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32 replies

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 09:56

We have narrowed it down to Elyanna / Angelina?
Which do you prefer?
I prefer Angelina (Angie for short), DH prefers Elyanna

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sesquipedalian · 09/12/2025 09:59

If you call her Elyanna, she‘ll spend her whole life having to spell it out - people will put Elianna or Ellianna. Angelina is a sweet name - and you can get her all the Angelina ballerina stuff.

TallulahBetty · 09/12/2025 10:00

Elianna

CrostaDiPizza · 09/12/2025 10:32

If you call her Elyanna, she‘ll spend her whole life having to spell it out
This. If i heard it, I'd think it was Eliana. Highly likely to be Ellie.
How about Angelica?

NuffSaidSam · 09/12/2025 10:40

Are you pronouncing Ellyanna like Eliana? It's a nice name, but I would spell it Eliana as that's a more common/recognisable spelling.

Ddakji · 09/12/2025 10:42

I prefer Eliana. It’s a nice name but I think the spelling you’ve gone with doesn’t work.

How are you pronouncing it? Ellie - Anna, or Ellie - Ahna?

CrostaDiPizza · 09/12/2025 10:51

@NuffSaidSam I have short vowels so would say Elly- anna, but regardless of spellng she would get Elly-a(r)-na and Elly-anna.
Eliana is the most usual spelling, then Elianna.

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 10:55

Ddakji · 09/12/2025 10:42

I prefer Eliana. It’s a nice name but I think the spelling you’ve gone with doesn’t work.

How are you pronouncing it? Ellie - Anna, or Ellie - Ahna?

Pronounced same as Eliana but I prefer the spelling Elyanna 😭

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CrostaDiPizza · 09/12/2025 10:59

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 10:55

Pronounced same as Eliana but I prefer the spelling Elyanna 😭

How would you say Eliana? Elly-arna or Elly-anna?

Whinge · 09/12/2025 11:00

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 10:55

Pronounced same as Eliana but I prefer the spelling Elyanna 😭

You might prefer the spelling, but you need to think about what your daughter would prefer. Eliana sounds exactly the same, and your daughter won't have to spend her life correcting people.

Ddakji · 09/12/2025 11:01

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 10:55

Pronounced same as Eliana but I prefer the spelling Elyanna 😭

I think that’s a bit confusing as when you see “Anna” in a name, that’s how you’ll pronounce it.

Elyana?

NuffSaidSam · 09/12/2025 11:04

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 10:55

Pronounced same as Eliana but I prefer the spelling Elyanna 😭

I think it's best to not be too creative with spelling when it comes to your child's name. Generally best, for ease, to stick with the most traditional/common spelling. It still sounds the same after all.

SapphireSparkIes · 09/12/2025 11:24

Ddakji · 09/12/2025 11:01

I think that’s a bit confusing as when you see “Anna” in a name, that’s how you’ll pronounce it.

Elyana?

Yes the spelling ‘Elyanna’ that you prefer, completely changes the pronunciation, making it a completely different name. ‘Eliana’ looks and sounds lovely and will save your daughter from a lifetime of having to correct people.

ldnelegantelephant · 09/12/2025 11:53

What about Elyana?

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CrostaDiPizza · 09/12/2025 12:03

@ldnelegantelephant , Elyana, Elyanna, Elianna, Eliana
Eliana is by far the most popular selling.

Pranksters · 09/12/2025 14:02

Elyanna but spelt Eliana.

CrostaDiPizza · 09/12/2025 14:13

spelling

CheeseWisely · 09/12/2025 14:17

Eliana.

Moreteaandchocolate · 09/12/2025 14:30

Eliana

Nursemumma92 · 09/12/2025 15:13

Definitely Eliana. Elyanna is just setting her up for a lifetime of sounding out her name.

KarriTreeSullivan · 09/12/2025 15:58

I love the name Elyanna, much prettier than Angelina in my opinion, and personally I think Angie is very old fashioned and not in the good way yet.

Also just to add to the chorus Elyanna looks like 2 names put together Ely-Anna. Bit clunky and unnatural to an English speakers eye perhaps. Much prefer the Eliana spelling, it looks nicer and is simpler to understand.

RuthW · 09/12/2025 16:00

Both lovely names.

I prefer Eliana (I like arna names) and I love Angelica too.

KarriTreeSullivan · 09/12/2025 16:03

If you really like the look of the Ely rather than Eli,
Ellyanna? Still looks 'wrong' but mispronunciation will be minimal.
Elly-Anna? (I like them, but that'll really get the Mumsnet back up, a hyphenated first name!)

localbutterfly · 09/12/2025 21:16

Angelina's nice. I don't think Eliana spelled as Elyanna or Elyana works well, but how about Ayana/Ayanna, Ilyana/Iliyana, or even Alannah?

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 09/12/2025 23:59

sesquipedalian · 09/12/2025 09:59

If you call her Elyanna, she‘ll spend her whole life having to spell it out - people will put Elianna or Ellianna. Angelina is a sweet name - and you can get her all the Angelina ballerina stuff.

Yep - it's very weird -

So for this reason Angelina

But I think Evangeline is nicer

Calliopespa · 10/12/2025 00:18

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 09/12/2025 23:59

Yep - it's very weird -

So for this reason Angelina

But I think Evangeline is nicer

I don't like spellings that are so unusual I wonder if they aren't made up so I'd say Angelina.

But for me Angelia Jolie spoils it a bit (I don't like celeb culture), so I'd also go for Evangeline (which I love) or Angelica.