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Venetia or Elise?

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Hundredacrewoods · 22/08/2018 11:15

Opinions please!Smile

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heartofgold · 22/08/2018 11:20

our family would never tire of viennetta "jokes" so i vote elise.

BumbleNova · 22/08/2018 11:20

I think both are beautiful but I'd pick Venetia.

dw23 · 22/08/2018 11:20

Elise for sure, it's really pretty :) The first thing that came to my head was Venetian blind, I think that association might be too strong.

FrankieChips · 22/08/2018 11:24

If I'm honest, I also thought blinds when I read Venetia. It also sounds a bit like a mean girl name. Elise is lovely. Also one of my favourite songs is 'A perfect Day Elise' by PJ Harvey.

Sophronia · 22/08/2018 11:26

Elise

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/08/2018 11:30

Elise is lovely. Venetia autocorrects to Venetian and I'll never unread the previous Vienetta comment Grin

blondeemily · 22/08/2018 11:34

Elise is much much nicer IMO

ilovechurros · 22/08/2018 11:34

Elise

gonnabreakmyrustycage · 22/08/2018 11:35

Definitely Elise. Love it!

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Hundredacrewoods · 22/08/2018 11:40

Thanks all! Not sure I'm brave enough to go with Venetia anyway, so definitely leaning towards Elise Smile

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Whalebird · 22/08/2018 11:41

Elise is lovely.

Peachbubble · 22/08/2018 11:45

Elise 100%

bridgetreilly · 22/08/2018 13:44

Venetia!

Gorgeous name, rarely used. Go for it.

Goostacean · 22/08/2018 13:58

How does one pronounce Venetia? I also thought Vienetta....

heartofgold · 22/08/2018 14:12

ve-neesha

DramaAlpaca · 22/08/2018 14:12

Elise

TeaForDad · 22/08/2018 14:21

Not vienetta

TatianaLarina · 22/08/2018 14:34

Venetia by a million miles. Beautiful and unusual.

Elise is dull.

LeeMiller · 22/08/2018 14:49

Venetia is very pretty, if you don't mind constantly correcting people's pronunciation.

starkid · 22/08/2018 15:10

Elise is lovely

TroubledLichen · 22/08/2018 15:11

Definitely Elise, it’s beautiful!

rainbowstardrops · 22/08/2018 15:11

Elise

VeraSwampDuck · 22/08/2018 15:27

Definitely Elise. It's beautiful.

Venetia, apart from Viennetta, reminds me of Venetians as in the blinds.

LucyFox · 22/08/2018 15:30

I prefer Elise

Icklepup · 22/08/2018 15:32

Elise