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Is Eleanor too close to Eliana (her cousin)

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itmsylifeitsnowornever · 06/02/2020 15:28

We had our hearts set on Eleanor then a few days ago my cousin named her baby Eliana. We are fairly close, see each other every couple of weeks. So we vetoed the name and have been looking at other names and settled on Rosemary or Josephine. However, this morning baby girl was born and she looks so much like an Eleanor and I desperately want to call her that. Are Eliana and Eleanor really too close? Eliana has a sister called Ariana so my cousin clearly isn't bothered about her own kids having very similar names, so maybe she won't care about my daughter being Eleanor, but be honest, can I really use Eleanor?

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Rachelhaydenberk1 · 08/02/2020 23:24

I say go with Eleanor. She can be Nora and Eliana can be Ellie when they see each other. Congratulations!!

MrsEricBana · 08/02/2020 23:29

Eleanor Willow Mere? Perfect! ?but just ask her if you're genuinely worried)

ritalove · 09/02/2020 12:55

Eleanor is pretty and I think it's one of those sneaky names on the rise along with Ottile, Nova, Eloise, Luna, Clara. All beautiful in my opinion. Nothing wrong with having ther sibling Eliana it's not like they'll be called Ava and Ada.

Other names you may like:
Élodie
Eden
Primrose

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