Etta or Elodie

[Crazyone84]

I'm in favour of Etta, DH likes Elodie. Opinions please

I have an Elodie, it's a great name and really suits her. She has a silly family nickname and doesn't get Ella or Ellie.

Not keen on Etta personally.

Love both Etta and Elodie - hard for me to pick - excellent choices.
Both would work well regardless of origin.

I love Etta. It’s definitely the cooler choice out of the 2 x

Etta

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Enya?

Both are beautiful but Elodie wins for me!

Etta.

Elodie. Don't like Etta at all.

I don't love Etta but I loathe Elodie.

Could you call her Juliet or Harriet or something, and then have Etta as a nickname?

Definitely Etta for me - much stronger name. I’m slightly biased though as DD is Greta - similar sound and we sometimes use Ettie/Etta for short.

Neither! Etta is harsh sounding and a bit nothingy. Elodie is prissy.

I prefer Etta as it’s a bit punchier and more unusual. Both lovely names for you- responses seem very mixed so feel for you having to make a decision! X

Elodie is gorgeous. I'm surprised people are saying it's overdone: I've only met one in my life and that was 20 years ago. She was French. Maybe it's a common name in France.

Etta was the Basque Separatist Terrorist group. So no to that name for me.

Elodie is a pretty name.

Elodie is french and sounds pretty in French. Amelie is too, but both sound quite plain in an english accent

Elodie isn't even in the top 100, so hardly overdone

Etta was the Basque Separatist Terrorist group

That was ETA.

I completely agree with MikeUniform - Elodie is beautiful when pronounced with a French accent and very unremarkable with an English accent. Worse still in my NI accent

As for Etta, nobody where I live seems to pronounce their t's, so it would be sloppily pronounced as Edda. Whether it sounds appealing depends where you're from I guess.

Elodie spoken by the woman's mum was such a beautiful sound that I made a mental note of the name at the age of 20-odd. I've been trying to pronounce it myself since you started this thread, and have been thinking: "hold on, it doesn't sound right'. The name Melody would probably sound better in an English accent, but I'd wager loads of people would find that 'common'

Etta could be a bit tricky for accents that drop the ‘t’ from words, for example can’t imagine someone from Newcastle being able to say it very well.

Etta is wonderfully simple and sounds great.

Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins.It was her Manager who created her stage name transposing her first name into Etta James.

Etta