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Eden or Ellen

35 replies

FlowerBellll · 31/12/2015 22:31

Edie or Ellie?

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Sophronia · 01/01/2016 15:04

Definitely Ellen. Eden has a religious feel to me.

ParcelP · 01/01/2016 15:11

Eden. Don't like Ellen but Ellie is ok.

StDogolphin · 01/01/2016 15:33

Elena

DramaAlpaca · 01/01/2016 15:35

Eden.

needmorespace · 02/01/2016 00:55

Ellen - definitely
Eden just doesn't sound like a real name to me - although I know it is. Really don't like it

MissAlabamaWhitman · 02/01/2016 14:27

Eden is s boys name;

Used for girls in only the last decade/fifteen years.
I don't like it on a girl, sounds harsh.

Ellen is lovely and unusual, definitely Ellen.

mrsschu · 02/01/2016 18:03

Ellen all the way and not shortened to Ellie. Ellen is sophisticated and timeless. Eden just sounds a bit ridiculous IMO. Edie is ok but nothing to get excited about.

NadiaWadia · 03/01/2016 00:09

No, Eden is not a boys name, unisex at most. According to my name dictionary (published back in 1983): 'In modern times male and female Edens seem to exist in almost equal numbers.' It also mentions that 'the 17th cen. Puritans probably began the fashion for using Biblical place names as first names, especially for women, perhaps because far more men are mentioned by name in the Bible than women.' So there probably have been more female Edens overall.

It does sound very feminine to me, maybe partly because the first time I came across it was for a female character in a book. It's a nice sound, not harsh at all, with lovely associations of course.

I quite like Ellen, but somehow it has a slightly drab vibe, compared to Helen/Helena or Eleanor.

KatOnATinRo0f · 03/01/2016 00:53

Eleni?

Kittykatmacbill · 03/01/2016 23:58

Love Ellen - on the list for dd2!

Eden is really hippy.

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