Our top 5!

[Azure83]

Dh and I are slowly narrowing down the list and this is where we got to so far. We both have a favourite but like all of the below. We want a classic name with a more girly nn. For no particular reason letter L features a lot!

Eleanor nn Elle, Ellie
Evelyn nn Evie
Joan nn Joanie
Leah
Lyra

Love Evelyn. Lyra and Leah are very nice but don't fit your criteria of classic with a nickname?

Evelyn is lovely, I loathe the name Leah- there was a child in dds class with that name and she was a nasty little grub of a kid.

I like Eleanor, followed by Evelyn.

I like Lyra.

Ellie and Evie are SO overused and dull.

Not sure if how popular a name is bothers you but I've heard of loads of Evie's/Evelyn's where I live.

Id go with Joan from your list.

Eleanor and Lyra are the best imo, both so girly and pretty without being too frilly.

I love Joan, such a strong underused name

Eleanor is pretty, though I prefer Eleanor but Ellie's are everywhere. I like Norah

Like Evelyn but again Evie's are everywhere

Not a fan of Leah

Lyra is nice but will probably date

Eleanor is my favourite but not shortened to Ellie. Ellen? Nora? Nell?
Joan is great.
The others are fine but don’t grab me particularly. Lyra isn’t very classic but I like it.

Eleanor

Eleanor nn Elle, Ellie - ok but there are so many Elles, Ellies and Ellas
Evelyn nn Evie - dislike Evelyn. Like Evie but there are a lot of similar names popular now.
Joan nn Joanie - like it
Leah - fine
Lyra - no

Eleanor is my strong favourite of your list. I lalso like Joan as a bold and strong choice. Leah is nice and a safe choice, though could be a little bland. Lyra is too trendy for my taste, and I'm not keen on Evelyn, my least favourite.

Only like Eleanor, the rest aren't really classic.

Eleanor nn Elle, Ellie - love Eleanor, can't bear Ellie. Nell or Elsie are much nicer nn's. And there are millions of Ellies!
Evelyn nn Evie - I like it but so popular
Joan nn Joanie - I like Joanie but I'm not sure about Joan
Leah - I don't like this.
Lyra - lovely

Eleanor nn Elle, Ellie - dull
Evelyn nn Evie - Waugh, the name writer
Joan nn Joanie - no
Leah - no
Lyra - ok

• Waugh - the male writer

I love Eleanor and Lyra - in that order

To through a curve ball in
How about Joanne? I know a super cool Joanne and it’s a bit more nicer than Joan imo
Not sure about your other names, nothing stands out - they’re all a bit meh
Other L names that you might like
Libby
Romilly
Millie
Jillian
Sally
Alyssa
Bella
Halle
Callie

I think Joan is a bit dreary, but is fine as a middle name.

The rest on your list are fine.

I quite like Eleanor Joan, which has a nice medieval feel to it, or Evelyn Joan.

We considered leah for our youngest but our surname starts with l so was a bit of a mouthful.
I've always love Evelyn, it was my nans name but eve/Eva are ten a penny now.
Never been a fan of Eleanor but really like Nora and nell/Nellie
Sorry, don't like lyra. How about lila/lyla?

Eleanor definitely

Lyra. Evelyn is so overused there will be ten others at school.

Joan and Joanie are absolutely beautiful!
Evie was nice now you can’t move for them, same for Ellie. Leah is a bit dull.

Joan will get nicknamed Jo no matter how you try and sway ppl to Joanie

I like Eleanor or Everlyn best. Not that common at all round where I live

Ellies and Evies are absolutely everywhere so I don't like those two options.
Joanie is quite sweet, has a retro feel which I believe is on trend currently.
I really like Lyra and Leah - I'd go for one of those.

Joan/Joanie is best imo