Ellie - what do you think?

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Dh is set on Ellie for this baby.
Would you think this was a nickname or can it be used on its own?
What do you think of it as a name and is it dated even?
Sorry lots of questions.

DD is an older Ellie - before it became V popular, but it's use seems to have died down a bit now.

I've never really understood the "proper name" argument.

"If you like Ellie, then why not go for Eleanor, Ella etc..." Err here's an off the wall suggestion. If you like Ellie, why not have Ellie? Are all Lucy's called Lucinda? No! Are all Emma's called Emmaline? No!

Don't even get me started on the, "you need a spare name for when they become a barrister"...

"Mummy, why have I got three names?"

"Ooh well we gave you a proper name for just in case you became a judge, then we gave you a name we actually liked, then we gave you the one for worst case scenario and you started selling drugs outside schools"

What I'm trying to say is like a name for what it is. If you want a "proper name" choose one you like, don't just lengthen something else for appearances.

My friend has a Sam. Lovely name. His birth certificate says Samuel. "I'll never use it" she said, "I prefer Sam, so we'll call him Sam, but Samuel looks better on the birth certificate" Wtf?

But if you call a child Elenor, and the parents choose to shorten it to Ellie because Ellie suits their cute little girl, then thats fine.
But imo you should let the child have a choice when she is older.

Perhaps its an age thing but to me anything with an IE on the end is like a nicknamey version of something else

Charlie, Archie, Ellie.... I think its a very current thing and in 20 years time the names will seem very dated, and maybe the grown up Charlie might sometimes like to be a Charles.

In our family (relatives, not my dcs) there are an Ellie and a Joe who isn't a short version of Joseph, which I thought odd. But like I said I'm an old codger whose name kept popping up on that 60's thread the other night

Aha, DD's name has an 'ie' on the end and is categorically not a nickname or shortened form.

That aside, so what if they date? People date. No one's going to think our kids are 15 when they're 35, so what if they have names that were popular 35 years ago? And if you call her Ellie and she wants a longer name when she grows up, she can always rename herself if she wants to.

(btw despite the 'ie' DD's name is not very current, fortunately she is still too young to be mortified by the fact that she is the only little girl in Reception to have the same name as one of the mums ... TWO of the mums in fact!)

I have an Ellie, dh and I had the discussion about choosing a name which could then be shortened to Ellie.

But we both liked the name and didn't see the point of giving her a longer name that she would never be known as just so it looked good on her birth certificate.

Her middle name is posh enough, if she decides to follow in her fathers footsteps and become a barrister, then she won't be embarrassed by her name

LouLouCapone, wonder if we know the same person??
Have a friend who's son is a Samuel, but has only ever been known as Sam. His teacher made the mistake of calling him Samuel one day and he ignored her!

Personally, i don't like names which i consider to be shorterned versions of real names. But that is just my opinion. I like the name Ellie although I would probably choose Eleanor or one of the others and then use Ellie as NN. That gives the child more options as she grows up.
Having said that, my mum is Kathleen and but was always called a different shorterned name by her parents. Kathleen is her 'doctors surgery' name only. That does seem a bit pointless, so, ummm, I don't know.
I tried to go for name for DD which isn't commonly shorterned to avoid this problem.
We started off calling Samuel Samuel but DH got lazy after about 48 hours and now he's Sam. I try to use Samuel too though so that he knows what his 'real' name is.

cute but very common (popular)

Ellie very common.

How about Elsie, Elvie?

i have an ellen ,called ellie .tis realteively common in her age group 13yrs but no more so than many other names . she loves it

I like the long versions, but not Ellie as a name. To me, it's a bit of a non-name, just a word that every other girl answers to.

Of course it is your choice, but as you're asking, I'm thinking you want an opinion and mine is that you should give your DD her own name. Ellie is unlikely to be her own name, she will share it with half the class.

Its very common
We have an ellie (shhh but i don't like it lol)

My DSD.. the name itself is supposed to mean 'most beautiful' apparently, so is sweet.. but when she gets to an adult it may seem 'half a name' as most of the posters have said.

I would go with eleanor if you are going to do it.

there are loads of Ellie's. Then you have all the Ellie-Mae, Ellie-May's etc.... it's become quite chavvy imo. If you like it you could use it but have a 'proper' name on the birth certificate

Haven't read all the other posts but just thought I'd put my views in: my dd (15months) is called Ellie - not short for anything and nobody asks me if its short for anything. Don't know any other Ellies but know a few Ella's - thats really popular by us (and not my cup of tea either personally)!
I love Ellie - think its a really pretty girlie name which will suit her all her life - she's Ell's for short.