Quick poll: Nell or Ramona?

[Winterfield]

Which do you prefer and why?

Ramona.

Love it!

Nell doesn't seem 'complete' to me.

Nell - always liked it.

Ramona is not that pretty (don’t like the moan in it or the nns)- prefer Romilly.

I love both! I think Ramona though a) because it’s feminine but strong sounding b) because I love the au pair in cold feet

FWIW, I know 3 Nell’s. One is Helena, another Ellen and the last Penelope. But all are ALWAYS Nell.

Nell. Ramona sounds a little harsher but isn't terrible. I prefer nell/nelly as a nickname for a longer name but nell is adorable

Nell. Always loved it (and I think it can be an abriviated form of Helen or Ellen if you wanted a longer name).

Nell.

I had an Aunt Nellie who was the coolest ever. Prefer Nell to Nellie but it reminds me of her.

i really like Ramona tbh.
i met a Ramona back in the late seventies, and have always thought it sounded cool, ofc the Ramones helped too,

I prefer the vowels swapped so Romana or Romani.

Nell.

Nell as it's short sweet pretty and elegant.

Oh I adore Ramona! I think maybe because of my love for the Ramona Quimby books

My dd has Ramona as a middle name. We didn't go with it as a first name as my dh said he would shorten it and didn't like Rammy or Moaner 😒 As it is, he lengthens dd's name. Men!

I’m so torn!

Is Nell in danger of getting v popular do you think?

Ramona

Really like both....and you won’t hear me say that very often on here!

Nell, as don't like the moan sound in Ramona.

Gorgeous names! Nell (I would prefer short for Penelope) is probably more popular than Ramona I think, but you'd be fine with either.

You can't go wrong, whichever you pick.

Ramona - I think it's elegant and quite pretty but would worry a bit about 'Ramona the moaner'

I really don't like Nell. I think it's too short and it doesn't sound pretty/pleasant to me. I like Eleanor, Fenella and Helena?

Ramona 😊

Ramona.

I like Nell itself, but would worry about it turning into Nellie.....

It entirely depends on the surname.

"Nell, as don't like the moan sound in Ramona."

Same.

Ramona.

Nell sounds like half a name to me.

I love the name Nell! I know just one and hers is never lengthened to Nellie and it is very unlikely you’ll ever get two Nells in a class (it was 345th in last ons so probably won’t be top 50 even if it soared in populrity). I too would have it short for something else such as Helen or Ellen (another name I love!).

Ramona is ok but it’s too like Remoaner-something those of us disappointed with the Brexit vote get called...