If I introduce my dd as Elodie Grace, what's your first thought?

[AmIGoingMad]

Hello!

I'm narrowing our short list and Elodie Grace is the current front runner ( only thing is that the front runner seems to change every other day). Just wondering what your first thought on that name is.

Also, what would you be likely to end up shortening it to in time, if anything?

Thanks in advance!

That's ok. DH speaks lots of different languages and his idea of lovely names are different to mine. The amount of stupid roman names he has thrown at me is awe inspiring. I'll just give in and let him call child Brutus Atticus!

That'd be cool!

Edie is lovely

To be honest if middle name is just a middle name I wouldn't tell anyone except immediate family what it is unless they ask. I think I could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people not directly related to us who have the vaguest idea what my DCs' names are.

Elodie I like a lot, and Edie is a cute nn. FWIW I have a DD whose name could be shortened to Ellie/Ella/one of those ubiquitous nns and no one's ever tried it.

I would think Elodie - lovely but Grace - inward groan, another 'filler' middle name. Whenever I hear May/Rose/Grace as a middle or double barrell name I just cringe. Sorry!

Thanks for these opinions! No need to apologise either- it's always interesting to get other viewpoints.

I see what you mean with Grace being a very popular middle name. To be honest we'd actually decided on that as a middle name before deciding on a first name which is still not certain although Elodie is looking like it could be the one. I'm a bit of a Grace Kelly fan so love it as it makes me think of her all elegant in High Society!

Think that when the time comes, I might need to say that we've named our daughter Elodie with Grace as her middle name, rather than saying that she's named Elodie Grace in order to avoid confusion as to whether its hyphenated too.

Some good food for thought although its encouraging that nothing has actually put me off the name at the moment!

Thanks and keep them coming!

I would think she has French conections because my exchange partner was called Elodie. I always liked her name though! It's a lovely name. I like Grace too...it seems quite popular nowadays so depends if you're wanting it all to be pretty unique I would say.

I went to school with an Elodie. I never heard anyone shorten it.

I think it's a lovely name (so long as it's not hyphenated), and so what if Grace is a popular name? If you like it, and it's gorgeous (which it is!) then go for it

never heard of it, not very keen, sorry!

Elodie is a beaut - go for it.

"it makes me think of her all elegant in High Society!"

oh in that case you can call her Tracy!

Ha balloon! Doesn't quite have til he same ring to it in my opinion!

I'd say, Melody? Because elodie isn't on my radar of names....

Oh Lord... "have the vaguest idea what my DCs' middle names are" not "have the vaguest idea what my DCs' names are". Obviously there are lots and lots of people who know what their names are even if I mix them up to a degree that you'd be forgiven for assuming I wasn't one of those people

I would think you had French links WRT Elodie. Grace is frequently used these days, particularly as a middle name, I know two girls with it as their middle name.
All together, it is a pretty, feminine name

I would think meh. Elodie goes into all those Ellie/Ava/Evie names for me and if it is combined with Grace, which along with Rose & May, seems to be most little girls middle names lately it seems very boring. Sorry.

Elodie is pretty but I think it could be the next Ruby, I hear it a lot. Grace is sooooo common as a middle name, along with Rose. When I was at school everyone in the class was "something" Jane, Elizabeth or Louise. Now it seems to be Grace or Rose as the default middle name. So my reaction to it is always an internal yawn

Yer what?

I like it, I think it sounds very elegant. I know a baby Elodie though and almost everyone says it "Ella dee' rather than 'ello dee', so make sure you think qbout whether that will really bug you or not! The only people I know who really pronounce the 'ello' are French.

I think Elodie is very pretty, but Grace is so overused it's very boring, and I'd be a little bit worried that she could end up sharing her name if she ends up going by Ellie. Even with your reasons (and my first thought was the character too, but Elodie Tracy really doesn't sound good!)

Ha this Tracy thing is definitely not so good IMO. Maybe I should have worded that differently! It's the general Grace Kelly in her hey day (?) that I meant and High Society is an example of a film she made then!

I see what you mean about Ella dee and am trying to decide if it would annoy me. I am a French speaker so could potentially find the change in pronunciation a little irritating. Not sure if this is enough to steer me from the name but am really liking the different points for consideration people are bringing up- as well as the really positive ones!

Elodie is lovely and I love edie too.

And Theodora is just gorgeous - also worth contemplating another baby to have a little dd called teddy

I love the name Elodie and it was on the short list for my DD. I knew an Elodie at school who had just moved from France and the name has a great sense of rhythm. What put me off was that I have no French links so I thought it might be a bit pretentious to use it and also that it would be shortened to Ellie which I don't like.

Pretty name though!