Why does everyone hate Ellie so much?

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Hello. I am an Eleanor nn Ellie. I've always loved both forms of my name but I always see on here that everyone hates the nn Ellie. I'm not offended I just wondered why? I don't know many children but I see that lots of people seem to prefer the nn Nell which personally I always hated as it sounds so frumpy! Just curious- is it the popularity? Has it become a bit chavvy? Honest answers- genuinely just curious!... X

If someone asked me in real life did I like x name I would tell them the truth.

If they introduced me to their child with x name which I didn't like, I wouldn't offer my opinion on it because that would just be rude and pretty weird. In that context my opinion isn't being asked for.

I like Ellie but dislike Eleanor...I just don't like the feel of the word if that makes sense.

I'm guilty of getting aerated on a baby names thread before I must admit. It was when the word 'cutesy' was brought up yet again and I did have a bit of a rant about 'that fucking word'! Who uses fuckingcutesy in RL?

It didn't help that the name being absolutely ripped to shreds was my dd's .

I know ellie, elly and ele, all pronounced the same, they are all lovely and i think the name is lovely too!

I like / love it

Nell is a lovely shortening of Elinor

I have an Ellie and I love it - no name is going to be loved or even liked by everyone. The world would be a very boring place otherwise.

Isn't the whole point of these threads that people can give an HONEST opinion? The OP specifically asked us why some people dislike the name Ellie!

So, we're offering an answer. The name has been very widely used and some of us find it overused and twee. Nothing wrong with that, is it?

Overused to the extent it's lost any appeal agree with sqoosh. Not bad or awful just dull.

I was told on here that dd2 name sounded like a boat

I don't like it due to its popularity. I quite like Eleanor which is an elegant name IMO but I dislike Ellen (no logic really).

Sophie, Ava, Isabel are equally common but to my ears they are 'full'names at least.

Eesh!! I've never been on one of these threads before everyone is entitled to call their child what they like.

My Dd really suits her name and I like it - that's all that matters

Lol at a name sounding like a boat!

I came on here once to read that the name I have given my child is so boring that I obviously didn't love my child enough to make her sound in the least bit special! We also have a nickname for her with a slightly unusual spelling - this emerged rather than was planned, but apparently that was 'try-hard'...

Ellie is a gorgeous name and Eleanor timeless. There is a reason some names are popular!

I really like Eleanor.

I don't especially like Ellie but much prefer it to Nell.

I think it just seems a shame to shorten such a lovely name.

But then I'm a Rebecca who's suffered a lifetime of Becky - so many short names are so ugly compared to the original (imo)

I've never encountered any negativity about the name anywhere else but NM.

dementedma ours is the Ellster too

Eleanor is a beautiful name, Ellie is not. It is exceedingly common and barely distinguishable from all the other billion Ella's, Izzy's, Evie's etc etc.

I like the name and suggested it to my DH. Unfortunately it means rat in his mother tongue, so although he liked the name it was a no go.

I quite like Ellie!

There always seems to be a thread where someone is asking for opinions on Poppy/Rosie/Holly etc. etc. and being told something along the lines of "too popular, too twee - how about Muriel or Agatha?"

^^ this cracked me up, too true.

I have an Eloise, nn Ellie. I love it, but then I can't stand frumpy names

We are seriously considering Ellen which will most likely get shortened to Ellie

Or Evelyn - Evie

I didn't know they were disliked. Ava is one I am getting tired of. Every other bsby girl around here is Ava

They Evie is similar I know

Ellie is a gorgeous name but oh my GOD its everywhere - I am a teacher and there are at least 2 (often more) in every year group.

I have to admit that I do eye roll a bit when someone introduces another Amelia Grace or Lily Rose on Facebook or in RL - they are beautiful names but there are just so many of them, they will be the Lauras and Claires of the future (again beautiful names, but so many of the girls of my age are called it that even now we have to say 'Laura b' or 'Claire h'.

Having said that, my DD is one of the names that apparently is about to explode in popularity so I may have to eat my words.

I don't really know why people are getting cross at posters giving their opinions on this thread - that is the WHOLE point of this section: to give opinions that you wouldn't get in real life because people are too polite.

Lol at 'what about Muriel or Agatha'!

You don't have to go the Muriel and agatha route to avoid overused names! There are standard names that are great but weirdly underused.

Walk away from Ellie Evie Olivia lily Emily Amelia tedious and overdone. Instead off top of my head Mary, tess, Zoe, Natasha, susannah and jane. Proper names but not overused.

It's just so common, I have looked after about 20 Elle's, Ellie's, Ella, it just tarnishes an otherwise beautiful name!

In about 10yrs it will be cool to use it again xx

I love the name Eli and my best friend is Eli. My name has also got a mention here as common and twee.