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ella can be short for??

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mamaesi · 18/04/2011 20:41

Love ella, but want a full name...
Isabella, Estella.... what else can it be short for?

Also another issue is one of our other daughters is named Isla.

Is ella too close to Isla??

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ValiumBandwitch · 18/04/2011 20:44

Ella is too close to Isla imo. I wouldnt name the sister of an Isla 'Ella'. Sorry.

What about Bella. That makes it that bit different from Isla. Or Stella. Stella and Isla would work beautifully too. Gabriella? Mariella, Annabella.

MelinaM · 18/04/2011 20:49

Ella is definitely too close to Isla. As Valium says Bella would be a good alternativeSmile

Folicacid · 18/04/2011 20:51

Mariella
Marchella
Marinella
Cinderella Grin

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SolarPanel · 18/04/2011 22:31

Ella is very similar to Isla. How about Emma or Elodie?

I wouldn't think of Ella as short for Isabella or Estella. I'd think of it as nickname for a name beginning with El, such as Eloise, Eleanor, Elspeth.

EllieG · 18/04/2011 22:33

Eleanor? Arabella?

NormanTheForeman · 18/04/2011 22:36

Fenella, Daniella, Estella, Gabriella, Mariella, Isabella, Luella, Petronella, Rafaella,

or maybe Nutella?

vintageteacups · 18/04/2011 22:39

Isla and Ella are very similar.

How about Elena (E-lay-na)?

Or Estelle.

BibiBelle · 18/04/2011 23:01

ooh very similar but then I'm not a fan of names that sound the same. My 3 have very different sounding names so they know who is being shouted at called Grin

DD1 is Isabella known as Ella

The only other one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned is Helena at a stretch??

BibiBelle · 18/04/2011 23:01

Stella?

weedle · 19/04/2011 00:42

I have a Michella in my class

CelticStarlight · 19/04/2011 02:17

Arabella - beautiful name.

Hedwig3 · 20/04/2011 09:43

Ella is a full name.

bamboostalks · 20/04/2011 09:44

Ella is also short for Elizabeth.

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