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!

I have honestly never come across Elodie before. Grace is OK, but Elodie sounds a bit twee and neuvaux riche to me. (Sorry to be both negative and judgey in one sentence).

Elodie Grace is an absolutely beautiful name.

Lovely name, really pretty.

Thanks for the opinions ladies! It's good to read them- both in favour of name and not so much!

For me, minimuffin on previous page sums it up. It could well be the next Ruby.

I would bear in mind:
Any French connection? If not, then I wouldn't use a French name because it sounds try-too-hard. (other side of the coin, I know an Italian child called Kevin and it just makes everyone roll their eyes- I don't think Elodie would do that- because it's becoming very Ruby-esque IYSWIM!)

A name ending in a ie-y sound would be mauled by a fair few UK accents. Birmingham, Liverpool, Lahndon town would pulverise it.

Grace is default middle name along with May and Rose. All 3 very pretty. But all 3 very overused.

No hyphen ever adds anything positive to a name.

Oh, and the last one I came across was the winner in a local newspaper bonny baby contest and had a hyphen middle name (not Grace though!)

Thanks for being honest! I have said several times that there'll be no hyphenation though as I agree on that point!

I do have French links though!

I'd think that you'd forever be able to pinpoint the child's age to within two years.

Elodie is pretty, grace is very common at mo. I would put it with a more traditional middle name like Anne

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She might get called LOD when older!
As in Elle (L) Oh (O) Dee (D)

by someone daft like me