Rate my girls names!

[lucieloos]

Just started making a list and looking for opinions on the following..I seem to have a thing for names starting with 'E'

Amelie
Ameline
Arianna
Charlotte Mia
Charlotte Mari
Charlotte Mari Ann
Charlotta
Hannah
Eira
Emmeline
Eleanor / Elinor
Elena
Eleni
Eliana
Elise
Eliza
Elodie
Emiliana
Emmylou
Eveline
Isabella
Isabelle
Maisie
Marianne
Mariella
Marielle
Maya
Thea

My favourite is Eliza, closely followed by Eleanor, Hannah and Charlotte. I also like Emmeline, Arianna and Elise. I'm not keen on Ameline, Emiliana, Maisie or Emmylou.

Love Eleni, it is beautiful and elegant.
A classic (well, in Greece!).

Also like, Marianne, Eliza and Maya.

We have an Eleni and an Arianne. Thinking about Isabella for the next one.

We've just named our DD Eleanor and love it. We've had such lovely comments on it

Arianna
Emmeline - if pronuced line. Emmylou could be a nn
Eleanor
Elena
Eliana - prefer Elaina
Elise - beautiful but lovely as a shortening for Elisabeth.
Eliza - Beautiful on on or as Elizabeth
Elodie

Like Elianna but would spell it illianna

Amelie - ok
Ameline - no
Arianna - no
Charlotte Mia - just Charotte
Charlotte Mari - "
Charlotte Mari Ann - "
Charlotta - no
Hannah - yes
Eira - no
Emmeline - ok
Eleanor / Elinor - Eleanor is lovely
Elena - ok
Eleni - no
Eliana - no
Elise - ok
Eliza - nice
Elodie - nice
Emiliana - no
Emmylou - no
Eveline - no
Isabella - ok
Isabelle - nice
Maisie - no
Marianne - ok
Mariella - ok
Marielle - ok
Maya - ok
Thea - nice

Sorry OP, just seen your question to me.

Yes, we've had Eleanor at the doctors, passport office, etc. I expect it, as its not an intuitive pronunciation in English, so it doesn't bother me. It's easy enough to correct people/let it go. Most of the time I introduce her verbally, so it's not an issue.

I also have an Elena and would ditto what Raines100 says about mispronunciation and the fact that it's a minor issue. We pronounce it in the same way but as it's a fairly international name there are various valid pronunciations. I love the name though (and so does she) and she is not bothered correcting people if they say it 'wrong'. No one has shortened it yet (well, except her brother who sometimes calls her Hayna-bees, but I expect that's not too common!). And I sometimes drop the 'E' so she becomes Lena. I think that's a more natural shortening than Ellie.

My name is on the list and never shortened to Ellie. I like Emilia. O think Emiliana is too much of a mouthful and Amelia is very popular but I really like Emilia. I also like Charlotte, none of the other variations. Underused name in my opinion. I like Isabelle. How about Julia or Juliet?

Estella or Elodie I love.

Carlotta? (version of Charlotte in most of Europe?)

Never seen Eira before but like it!
Quite like Eliza and Amelie.
My favourite is probably eveline, but pronounced ave-el-een, rather than eve-el-een? Xx

In defence of Emmylou, I secretly wanted to use Emily Louisa as a first and middle name that could abbreviate to this if we chose to and give a nod to Emmylou Harris.

In the end I went off Emily due to knowing too many but DD does have a middle name that can abbreviate to Lou!

Thanks for all the comments. We do really like Elena and it's pretty high up the list. Good to hear from others that the misspelling etc is a pretty minor thing. I would also pronounce it Eleanor but we prefer Elena spelling as we are Welsh and Elena has a meaning in Welsh.