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Middle name for Ella

56 replies

April01 · 19/11/2023 00:23

Hi,

We’re really set on the name Ella for our baby girl due very soon. We know it’s very popular but it’s our favourite name so we’re not put off at all by this.

However we’re stuck on a middle name. We would like to avoid middle names Grace, May & Rose - as we’re giving her a popular first name we don’t want to also give her one of the most popular middle names to go with it!

Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thank you

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MuddledMadge · 19/11/2023 12:00

Ella Nicole
Ella Marilyn
Ella Verity
Ella Victoria
Ella Christine
Ella Bea

EarthlyNightshade · 19/11/2023 12:14

theduchessofspork · 19/11/2023 09:07

No it isn’t.

It’s the name board. People can avoid if if they want

Of course it's rude. Describing a name as beige and suggesting she might want an alternative is rude.
If OP was asking "what do you think of Ella?" then fine, but she's already decided on it.

FayCarew · 19/11/2023 12:40

@EarthlyNightshade , I agree with @theduchessofspork .
Ella will probably always be Ella Surname, possibly Ella Middlename Surname.
Emma is much less wishy-washy than Ella

JustAnotherMNUserPassing · 19/11/2023 12:52

I always said if I had a child for a girl I'd go for Ella Celeste :)

EarthlyNightshade · 19/11/2023 16:05

FayCarew · 19/11/2023 12:40

@EarthlyNightshade , I agree with @theduchessofspork .
Ella will probably always be Ella Surname, possibly Ella Middlename Surname.
Emma is much less wishy-washy than Ella

Would you actually say that to a mother of a child named Ella?

gerbo · 19/11/2023 16:06

I've an Ella Mary. It's a beautiful name, congratulations.

Elastica23 · 19/11/2023 16:08

Probably not Bella.

Beth
Rose
Grace

ZforZebra · 19/11/2023 16:10

Ella Simone.

Catandsquirrel · 19/11/2023 16:11

Something not too fussy or frilly but a bit more unusual- Josephine, Miriam, Harriet, Judith

FayCarew · 19/11/2023 16:42

@EarthlyNightshade , no, but I'd think it.

Nineteendays · 19/11/2023 16:45

Ella Rhiannon
Ella Seren
Ella Penelope
Ella Josephine
Ella Beatrice
Ella Mabel

Doublebiscuit77 · 19/11/2023 18:44

Ella Penelope
Ella Georgina
Ella Natalie
Ella Daphne
Ella Phoebe
Ella Francesca
Ella Caroline
Ella Christina
Ella Karolina
Ella Mary
Ella Marianne

MuddledMadge · 19/11/2023 21:25

I have to say, if it was my choice, I would choose Ella Bea ❤️.

Lochness1975 · 19/11/2023 21:52

Ella Inez I think is beautiful

caringcarer · 19/11/2023 22:01

Ella Louise

Daisybuttercup12345 · 19/11/2023 22:52

Ella Jayne
Ella Harriet
Ella Sophie
Ella Celeste
Ella Frances
Ella Zoe

Fifiellz · 19/11/2023 22:53

Mine is Ella Iris

after my mum

Jumbalya0367 · 19/11/2023 22:57

Ella Primrose

Crikeyalmighty · 19/11/2023 23:18

Victoria

user1492757084 · 20/11/2023 04:16

I love Ella Victoria.
Others ..

Ella Lucienne
Ella Augusta
Ella Isolde
Ella Rosemary
Ella Plum
Ella Catherine
Ella Benedikte
Ella Stephanie

FayCarew · 20/11/2023 07:21

Ella Anne and Ella Eve will sound like Elleran and Ellereev (Elle arrive)
Ella Louise is too many Ls

urbanbuddha · 20/11/2023 08:36

Louise

timoteigirl · 20/11/2023 15:17

Ella Geraldine
Ella Seraphina
Ella Elizabeth
Ella Mariana
Ella Annina
Ella Catriona
Ella Saga
Ella Pippa

luckylavender · 20/11/2023 15:19

Sconehenge · 19/11/2023 04:28

Why don’t you honour a parent or grandparent and use their name? I thought that’s what middle names are for!

Not for everyone

FayCarew · 20/11/2023 15:37

I wish my parents had used a grandmother's or aunt's name as a middle name for me. I got a middle-name-for-the-sake-of-a-middle-name and it's naff and dated. I hated it, and got rid of it.