no one has heard of.

A girl named Elise came to school and none of the staff had heard the name, and said it was made up.

I thought thousands of Frenchwomen were called Elise.

Elodie is nice, but I can see it might be misheard as Melody. Does that matter terribly though?
Melody is a nice word; it's not like Lydia and chlamydia.

As it's more unusual it will be one of those names you may have to explain. People will only need telling once.

I love it. Love it. I prefer it with a French accent though (rather than rhyming with melody)!

I know a couple of little Elodies. They are beautiful, as is the name.

Beautiful - it is on my list for any future dds

It's a lovely name :)

I think it's stunning, one of my favourite names ever :)

I think it's beautiful, v girly

I love the name and have considered it - my only concern would be that it's likely to be shortened to el which I am not so keen on.

If you have French connections it's lovely.

I think it is absolutely beautiful, honestly love it

Sigh....... When will this craze for EL names end?

My daughter is named Elodie.

It only barely scrapes into the top 200 French girls names and the reaction from the French side of the family (my wife is French) is that it is perceived as old fashioned. The sister in-law positively hates the name.

The Brits though love the name and as she is growing up in England it is okay. Only issue we had so far was after the birth my Uncle who is going deaf passed on the message to his family that she was called Elegy. We got half a dozen cards with that name on.

I suggested the name initially to the wife after having had a fried of 16 years with the name who I still am very close to.

My friend abbreviates her name on her autosignature on emails to L.O.D

quand est ce que tu rentres a la maison?

When the wife returns my keys to me and stops threatening to kill me.

One down side to a French girls name is the reputation that French women have for being "high maintenance" :).

LOL at Elegy!

I have a friend with that name who's 23. It's a gorgeous name. She still always gets complimented on it.

I know a little baby Elodie. She's half French. I think it's lovely.

I have an Elodie, but I am French so I pronounce it the French way. Agree with other comments - my French family thinks it is an awful, old-fashioned name but my English friends and my husband's English family like it. I do find it a little strange if you name your daughter Elodie and she won't be able to speak French though. I would love to have a boy called Joao but I don't speak Portuguese so think that would be weird!

I think it's gorgeous Really feminine!

I like it a lot we considered it for dd3 but as we have an Eloisa it was a bit to close.