Elodie for a girl?

[mayneman]

Wife and I having our first. It's a girl

We both have slightly unusual names (hers is only her, and mine is not rare but uncommon)

Struggling to come up with a good name but we both want something not so common. So far we like

April
Lana
Lili
And Elodie

April is rejected as family name is Mayne
Lana - nice but we kind of went off it
Lili - we really like but there are apparently 1000 lilis now

We also have a problem in that she will be half Asian and we kinda want to avoid stereotypical Asian-in-the-west names so Lili and April would fall into that.

So we're quite keen on Elodie right now.

Any thoughts?

Everyone I've told it to so far has said 'melody?'

Élodie is a French name but has jumped the shark to standard usage (at least where we are in the south east). It’s pretty popular.

Personally I love it!

I love it. we couldn't use it as our surname is three syllables and would rhyme

I know two children called Elodie, never mistaken for Melody.

Elodie is a lovely name, I would go for it

I really like Elodie, but would worry that (at least once she hits school) she could end up as 1 of 1000 Ellies!

Although in fact i know 2, one who generally goes by her full name or sometimes Lo, and the other (as a child at least) is pretty much always Lolo (not a planned nickname!).

Love it! It's our chosen name for the girl we'll never have :)

Elodie is lovely. I know a little one and an adult one and it suits both.

Elodie is a very pretty name❤️

I like Elodie. My friend is pregnant atm and its top of her name list but DH did put me off when he keeps saying Elderly! Hes dyslexic and gets sounds muddle up a lot. I do like it though but Lana is my favourite from your list. Lana Mayne sounds like a film star.

Other options maybe that give me similar vibes:
Eloise
Isla
Eilidh (ay-lee)
Amelie
Skye

You say you would like unusual names. I have only ever met 1 girl with each of the following names.
Blaise
Avalon
Anais

I know a 3year old Elodie and I think it's a beautiful name.

Elodie is a lovely name and was only number 99 most popular for 2021.

Thanks for all the replies! Much appreciated

Elodie was on my shortlist when my DD was expecting my first grandchild, as if she’d let me chose lol, she didn’t and she had a boy anyway ( wouldn’t let me chose his name either haha), but anyway yes I think Elodie is a really lovely name.

I dislike it, sorry.

Its the kind of name you hear parents calling their child in Waitrose

I know of a few. I wouldn’t say it was unusual.

Elodie is nice. I'm biased because I have one but I'd pick Lana on your list. My husband wanted Lara which is also pretty.

I like Elodie, lovely name.

If you like French names, I know an Eliane too (pronounced a bit like Ellie-Anne) which I think is a beautiful name (although it does sound lovelier with a French accent).