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Original poster

Adelaide, Eloise or Alethea?

47 replies

5daysleft · 06/05/2018 22:16

Which do you prefer? Other suggestions welcome.

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Kokeshi123 · 07/05/2018 07:04

Adelaide.

So many girls seem to have names starting in "El" right now.

Alethea sounds like Alicia with a lisp.

Pompom42 · 07/05/2018 07:06

Eloise

Pompom42 · 07/05/2018 07:07

Eloise- A great song by The Damned

Mannix · 07/05/2018 07:11

I'm not crazy about Alethea, but I do like Thea as a nickname (or on its own). Otherwise Eloise.

flaggerblasted · 07/05/2018 07:14

Eloise, great song by The Damned, but the original version by Barry Ryan is even better

userabcname · 07/05/2018 10:01

Eloise out of your list. How about Athena?

Sevendown · 07/05/2018 10:02

Alethea

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/05/2018 10:03

Eloise.

MikeUniformMike · 07/05/2018 14:03

Eloise. Don't like the other 2.

Kpo58 · 07/05/2018 14:34

Adelaide

No idea how you pronounce Alethea.

I have a strong dislike of Eloise.

DickensianHysteric · 07/05/2018 14:36

Adelaide. It's lovely.

missmouse101 · 07/05/2018 14:38

Not really keen on any but Eloise the least bad!

Mollie85 · 09/05/2018 18:43

Eloïse and also like Thea :)

MrsMarigold · 09/05/2018 18:59

Eloise

toomanyeastereggsurghh · 09/05/2018 20:20

Adelaide and Eloise are nice. Really don’t like Alethea.
I also really like Adeline and Elodie which are similar to your choices.

sakura06 · 09/05/2018 20:33

I love Eloise. Adelaide is nice too.

SnowGoArea · 10/05/2018 23:25

I really liked Alethea (and had it on my shortlist for a while) until I read somewhere that it sounded like Alicia with a lisp. And it really does, you can't un-hear it. Althea works though.

Love Eloise.

DramaAlpaca · 10/05/2018 23:27

Eloise by a long way.

Chocolateporridge · 10/05/2018 23:29

Eloise out of the ones you've mentioned but also Elodie or Thea

talimom500 · 11/05/2018 03:08

Althea, not Alethea, or Adelaide. What about Elsie?

TroubledLichen · 11/05/2018 03:15

Eloise

ThisIsTheFirstStep · 11/05/2018 03:18

Alethea sounds like urethra.

Eloise is nice and I like Adelaide too.

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