Torn between Elsie and Elektra for our baby girl

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First time parents, Two very different names but these are our top two and I feel so torn. Elsie feels very cutesy and girly, Elektra feels bold. Sounds silly but it feels like a decision that will have a huge bearing on who she becomes. Elsie is a family name but worried it is very popular. Elektra i just worry could be too bold. Also if it was Elektra I envision it with a ‘k’ not a ‘c’ but is that also too bold?

Sorry I agree Elektra sounds awful. It would be really mean to name a child that.

I love Lainey- that’d be on my list now for a daughter (if I wasn’t post-menopausal 😂).
Eliza
Esme
Ella
Elise

are all nice E names.

Etta?

Two things op - Consider what the names might be shortened to in real life - Elsie would get “Else” or “Elle” What would Electra be? - “Lecky?”

Also imagine shouting it on a sports pitch in a few years time. “Electra! Get in the bloody box” - Can you see yourself doing it?

Oh bollocks I spelt the name all wrong - but you get the idea

Neither - but Elsie is awfully twee and cutesy.

The name Elise sounds lovely! I have an Eleanor (family name) and she gets Nelle or Elle.
Id have loved to have chosen a bold name but I didn’t actually like any when I was pregnant.
I do really like Elise, so pretty.

She’s a baby not a marvel superhero

Elektra sounds like a superhero, l couldn't take it seriously.

She’s not a baby forever though!

Neither.

I wouldn't name a kid Elektra it sounds like a name you'd give a animal not a baby ☹️ stop giving your kids weirdo names thief the ones that will get bullied for it and have to explain a million times that yes it is their name

What about Elsa? Not quite so relentlessly woke as either Electra or Elsie.

Don’t like either, maybe Elkie which is a mix of both.

or I agree Eliza or Eve or Eva are nice too

Elektra is awful.

I voted Electra.

Others ...
Ebony
Allegra
Maxima

Elsa has the strong woman vibe (it is obviously very Frozen) and I prefer it to Elsie. Elsie is a nice enough name though.
I don't like the 'lek' bit of Elektra.

Petra maybe?

I like this idea, Elizabeth is a classic and so many abbreviations of it get used now and sound a bit tacky, but very, very few Elizabeth’s, and it is a lovely classy name.

I don't like either, sorry. Elise is really beautiful though and quite unusual.

A similar name not mentioned yet is Elita. A friend called their daughter this and although at first it sounded odd, it's quite grown on me.

None to be honest

I read out your post,I'll admit I thought Elektra comic strip,DH history buff, said "oh,yes, she was Agamemnon's daughter "!!!

Elita was a Hominoid

What about Athena?

I'd much rather be called Elsie than Elektra. The only Elsie's I've known (one who is 19, the other in her 90s) are both feisty, strong women so it doesn't have overly cutesy connotations for me.

But if it's too cutesy for you, how about Elise? Ot another Elizabeth diminutive (Beth, Libby, Elsa, Lizzie etc)

Other ideas - Amber, Zoe, Ember, Adele, Athena, Elodie, Flora, Connie)