Final shortlist - girls names

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Thanks to everyone who responded to my other thread (on the name Ella). We’ve now narrowed down our list to the names below.

Which one would you pick?

Elsie
Eliza
Ella (this was our original favourite but getting cold feet)
Phoebe
Zoe

Also like Elena. How would you pronounce this? Eh-lay-na? Eh-len-ah? Another way?

TIA

Eliza

Ella, Elsie or Eliza

DD is a Gabrielle. She has many choices for nicknames.

I find Elsie so popular it’s boring and I don’t like Ella.

How about Elise? I know an Elise and she’s so cool.

I like Zoe. Only know adult Zoe’s so it would be nice to hear it again.

Again put off by Phoebe because of how common it is.

I say Ella or Elsie

I would pronounce Elena El-ee-nah but I seem to be in a minority with that!

Our niece is Elena.
El en a

I know one Elena and hers is El-ain-ah (hopefully that’s clear 🤣)
Ive only met the one though.

Zoe is beautiful and timeless, Eliza is lovely too.

Quite like Phoebe and Ella too (although Ella is very popular, maybe that's what put you off?)

Elsie is the only one I don't like, very old-ladyish. Elise is nice though, as a pp suggested. Or Elsa.

Oh Elena is quite nice too, I would automatically say El- AY-nuh but I am aware there are alternative pronunciations.

Eliza

I really like Zoë! I feel like this is quite uncommon.

Elena I would pronounce EH leh na
If you like Eh LAY na you could always spell it Elaina? - there would be no confusion with pronunciation as it’s literally Elaine with an a instead of e :)

Also you might like to consider Elise?

Elsie - Quite cutesy, might not be well-liked as a teen
Eliza - I like this but I would put Elizabeth on the birth certificate and use Eliza as a nickname
Ella (this was our original favourite but getting cold feet) - I like this too, popular but that wouldn’t put me off
Phoebe - not so keen, honestly can only think of Phoebe Buffay
Zoe - I like this one the best

Elena - I would pronounce as El - ay - na. Not so keen on this name.

Elsie or Elena

You have good taste in names.

Eliza tops the list for me.

With Elena, I think I prefer Eh-len-ah.

Eliza

Elsie - too frilly
Eliza - my personal fave
Ella (this was our original favourite but getting cold feet) - nice but feels a bit incomplete to me
Phoebe - okay
Zoe - second fave

I really like Phoebe it was on our list.
I would say if Ella is your favourite name then I would go for it, who cares if it's a bit more popular, doesn't necessarily mean she'll come across another one as there are so many varied names these days. Why should your daughter be denied the name because other people have used it too

That Ella thread was absolutely legendary. You simply have to call your child (Umbr)Ella now.

Ella is over used and now is a common dogs name as well.
Any of the others r fine.

Love Elena. With the LAY sound, like the German pronunciation of Helena. Lena and Leni as nicknames also have the long A. I suppose it's like Alaina/Laini/Lainey.

I would go for Elena with the nickname Leni personally.

If not that, then Eliza.

Love Zoe and Phoebe. Also like Elena (I’d think it was pronounced Eh-lay-na).

Elsie - pretty
Eliza - also pretty
Ella - lovely name but extremely common, there would probably be at least one other in her class
Phoebe - nice name, quite common
Zoe - beautiful. My favourite of your list.
Elena - I would pronounce it El-en-ah but I did know an el-ee-nah

Elena like on the vampire diaries... El-lay-na

Phoebe