Opinions on a few girls names

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your thoughts on the following girls names:

Elspeth shortened to either Essie or Elsie

Ethel possibly shortened to Effie

Enid

Olive maybe shortened to Oli

Isadora

Elspeth shortened to either Essie or Elsie - ok.
Ethel possibly shortened to Effie - Effin awful
Enid - I quite like the welsh pronunciation (ENN-id).
Olive maybe shortened to Oli - No
Isadora - Isadora Jar?

Elspeth is lovely, and I don't mind Isadora. The others are not my cup of tea at all; Ethel and Enid in particular are names that I really don't think are due a revival.

Elspeth and the nicknames lovely, Ethel a bit meh imo, Enid and Isadora are nice too,, but Olive makes me think of Pop Eye the sailor man’s strange looking girlfriend- and olives, which to be fair are delicious- and my neighbours poodle Olive.

I like the nn Effie. Remember the name being used on Skins, but the character's name was Elizabeth, which I prefer.

Isadora is cute

Elspeth shortened to either Essie or Elsie

Ok. I'm not a huge fan of Elspeth, it's a bit hissy sounding, but it's ok.

Ethel possibly shortened to Effie

Effie is a nice nickname, Ethel is dreadful.

Enid

Nooooooo.

Olive maybe shortened to Oli

Initially misread this and thought it said Olive maybe shortened to Oil

Meh. I'm not a fan of Olive. Oli is ok.

Isadora

Gorgeous, love it.

I like Elspeth and Enid. Prefer Isidora to Isadora.

Also Essie = nail polish to me, so I'd go for Elsie.

Olive is so drab.

Love Isadora. Quick and easy to say, but I also love both Izzy and Dora for shortenings.

Elspeth shortened to either Essie or Elsie - lovely!

Ethel possibly shortened to Effie - strange shortening imo...not keen on Ethel either

Enid - like it

Olive maybe shortened to oli - ok

Isadora - nice, though a bit too frilly for me

Isadora and Elspeth are nice. Don't like the others. And I don't like any of the shortenings. Some of them sound very forced.

At a push, Olive

Ethel and Enid are horrid.

Why do you want old lady names?

Love Isadora! And Elspeth. Olive quite sweet.

Isadora not keen on the others

Elspeth is so beautiful 😍

I like Elspeth and Isadora. The others are a both drab and dowdy imo.

Elspeth/Elsie is lovely.
Isadora is a bit flowery for my tastes but it’s quite nice.
Ethel is awful and not sure how it shortens to Effie - unless you’re a cockney
Enid and Olive ok.

Ethel is terrible and Effie sounds like swearing.
Elspeth reminds me of a lisp for some reason.
Enid Blyton famous five etc
Olive. Dreadfully old and boring. Olivia ok,
Isadora just along the lines of Isabelle . Izzy is very overused
Florence
Violet
Maureen
Thelma
Margery
Jean
or preferably something not old lady at all.

I really like Elspeth. I'm not keen on the others.

Elspeth is nice. So is Isadora, although I really prefer Isabella or Isabetta. Enid is actually quite nice, if you can forget about the Blyton association. I think it's from Greek mythology.

Ethel still a bit of a joke name. Olive is fairly awful, although it seems to be becoming fashionable.

Really awful but Isadora is passable.

Elspeth is lovely. Not sure about your short forms though. I know three of varying ages. The two younger ones get Elle or Ellie from their friends.

The older one gets Elspie which I think is lovely.

Isadora is quite nice the Isadora Duncan connection might put me off personally though.

Not keen on the others I’m afraid.

Elspeth or Olive, both beautiful names, in full.

If you like E names I like Esme

Elsie is lovely so i’d Go with Elspeth from your list. Really don’t like the others

Elsie or Olivia.Not Olive