Help! cant pick between these two

[rosemoon12]

Hello!

After so much back and forth, I cannot seem to decide between Eleonora and Genevieve.

For Genevieve, the nns we had in mind are Evie, Gigi, and Ginny. Since we dislike the Gen, Genny, Genna nns

And for Eleonora, Elle, Ellie, Leo, Nora.

I think both names are lovely, but I cant seem to pick one!

hahaha oh man this is going to be difficult! xD

I don’t like the sound of Nora and always think of gnaw a bone

Genevieve - I wanted this for DD2 but DH talked me out of it...

I prefer Eleanor to Eleanora - I cant get over the 'gnaw her' sound at the end

I prefer Elinor. Eleanor just sounds like Helena to me.

Lenor would put me off....

Wait until she is born, and then decides what suits her.

Or try saying the names and nn out loud a few times and see which you prefer.

Which pronunciation of Genevieve were you thinking? Would you be OK with people using the other one, and having to correct around 50% of the time?

(This is why both Genevieve and Sophia came off our list for DD...DH pronounces them the opposite way to me and it annoyed me)

emwithme

Sorry to be dim, but what other way is there to pronounce Sophia?

I thought there was only one pronunciation of both Genevieve and Sophia!

Genevieve! With Gigi as a nn or another could be Via. This was on my short list for dc2, then found I was having a boy.

Genevieve can be "jen-uh-veev" or "zhean-vee-ev"

Sophia can rhyme with fear or fire

I've only heard the Jen-uh-veev pronunciation in the UK

Also never heard anyone IRL say Sophia to rhyme with fire (just on MN lol!)

I love Eleanor but hate Eleanora
So Genevieve wins it for me.
Hate all the nicknames

But are you pronouncing Genevieve as Jenna-veeve or Jean-Vee-Ev?

I prefer Genevieve. It's lovely.

Not heard the Jean-vee-ev one before & not keen on it

I have heard a Sophia to rhyme with fire being shouted across a park

Gosh, I'm usually on here hating on all the names, but I really like both of those.
Whichever you choose, you have a good strong feminine name with a bit of oomph in it.

Genevieve. Eleonora is frilly and looks odd. I like Eleanor though.

My fantasy DD2 would be Genevieve, nn Vivi.

Interestingly, DD's name isn't far off Eleanora.

Genevieve