What do you think of the name...

[user1492722135]

Eloise?

What type of child do you think of? I love the numb Elle

[MikeUniformMike]

[17caterpillars1mouse]

I like it

I know a baby Eloise and she's had such beautiful large blue eyes and is always smiley.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

It's a lovely name, very pretty.

[Rockaby]

I think it's lovely. I can't really use it as we already have a Louise and an Ellie in the family, otherwise it would be on my (hypothetical baby) list.

[Jooni]

I think it's lovely, and I like Elle for short too.

[FeedTheSharkAndItWillBite]

It's fine :)

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Lovely

[MadameJosephine]

Gorgeous

[DreamingofItaly]

I knew an Eloise at uni. Awesome girl. Fab name.

[AnotherAnnoyingMother]

The American books about the girl who lived at the Plaza - sorry

[Sophronia]

Not keen

[EwanWhosearmy]

I love Eloise, but there are far too many Elllies, Ellas and Elles around.

Why not just call her Eloise?

(I really don't get the MN obsession with planning nicknames).

[Lemondrop99]

I'm not keen personally (but I also dislike Louise and Lois so I think it's the sound), but it's a perfectly inoffensive name which I think is unlikely to cause any problems

[SuperBeagle]

I love Eloise.

I've known two. One was almost always Eloise, with "El" being used occasionally. The other was "Weezy". Always. But she was a baby/toddler, so that might be the reason for that nickname.

I don't think you can plan nicknames, tbh. Unless it's a name like Alexandra or Madeleine which have extremely common, well-known, and virtually automatic nicknames.

[wildflowerfable]

I think it's a lovely, pretty name.

[AugustCarrot]

Love it. My cousin has a 4yo Eloise.

I wouldn't make it into Ellie though- as pp has said their are millions of those!

Family calls out Eloise Lo-lo - erm, that might be an option ?!

[harderandharder2breathe]

Nice name but I wouldn't use such a boring nn as Ellie, why not just call her Eloise?

[DramaAlpaca]

Eloise is lovely.

It reminds me of the song by The Damned back in the day

[Dixiestamp]

Beautiful name- it was high on our list!

[Susiethetortoiseshellcat]

I think Eloise is very pretty. Not so keen on Ellie which will be the inevitable nn as it's a bit boring.

[sugarbeep9]

how is it pronounced? A Louise or El was?

[sugarbeep9]

or el oys

[mollyminniemo]

Really irritating, don't like the sound, and has old fashioned, pompous connotations when I hear it. Much prefer Elsie or even Elodie.

[chainedtothedesk]

I like it. This may seem a daft question but I've always wondered how to pronounce Elouise. Is it:

El-lou-eez (like Louise but with el at the front?)

or

El-lou-ees? (with an s sound rather then z)

[Dixiestamp]

Sugar- like Louise with an 'elle' sort of sound before it (although the L sound blends into one).