Elaine

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CorrieQueen · 12/04/2011 18:58

Is it nice or dated?

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everlong · 14/04/2011 20:22

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SomethingSuper · 14/04/2011 20:25

Just to join in - noooooo.

candleshoe · 14/04/2011 20:27

Reminds me of Dustin Hoffman hammering on the glass and yelling 'Elaine!Elaine!Elaine!Elaine!' at the end of 'The Graduate'. Also a thick girl at school : Elaine lame brain!

Bankings · 14/04/2011 21:20

It was my mum's name. I like it but maybe because it reminds me of her. I think it's a lovely sounding name, very similar to the popular Ella, Ellie, Elenor and so on. My mum's nn was Lenny and Lainey which I think are both pretty nice tbh!

purpledrops · 21/04/2011 14:58

I am another Elaine, and yeah I'm not 100% sure I like the name because it rhymes with so many words!! And since I live in the Mediterranean people do not always pronounce the E at the beginning correctly, and make it sound like the E in 'Elegant'.... Also when introducing myself I always have this feeling that it is quite soft and may sound a bit timid, when in actual fact I'm quite a bubbly person and sometimes I think that it may be a hindrince... But here where I live people LOVE it because it is a very popular local patron saint... but in actual fact the name Elaine is not that popular. My parents thought that I was going to be a boy so they did not have alot of time thinking of girls names! But when I lived in Liverpool I preferred my name because of how they pronounce it. I think what will be bad is if I end up changing my surname with one which is either or Italian origin or something like that because it would be a soft name linked with a very harsh sounding surname!! Btw I'm 22....

missmelo · 21/04/2011 18:44

Elaine is a little plain and safe, not much music to it....sorry to all the Elaines out there ....You may not think much of my name either :)

ValiumBandwitch · 21/04/2011 19:07

Dated. I think Ellen is nice. But I know I am just being influenced by fashions here. There's no logical reason why Elaine must be unattractive when Ellen (to me) sounds lovely. Just fashions but I can't help disliking dated names.

4oclockwakeup · 22/04/2011 11:06

my middle name is elaine and people never like it (including myself) i was born in 1971 and think it is a real 70s name. sorry another thumbs down. what about eleni (sp?)

hodgessucks · 23/04/2011 11:05

i like it. Very uncommon now days but that's not a bad thing really.

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