Imogen or Ellen? Appointment with registrar is tomorrow.

[TooMuchMakkaPakka]

Have finally convinced DH to change her name and want to do it asap so I can move on and worry about other things! Both of us like either name, Imogen is my first choice (but our surname starts with an 'm'and ends in 'n' therefore bit of a mouthful) and Ellen is his first choice but there are problems as we live in a place were people drop 'h' therefore potential Helen / Ellen confusion.

I prefer Imogen, very pretty

imogen - think it will be fine with a m surname.

Imogen as she will be called Ellie if she is actually called Ellen and there are about 50 billion billion Ellie/Ella's in the world at the moment!

Imogen, i say go for imogen!

I would go for Ellen and insist that people address her properly, as we had to do with DD.

Imogen love it!

I prefer Imogen

i'm another vote for Imogen

Only negative about Imogen imo is that it doesn't travel well i.e. it's not (easily) pronouncable in other languages. Ellen, on the other hand, is much easier to pronounce in most languages.

This may, of course, not matter to you.

Noooooooooooooooooooo Ellen.. Nell for short

I prefer Imogen

Imogen

Imogen.
why are you changing her name?

Another vote for Imogen

A vote for Ellen.

Another vote for Ellen and Nell for short.

Ellen, def. It is a lovely, underused name. I know two Ellens and they are never shortedned to Ellie

I have an Ellen. She has never been Ellie, though I do call her Elsie sometimes (also 'Ellbell'... guess where my MN name came from?).

We also live in a place where people drop their aitches. She occasionally does get called Helen (including my my MIL, who just seems to get her tongue in a knot with it) but not enough to be seriously annoying. As soon as she could talk, pretty much, she developed a nice condescending 'My name is Ellen'... That normally sorts them out!

I do like Imogen too though.

ooooohhh Ellbell... my DDs nickname is Ellebell or elliebellie...

Imogen

It's far more feminine/sassy/alluring, than Ellen, IMHO.

Ellen (to me) is maybe cute on girls up to aged 10, then it becomes frumpy, do-goodery, head-girl type name (sorry everyone who loves Ellen as a name!!)

Whereas Imogen is nice on little girls and big girls!

Also I fear that Ellen is going to become over-popular whereas Imogen has always bobbed around the popular edges without that enormous burst of popularity (which is always followed by a decline).

Ellen is in the same bracket as Ruth (also IMHO) - if you love the name Ruth then go for Ellen!

prefer Imogen

Gawd, only gone and crossed posts with the mother of an Ellen...

I'm sure YOUR Ellen is fabulous.

Ooh personally i really dislike the name Imogen - too cutesy, hair in bunches but ime of imogens a bit snotty and spoilt (silly i know but hey!).

I prefer Ellen or Elena (like the Nell short version too!)

Elena pronounced E-lay-na that is

being nosey I know, but op - why are you changing your dd's name? How old is she? And why if you have an appointment tomorrow to change from a name you have obviously gone off/changed mind about are you still trying to decide on the new name today!!