Girls name help please, Eleanor? Annie?

[Emmab515]

We are struggling with a girls name

We both like Eleanor and Annie
Husband likes Abigail but I don’t like it
I really like Arabella but husband doesn’t

Just wondering if you have a preference?
Or a suggested similar girls name?

Many thanks

I love Abigail, but would go with Eleanor, from your list.

Annie is a nickname. Annabell is nice.

Eleanor is lovely.

Love Eleanor.

Eleanor = a queen. Annie = the girl who carries water for Eleanor's bath.

How about:

Antonia
Annabelle
Amelia
Isabelle
Isabella
Elizabeth
Elleni

I like El-ay-na but not El-in-or. So probably Annie. Although I think Anna is far more classy.
Other ideas
Aurora. Anastasia. Annaliese.Amelia. Eliza. Emilia. Evelyn. Isadora. Imogen.

Elora. İrena. Eleri. Elkie. Olivia. Amber
.Alexandra. Amanda. Aaliyah.

I love Eleanor, such a pretty name.

I like Annie. It's great actually.

I like Arabella most.

I really don't like Annie, Eleanor and Abigail. Annie isn't a full name IMO, Abigail is very plain and Eleanor is outdated.

Annabel or Anya?
I don't like Abigail too much either but I like Gale as a middle name.

Libby is nicer than Abby.

Eleanor is ok. Prefer Leonor

Eleanor and Annie are very different imo. Annie is very nicknamey. I love the idea of naming her Anne and nicknaming Annie though - stands out from the swarms of Annas!

I don't like Eleanor. I like Abigail, though. Arabella is awful flouncy, prim and fussy to my ear.

Great names, you may like:
Adelicia
Honora
They are of a similar sound to the names you both like but rarer and give familiar Nn's.

We have an Eleanor so bias. There are a whole array of nicknames too; Ellie, Ella, Elle, it is also a classic name as well as versatility and she has never complained about her name.

Arabella is very lovely too - strong and classic - can be shortened to Belle.

Not keen on Abigail

Eleanor is beautiful. I don't like Annie but Anna is lovely.

Not keen on Abigail.

I love Abigail

Also like Anna or something with Anna at the end of it...Marianna, Arianna etc.

An abigail is also an archaic word for a maidservant.

I have an Annie it’s a real name! Arabelle is awfully twee, Eleanor is lovely (but dh and I had a spelling disagreement Elinor vs Eleanor). And Abigail is awfully out of generation name- isn’t it?

I think Megan is a similar type name to Eleanor but I accept that 2018 maybe isn’t the year for it!

The problem with Elanor is that it can sound nice in some accents, but people with broad accents can really stretch out the O and give it a deep ugly sound.

I've heard it said niceley: EleAnOr
And I've heard it said ugly: ehLLanoOor

We pronounce our dd's name as Eleanah; it makes me smile when people call her Elean or...but they rarely do (perhaps there is an alternative spelling).

Alice?
Martha?
Clara?
Eleanor’s my dd1’s name. Everyone pronounces it ‘Ellen or’.

So many good suggestions/opinions thank you.

I guess another short list is needed, we still have 10 weeks to go so plenty of time to decide and then probably change our mind again and so on and so on 🙈

Many thanks

Not keen on Eleanor. Dislike the Ellen-OR pronunciation.
Don't mind Abigail, and Abi/Abbie/Abby/Abbey and Gail are fine as short forms.
Gale looks wrong.

Arabella is lovely but is a bit long. Not keen on Bella, Belle or Ari, Ella is ok.