Ellie

[caitlinrose]

What do you think of Ellie? I'm thinking about adding it to our list. My husband likes it too.

Is it better to use Eleanor? Or Elinor? Which do you prefer? Just Ellie?

Is it too boring or overused?

I was born in the 90s, slightly before the huge Ellie-wave (it seems to have been common in the early 2000s, according to statistics) so I didn't encounter very many. My husband loves it, but he is very much into names that have already gone a bit out of style. I guess because they are more familiar to him? Among his favourites are Emma, Chloe, Hayley and Kaylie.

To me Ellie is still lovely and fits in with current styles more than with styles of the 90s. I personally like it better than Ella but I'd rather have Eleanor or Elinor as a full form whereas my husband would rather use Ellie on its own.

It's a beautiful name but there will be at least three Ellie's everywhere you go. If you don't mind that then go for it!

Use whatever form you want. If you like Ellie. Use Ellie.

There's absolutely nothing stopping her using any name she likes when she's older....it works both ways.

And Eleanor may call her self Ellie, despite it not being her name and nobody bats an eyelid.

An Ellie, deciding to use Eleanor... Just as fine!

Honestly Ellie is a total bore of a name to me. It’s so bland, overused, uninspired and unimaginative. That goes for pretty much all El- names.

If you're set on Ellie I would go with Eleanor as a full name so she has the option to use the full name when she is older, Ellie sounds a little young for a professional woman somehow? You could call her Ellie day to day though

I have an Ellie. She's Eloise. Gets called Weeze a lot

It was #3 in 2003 and has slipped to #78.
That may be because people are registering their Ellies as Eleanor, Elodie, Eloise, Eliana etc, but there will be a lot of Ellies around in her lifetime.
Ella is also popular and has been for a long time.

My DD14 is Ellie, but on her birth certificate her name is Eleanor. I regret putting Eleanor down instead of just Ellie as we have always called her Ellie and she really hates Eleanor, it means that her passport, Drs, official documents etc are all Eleanor. I regret not just registering her as Ellie as we’ve never called her Eleanor and DD really dislikes it.

Eleanor/Ellie is sooo overused and boring. It's been so fashionable for the past 15-20 years and is actually already starting to sound a little dated.

I love Ellie, also love Elle. The other names your husband suggested, my classroom
was absolutely full of all those names when I was at school (I’m early thirties). So they don’t really do it for me.

I'm biased as my daughter is Eleanor but goes by Ellie. I love both names, I like that she will get to choose which one she prefers as she gets older. Despite being a popular name, we don't actually meet many other girls of her age with the same name.

I prefer Welsh Elinor over Eleanor. Nothing wrong with Ellie as a nickname, it just feels a little saturated right now, probably because there are so many things it can be short for. Anything with 'el' in it could lead to Ellie: Annabel, Ariella, Melody etc.

Elise is better

It’s a nice name. There’s more Eleanors around now than just Ellie! I also like Eliana.

My daughter is Ellie and it’s such a lovely name!

Eleana here, always called Ellie. Born in 93. Still a lovely name. Don't listen to the dicks who say it's bland/boring, none of their business.

Don't listen to the dicks who say it's bland/boring, none of their business.

But the op was specifically asking our opinions?

I love it!

Elinor. If she wants to be Ellie she can shorten it.
Emma is classic.
Chloë and Kayleigh less so.

Direct quote from the OP:
Is it too boring or overused?
I think it is and answered accordingly.

I’m an Eleanor officially but always an Ellie. I used to hate it but it’s really grown on me over the years and suits me, especially having the option of Eleanor even though I very rarely use it. I think Ellie does have a bit of a 90s/00s feel, but Eleanor is classic.

I love Eleanor.
What about Eliana? I feel like this is less popular than some of the other El- names and she can have Ellie as nn

I like it but as a nickname for something longer.

What about Elizabeth?

I like it but I work with kids and have met bloody loads of them.

It also just gets overused with the filler middle names of May/Rose/Grace. There are sooooo many Ellie-May’s it’s got really dull.

@Knowivedonewrong , we are answering the OP's question, as requested; how does that make us dicks?

She'll be one of the younger Ellies. I think it's a bit nothingy. Not keen on Eleanor/Elinor. I'm not at all keen on your other names.