Alaina, Elena or Poppy?!

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We had Poppy lined up as a name for our baby girl but have since come across the name Alaina (a-lane-a) and we absolutely love it! Not sure if to go with Alaina or Elena as a spelling? Like the first spelling more as it's a bit less matchy matchy with our first daughter's name.

Our first daughter is called Eloise (goes by Ellie) though, is it too close?!

We would probably call her by her full name or Lanie for short.

Alaina looks made up. Ellie and Allie.
Elena is too close.
Poppy is fine

I love the name Poppy!

I love Poppy!

I love Poppy

I like Alaina/Elena - would you consider Alayna?
Poppy is cute too

I know if a few Poppys who have ended up using their middle names once 18... just saying!

I love Elena... also, Poppy ends up as Pop or Pops for short!!

Dislike Poppy as it’s twee and immensely popular.

I know an Alaina. I think with Elena there could be pronunciation issues.

Alaina is too similar.

I dislike Poppy, because as an adult I would HATE to be called Poppy. It's too childish and twee. To me it just sound like a cat or dog name.

Oh and Elena is too similar also.

Sorry OP I wouldn't go with any of your choices

All the Elenas I've come across are pronounced Ellen-a/Eleanor. If you want that pronunciation I would definitely stick with the other spelling

I love poppy for a little girl but as above not sure how well it works on an adult. That said, there will be lots of adult poppies in 15-20 years so it will be normal to that generation!

I love elena and would go for that spelling. I do think you might get a lot of mispronunciation as ‘Eleanor’ though, and it is fairly similar to Eloise.

How would you pronounce Elena? Like Ell-en-ah?

I went to school with an Alana. That would avoid the same Elle sound as DD1..

@modgepodge , adult Poppy will be working with Evie, Ellie, Rosie, Daisy, Alfie, Archie and Teddy. The name's fine.

Poppy is dreadful. Wet and infantile. PP said 'cute' which says it all.
Alaina sounds made up.
Like Eleanor but not Elena. But too similar to Eloise.

I love the name Elena, but I thought it was pronounced Eh-LEN-ah. I like the nickname Lena (LEN-ah). So there are obviously possible pronunciation issues! Also, I think it’s too similar to Eloise, especially if pronounced as you want it - surely both names might be shortened to Ellie?

I like Elena but only known it said Eh-len-a. Not a fan of Alaina, would end up said as E-lain-a, and both names are too similar to your older daughter.

Stick with Poppy. I don’t think it’s “twee” or “wet” at all. No different from all the other nature names that are popular at the moment.

Poppy is fine. I don’t think it’s wet or cute. It’s a flower name, like many other names. I like Elena too. I don’t know the name Alaina.

What about Alina?

Definitely Poppy :)

My DD is called Poppy. She's 16 and has always liked her name.

I like Elena but it’s too close to Eloise - unless you call her Nell or Lena from the off

Alaina just looks made up

Poppy is very twee

So I guess Elena with one of the diminutives above, unless there’s another option.

Suggesting Alena (Ah-Lee-Nah)

Feels similar but not as close to your DD's name

I absolutely love the name Poppy!

I know someone called Alana, which is kind of similar to what you were going for.

I have an Anya Eloise, very similar to your choices and sound different but complement each other.

Alana might work?
Elena is nice but too similar to Eloise
Poppy is a nice name