Elinor

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Opinions please

Fine, if you spell it properly. Twatty if not.

Nice, but I prefer the spelling Eleanor somehow. Certainly Elinor is more unusual so that's a plus.

Elinor is a perfectly normal spelling. Jane Austen used it and I don't think she was a twat, really.

I have this name (with this spelling) in my family history. Great grandparents were clearly being twatty then!
It is nice, but will mostly be spelt the other way.

I just really like the i in it :) didn't really know it was considered a "bad" spelling alternative!

It's not. Clearly it's a spelling that has been around hundreds of years. Ignore!

I like it, and I like this older spelling.

I like it, and Elinor is a perfectly acceptable alternative spelling. I prefer it, actually.

DD's name is Eleanor so I obviously love it. Have seen it spelled Elinor before too. Can be shortened many ways and suits DD to a T!

Author of Chalet School series of books - perfectly acceptable spelling!

I like both versions of the name.

Elinor is on our shortlist, so obviously I love the name. This spelling is how my grandmother spells it and is also the main way it's spelled in Sweden, which is our heritage. Anyone who says it's not a legitimate spelling must be the twat 😝

DD is Eleanor and I've seen it as Elenor, Elanor and Elinor. It's a beautiful name, however it's spelled!

Beautiful. I love it :)

It'll be misspelt an awful lot. I think it's an ok name, nowt special though.

I love the name. It's beautiful. I do prefer Eleanor but that's just personal preference. Absolutely nothing wrong with Elinor.

SuckingEggs - unpleasant thing to say. Are you not in a happy place tonight?

How do you pronounce it? The ones with DDs named this? I like it said El-eh-nuh... Do you say nor at the end?

DD is el-len-or, though Elinor is el-in-or, Elanor is el-an-nor and Elenor is, I think, el-en-or, same as Eleanor.

Well, I want it said as Ellie-nah (kind of), but is it supposed to sound Ellie-nor?

It's a very pretty name but because it's such a minority (although still perfectly legitimate) spelling she will have to spell it out and correct people a lot. She will become "ElinorwithanI" - all one word. But that's not the worst fate, and it wouldn't put me off a name I really loved.

Is it possible for me to said it with the nah sound at the end? :S I had a step-cousin growing up (Eleanor) and everyone said it as Ellie-nah

Boogers, very happy dear. But thanks for asking.

The op asked for opinions. Haven't you come across the baby name thread before? You're being silly.

As I said... It's ok, but she'll spend her life correcting people.

It sounds however you want it to sound! I'm probably going to out myself here but DS is Joseph but I've always pronounced it Jo-sef, not Jo-zif. He gets irritated by people pronouncing it Jo-zif.

SuckingEggs - I'm not being silly, and it won't always be corrected.

My Jacob would have been an Elinor!!!! Beautiful!!