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Celeste or Eleanor?

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GlizzyOverdrive · 07/09/2023 20:37

Which name do you prefer and why?

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KayEmAy · 08/10/2024 23:27

Celeste all day! It's beautiful and classy but fresher to me than Eleanor

Bestfootfwd · 08/10/2024 23:37

I love both your choices, but would go with Celeste as it is less popular.

sadeightiesthrowback · 08/10/2024 23:52

FayCarew · 08/10/2024 23:14

@sadeightiesthrowback ,it happens and often there will be a pile up of posts about how trashy/naff/meh the name is, only the baby was named quite some time ago.

We don't know if OP was naming a baby or about to, but the Babar and Cileste comments might be a bit hurtful if little Celeste is now a 1 year old.

@FayCarew thanks for the acknowledgment.
Yes it does happen as shortly after I posted I found someone else had started a thread about just that.
So all day I've been checking the date that the thread began 😏 LOL.
I get what you're saying, and why you were upset, it's all good.

Copperoliverbear · 09/10/2024 00:32

Eleanor

ellenpartridge · 09/10/2024 00:34

Eleanor

FayCarew · 09/10/2024 08:17

@sadeightiesthrowback ,I wasn't upset, it's just that sometimes the threads are ancient. We're not hostile on here really, just a bit blunt.
If the thread is something like PND-related name regret, it might be distressing for the OP.
There's one incident when someone replied to her own thread that was several years asking if the OP had found out how best to tackle something as it was an issue she had. It was funny. IIRC it was in Housekeeping.

FayCarew · 09/10/2024 08:18

ZOMBIE THREAD

Waferbiscuit · 09/10/2024 08:20

Celeste. Far too many Ellies and Ellas out there!

CherryValley5 · 09/10/2024 17:44

Both are absolutely gorgeous. Eleanor would be my choice though as there is more nickname flexibility. The Celeste that I knew went by ‘Lessie’ as a nickname which isn’t particularly nice in my opinion!

user1492757084 · 10/10/2024 01:28

Eleanor for me.
Do you like..
Celina
Celia
Ellen
Mary-Ellen
Cecile
Cicely
Celestine
Celandine - meaning Swallow/bird
Sandrine
Sally

Want2BeDominated · 10/10/2024 17:11

Eleanor. Celeste = Lester

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