What do people think of Ellen?

[TooMuchMakkaPakka]

I love it, but will she get confused with all those Ellas and Ellie's out there?

Will there be H/Ellen confusions in places where people drop their 'h's?

Sorry about the apostrophe afer Ellie. It's a bit late for good grammar.

love it too but i think it would get confused with Helen

I think it's lovely.

It lovely - go with it. I don't think people would get confused at all. Can shorten it to Ellie if she likes but equally the full version is great.

Thumbs up

I like Helen better

I think Ellen will be lost in the heaving morass of Ellies and Ellas

I love Ellen.

Agree that Ella and Ellie are so common (although pretty names) that perhaps Helen might be a slightly more interesting option. Still like Ellen though as well..

Ellen is very pretty - I like it much more than Helen (which is terribly dull name), Ella or Ellie (which are pretty but too popular).

I like it!

love it

I have a similar name that's been mentioned on the thread and always get called ellen, its lovely

Plus it will stand the test of time

my daughter is called ellen!!!
yes ppl do think she is called helen, VERY annoying, but u get used to it

Ellen is a nice name.

Very nice.

My daughter is Ellen too. Much classier than Ella, and a stronger name imho. She also gets called Helen occasionally but never been confused with Ella / Ellie.

I love Ellen too!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, we always meant to call dd Ellie for short but it never happened. You do get a few people who say or write Helen but not that many. There has never been any confusion with Ellie or Ella thought occasionally with Eleanor (dd has an Eleanor in her class at school)

Love it

I don't know about the confusion. My DD is Eleanor and rarely gets called anything but her full name at school. At home she's Ellie usually. I think Ellen will remain Ellen.

I like it. We had Elin (welsh) lined up for this one but it turns out its a (will be nameless) boy.

Hmmm, I'm not sure. The overriding image I get is of Ellen Degeneres (sp) in dungarees.

I personally prefer Eleanor /Elena /Helen /Helena.

I have heard of Ellen De Generes but wouldn;t know what sdhe looked like.

Dd is named after my grandmother.

We also know an Elin (lovely name and they are Welsh too)

Not keen.

i remember an Ellen from school - forever getting called Helen, drove her mad!

Its a lovely name.
But I think depending where you live, people might think its Helen and are dropping the H.
We are in Lancashire. My niece is called Anna. We are forever being asked 'is it Anna or HHHHHHHannah?'
My mothers much older sister was Ellen and they called her Nellie, not sure if you'd go for that nickname though!

My bestest buddy in the whole work is called Ellen. Nobody has ever shortened it and she's refused to let it happen and i've never heard of anyonne getting it confused with Helen. Maybe it's an area thing?

But to be fair she's always been called by her surname (well, since school) so this replaces any nicknames like 'Ellie' and 'Ella'.

Eleanor or Helena are a lot nicer. Ellen seems a bit prim and staid.

Also the Ellen Degeneras association would put me off.