Eslyn or Elsie

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I have just found out i am having my first girl after 3 boys so v excited!
My favourite name right now is Eslyn, love the meaning behind it and I have only known one other person use it who i no longer see now as was an old neighbour. Also Elsie is growing on me. DH and I previously decided on Sienna when we I was expecting our 2nd son as we didn't find out the sex, but i feel that this name is too overused now.
Also really like the irish name Saoirse.
what do people think?

Elsie is lovely, so are the other two but they are hard to spell and impossible to pronounce unless you already know them

I’d go with Elsie too.

Never give a child a name that will make people who speak the same language say “l’m sorry-I didn’t catch that” Every.Single.Time. For. 90. Years.

I’ve never heard of Eslyn but it seems nice.
Elsie seems like a diminutive to me.
I like Saoirse, but it’s often pronounced incorrectly outside Ireland.
It’s Seer-sheh as in the link below, not Sur-sha or Ser-sha. That r is meant to be heard too.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/saoirse

It’s tricky having a name that people can’t routinely spell or pronounce. So, I’d go with Elsie. Though I think that’s nice for a child, but doesn’t sit so well for a sophisticated adult.

thanks for this, I see what you mean about the r.
My DH is half irish, our sons both have irish names as middle names, so maybe a middle name :)

Very true! A friend of mine has just named her baby the scottish name Rionnagh (not sure if its spelt right) think its gaelic for star. Everyone calls her Roo!

Neither for me I’m afraid.
Eslyn is just no.
Elsie is too Cabaret for me.
What about Ella,Emma or Emily. Also Anna.
Don’t saddle your beautiful precious daughter with a ‘silly’ name.
But I’m older, therefore ‘old school’ and set in my ways.
I’d ‘allow’ Elle and Elouise at a push.
Good luck choosing and congratulations 💐

OK, I know two: one says Seer-sha and one says Sor-sha. One Irish and one Northern Irish.

Eslyn is beautiful! It’s not hard to pronounce nor spell.

I like Saoirse, but it’s pretty much always pronounced incorrectly outside Ireland.
It’s Seer-sheh, not Sur-sha or Ser-sha or See-uh-sha.

It will also get misspelt a lot. Use it as a middle name.

Not keen on Elsie but it's very popular. Not sure about Eslyn - it sounds more like a house name.

Elsie Saoirse. (Sp?)

Rionnag, really?!! It's pronounced roughly roo-nak. Not the nicest sounding word.

Anyway, Eslyn is fine. I've never heard of it but it's not tricky for people to learn, and doesn't take long to spell out to new people.
Elsie is imho a bit nothingy on it's own, but nice as a diminutive. Elspeth? Elsa? Elisabeth?

Also Ellen is underused around here, and lovely.

Eslyn makes me think Estyn report I’m afraid. Elsie is lovely .

Elouise is awful.

A friend of mine has just named her baby the scottish name Rionnagh (not sure if its spelt right) think its gaelic for star.
It's probably not the actual meaning but the one given by some baby naming site .

No offence but i find those names boring!

I like Elsie and Sienna and don’t know any Siennas at all, maybe overused where you are?

I know you were asking for opinions not suggestions but what about Evelyn?

My grandmother's name was Elsie.
I have my daughter the middle name Elise as it was close enough to be a nod to my grandma

Just a thought that if the popularity of Sienna bothers you, Elsie is currently more popular (number 10) and has been in the top 20 for a few years now. But perhaps it is regional, I know a few Sienna’s under 20 and only 1 toddler Elsie. I know a little Saoirse and honestly struggled with the pronunciation for ages. She’s moved to Ireland now where I imagine it’s less of an issue!

Never heard of Eslyn but I like it.

Elsie is also overused. It’s everywhere!

Can’t say I’ve heard of Eslyn.

I would choose Elsie over Eslyn.
I googled Eslyn and one post said it was a clothing brand and another said it was a Welsh boys name.
What about Esme?

I've just looked up Eslyn, which I'd never heard of before.

Baby name sites give the origin as "God's promise" (English) or "from the ash tree" (Welsh).

I presume the "God's promise" claim is based on it being a variant of Elizabeth, which has that meaning.

I can't make any sense of the claimed Welsh meaning, and I've got a degree in the language. The Welsh for 'ash tree' is 'onnen'. The plural is 'ynn', but there's no way 'esl' can mean 'from the', or indeed anything else, in Welsh.

Incidentally, is it pronounced ez-lin or ess-lin?

I googled Eslyn and one post said it was a clothing brand and another said it was a Welsh boys name. It's not a Welsh boy's name. Emlyn and Esmor are boy's names.

I have no idea if Eslyn is actually a Welsh name or not - but as someone with a passing familiarity with Welsh, I would have assumed Eslyn to be a boys name. “yn” is masculine in Welsh, no?

@Rusalina , it's not a Welsh name. The -yn ending is masculine in Welsh, the feminine ending is -en, e.g. Gwyn is a boy's name, Gwen is a girl's name.