Ella?

[sunshineandmango]

Hi team

I posted a month or so ago regarding -Elle names. Thought we had settled on Arielle but DH seems to have gone off this recently after initially loving it. He is worried it sounds too fussy/pretentious. I still really like it.
Feel like we’d considered every -Elle type name going but realised we had completely overlooked Ella, perhaps because I felt it was too popular (one of our friends from nursery has an Ella, although don’t think this would be a deal breaker).
What are people’s thoughts? Is it too common / bland? Do you think it will date badly or is it more in the classics category given its duration of popularity?
DH wants Flora, which seems pretty popular on here although I don’t know any in real life. I think it’s pretty but struggling with the spread association as I keep seeing it advertised on TV! He also likes Poppy.

soooo….
Ella
Arielle
Flora
Poppy
??? Other suggestions

Please help!!

Ella is fine, but nondescript. Doesn’t it literally mean “she” in Italian? I can’t imagine anything more bland than a pronoun tbh.

@FirstFallopians I thought Ella meant goddess but it may well translate as that in Italian as it is very close to Elle, which of course is a pronoun in French. Doesn’t really bother me though.

My DD is Ellia, pronounced Ellie-a. I love it and always get lots of compliments on it.

@ohfacksake oh that’s a beautiful name. Never come across an Ellia before. Definitely one to take to DH!

Flora - it’s lovely

Ella and it’s variations are done to death, Arielle is Disney and Poppy is wet.

Stella
Estella
Fenella
Annabel
Gabrielle
Ida
Emma
Oona
Esther
Tessa
Clara
Tara
Zara
Philippa nn Pippa
Zoe
Verity
Leonie
Marianne
Vivienne nn Vivi

Thank you

I have an Ella. She’s 20 and absolutely loves her name. Her best friend is also an Ella.
I still love it as much if not more than when I named her.
It’s classic, it, elegant.
Shes named after Ella Fitzgerald.

It may be popular, but I don’t care one iota about that.

She’s had the odd one at school, dance classes over the years but that’s it.

I love Ella, I think it's beautiful. Love Elodie too

It definitely won’t date.
it’s been around since the 1890’s.

Elodie is nice but Eloise is lovelier.

Ella is nice, unless - like a science teacher i worked with once - you've already got a Sam. (Yes really! 😖)

Ella is so so popular,I know babies, toddlers,pre teens,teens and adults with the name in our small area!
Flora - I do think of the butter.
Poppy- Also popular, I know 4 ( age around 6-10)
Elodie- Im not so keen
Arielle - the 'Ari' names are super popular too.

Sorry Op! Ultimately,my opinion doesnt matter though!

Thanks all, really interesting to read your thoughts. DH definitely prefers Ella to Arielle and I think it is more classic and elegant.
A few suggestions of Eloise which although lovely, I’m not a big fan of Louise which is all I seem to hear with this name.
seems pretty mixed views on the others but guess that will always be the case with names, so subjective!

It will still date.

Rachel is dated now and it has been around pretty much forever. Same with Deborah or Sarah or Susan.

It will come back again and again for sure, but inbetween it will sound dated, just like Susan sounds dated now.

I prefer Elodie- you could still shorten it to Ella so best of both worlds.

@Theoldwoman so lovely to hear your daughter loves her name! Would hate to land DD with a name which she grew up to dislike, which is why I’m cautious about using Flora. Seems divided opinions on whether this may be an issue or not.
Someone on this thread mentioned gut flora which is even worse than the marg issue! 😬
Not keen on Fleur or Florence as alternatives.