Ellie or Nellie?

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Hello, am new to this but I have a DD due in September and need some help. DH and I have settled on Eliana as DD's name to be but can't agree on nickname. I know we should maybe wait to see what evolves but my issue is that while I love Eliana I'm not keen on Ellie as a nickname. I wanted to pick an unusual name and Ellie, while nice, is not unusual. Maybe Nellie isn't that unusual either, but I really like it and I think it's a bit more quirky. So should it be Ellie or Nellie - please help me convince DH!!

I think either one is fab{grin]

I do not like Ellie as i know to many - so if i HAD to choose one it would be Nellie - but i'm really not keen on either

Why not just use the name Eliana?

I went to school with an Eliana and it wasn't shortened.

It's so much nicer than either Ellie or Nellie.

You'll probably end up calling her Monkeypants or something when she's born.

NellieTheEllie - what a fabulous name!!

Nellie

Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus... so go for Nell

Or as a nn you could use Ana or Li, but i much prefer the full name, withouth shortening it to anything.

{grin} My daughter is called Monkeypants!

I love Ellie, but Nellie just makes me think of Nellie the elephant, same as yogagirl. I agree Nell is nice though.

PLEASE don't pick Nellie - if she has ANY puppy fat at all as a teen, she'll be labelled nellie the elephant

Nell.

Ellie...never nellie...just reminds me of elephants...sorry.

Love Eliana though

Nellie was my gran's nickname, from Helen I think. She was born in 1902, if that helps any.

Ok thanks everyone. It looks like Nell may be the winner- I think. But it is probably a good point that we don't need to abbreviate the name because Eliana is lovely as is (well, I think it is anyway.... I hope DD agrees one day). And I take the monkeypants point too

Eliana is a beautiful name - what's more it's short enough not to really need a nn. Both Ellie and Nellie have very obvious teasing potential - they rhyme with smelly - not nice! Plus Ellie-phant is just as likely as Nelly the Elephant.

Ooh, dunno about "short enough not to really need a nn". I "hear" it as four syllables, El - li -an -a. The temptation to shorten it will be strong.

Elle is nice and could be pronounced "ellie" or "el"

My Eliana is a Nellie.

It just evolved as that by the way. If there are any other children in your family they will say 'Elly-narna' anyway

So we ended up going from Eliana - Ellie-narna - Nellie-Banana - Nellie

I think nicknames tend to "out" themselves once the baby is born and evolve as you get used to the baby.

My DS's nickname in based on his middle names.

My sister went from Zoe, to Bozo to Bo. It took her about 30 years to claim Zoe back!

anna?

Lia?

Personally, I don't think Anna would work because it isn't pronounced Ellie-Anna.