Ellowen?

[mootie]

For a girl. Eh-lo-wen. It's Cornish. Elly for short, I guess. I love it but am a bit worried about having to repeat it every time you say it. That said, I know people with unusual names, and they turned out relatively normal.

I think it's beautiful!

i think it's lovely - and pronouced how I thought it was when I saw it written down which I think tends to be the main issue about "different" names

Would it really have a double l?

It looks like Halloween
But I quite like it

It's OK. Sounds like "Hello" in a Welsh accent. Kind of.

sounds made up. and like halloween.

not realising it was a traditional cornish name, from the thread title i thought immediately "ell-oh-en dee-oh-en" from satanic verses.

Don't know about the double l, maybe not? Will have to check back where I first saw it.

bossykate, I'm hoping that by living in east London, potential dd wouldn't meet too many people who would think her name was a weird literary reference.

essie3 - you're right, only one L. Oops.

'Alloween

mmhhh i am sorry. it sounds too much like Halloween.

Mootie don't worry, I wouldn't have argued that one to the death, but I'm a Celticist (although I don't do Cornish), and a Welsh double l has the famous pronunciation, and Welsh and Cornish are very close... So when I saw it I said it differently, and it's not so pretty in Welsh. Elowen would be pronounced as you said, and is pretty! To me, it looks prettier written down too.
It's very feminine, lovely and light. (Er, hark at me! That makes v. little sense!!)

I like it a lot. I wouldn't shorten to Elly though, as Elowen is lovely in its own right - seems a shame to shorten it.

I don't think its way out there on the scale of unusual names either and I can't see much teasing potential!

I like it esp now you corrected the spelling.

Pretty, unusual.

Is it related to Olwen?

Looks much better with one L. I thought of Halloween and satanic verses too. But with one L I think its beautiful.

I live in Cornwall and there are quite a few down here so not that unusual! Where are you from?

I thought it may be cornish. Elowen is pretty.

like it much better with one l - very pretty.

yes it's better with one l, with two ls, I immediately thought of Halloween.

I like it.

One L is better. Pretty name. Does the 'wen' bit mean 'white'?

Sorry, I thought this was a spoof thread, then I realised that it's not yet Halloween. So IMO it's not a good choice.

Much better with 1 L
With 2 its just like halloween, but pretty with 1