Formal name for nm "Ellie"

[RayeB]

My DH loves Ellie as a name, but I like more formal names - old fashioned ones. Is Ellie short for anything so we can compromise? A family members DD is Eleanor so we can't use this one. Not that keen on Elizabeth. Thanks!

Sorry missed the part where you were reconsidering - agree with mathanxiety - lots of Ellie; Milly; Molly; Maisie and Daisy in use here

Agree with Math - there are loads of Ellies and Ellas around.

We named DD1 Eloise because we liked it, and also liked Ellie / Ella as nicknames. However, once here, we quickly realised how many Elies there are... so now she is firmly an Eloise, and we do not shorten her name at all (everyone calls her Eloise).

In fact in her old class - there were two Ellies, one Ella, but she was the only Eloise in her whole school (290 infant aged children), and in our new school there are two Ellas in her class, an Ellie... but again she is the only Eloise in the whole school (another 270 children). So that shows how popular Ellie is in comparison!

My friend is called Ellie. Her 'proper' name is Alethea

DD is Ellen and we always meant to use Ellie as a nickname but somehow it never happened.

I love elise and hardly any around