Eleanor or Meredith

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Hi, if any of my friends / family spot this, please don't share it or make fun of me 🙈

We have a little boy Kit (Christopher) and recently welcomed his baby sister.

We're settled on either Meredith (Merrie) or Eleanor (Nell), but which should we choose?

I do wonder if Eleanor / Nell goes better with Kit, or whether this is my by now fevered / panicked imagination at work. I maybe prefer Eleanor slightly for its sound (all other considerations aside)?? However, I do worry Eleanor and it's derivates are a bit overused - in particular I've noticed it a lot among female acquaintances of my age. Is it a bit square? Will it feel middle aged when she is a young woman? We're particularly not keen on Ellie (don't hate it just find it boring I suppose) and aware you can't always choose the nickname you want.

Meredith by contrast seems very unique (I've never met one) and not dated at all. Is Merrie too twee? I like that it's relatively unisex. Does it "go" with Kit?

We have to name this baby in 2 days(!!!) when she is registered. Got a middle name already for either and they both go nicely with our surname. They're both good names! Help!

Please no new name suggestions, I couldn't handle any more possibilities 😅

They were the last two names on my list! I went with Meredith. She gets Merry a lot.

I prefer Eleanor, not really keen on Meredith at all.

Kit and Nell, Old Curiosity Shop.

Can't stand Eleanor but love Nell and it goes much better with Kit.

I think Meredith is dated and provincial unless you're actually Welsh - except it turns out that Meredith is actually a male name - Maredudd.
Merri is really twee.

I LOVE the name Meredith but prefer the nickname Edie to meri.
Kit and Edie sound gorgeous together too!

Meredith is horrible. It's has an ugly sound and look.

I love them both. Meredith is the name of one of my angels, and if I ever had another daughter Eleanor would be her name. (Not that ill be having any more ever)

Meredith is a very common surname round here and calling a child this would be like giving a child the first name Smith or Jones; so Eleanor sounds better to me.

I'm sorry to offend anyone but I really dislike the name Eleanor. It sounds so frumpy and clumpy to me and Ellies are everywhere.
Love Meredith so that gets my vote.

I have an Eleanor who is never known as Ellie. She is 14 and loves her name

Nell.

Eleanor. I don’t like Meredith at all. They’re names that on opposite sides of the spectrum to me, so I’m surprised both would be in your list. I wouldn’t shorten to Ellie, though. Nell is better, or Nora at a push.

Meredith!

I'm an Eleanor! Love my name. Have never been called Ellie. Always Eleanor. People can never spell it but that doesn't matter really.

Eleanor is a great name

I don't really like either. Find them a bit dowdy.

But Nell is lovely and works as a standalone name. Merrie would just be misheard as Mary.

Meredith is nice. I also knew a Merridy, I'm not sure if it was short for Meredith but its nice in its own right.

Meredith is much nicer, Eleanor is very overused and a bit boring.

I prefer Meredith. I know one nn Ditty.

I’m biased! My (young adult) daughter is a Meredith. We always assumed we’d shorten it to Meri but it just never happened. Grey’s Anatomy fans often call her Mer. She prefers the full version.

Meredith. It is a beautiful name and I have never met anyone called that either. I had a lovely aunt called Eleanor but still love the name Meredith. I wanted to call my daughter Posy Meredith (many moons ago) but DH vetoed it at the time due to having an unusual name himself!

Eleanor. I’d maybe spell Eleanore to get the pronunciation you want. Nell and Norah both lovely diminutives.