Variations on Nellie??

[Astrid28]

It's my Nan's name, DD1 is named after DH's maternal grandmother, thought it could be nice to carry it on should next baby be a girl.

Didn't consider the Elephant connection til I typed it out! Drats.

ornella?

Would you consider names along the lines of Helen, Ellen, Eleanor and then use Nellie as an nickname?

Helena
Nell
Fenella

Ornella - I'm not sure I could do that.

Well my Mum is called Helen, but I was kind of looking for a modernised version.

Nell is the one I like most so far.

I could go with my other grans name which is Norah...is that too grannyish?

Norah def grannyish... DDs nonagenarian has that as a first name (but always hated it and so is called by her second name.)

Helen is classical - does it need updating?

Hmmmm maybe not. It's just always been a middle aged name to me. It'd be like calling her Janet or Eileen.

I should prob add that not 100% sure I'm even pg yet!! Just been pondering.

I think Elin is a scandanavian version of Helen. I had a friend called this and think it's really pretty.

oooooooooooooooh. i think nora might be due a wee comeback, i think it's a beautiful name, very elegant. i know a cora.

My Grandmother was called Nellie or Nell but her real name was Ellen. Dd is named after her.

I like Ellen, that's nice and would go quite well with DD1's name actually......

As a child, Nellie & Nora were the epitome of old lady names because of my grans, but I was thinking Nellie Furtado, Norah Jones.....could I get away with it outside of showbiz?? !

Dd's nickname is still Ellie the Nelliephant though.

DH's Nan was called Nellie, his Granny is Ellen but gets called Nellie!!

Ellen would be a pretty and modern version.

cornelia is lovely shortened to nelia and neelie, imo.

I like the simplicity of Nell

Nell is lovely
Eleanor also nice
Like Elin (but not Ellen so much...)

dd1's middle name is ellen after my gran, bt=ut gran was only ever known as nellie

how about eleanor?

love nell as a nn

lots of us with grannies called nellie dh had one too

i love the name Nell. Also Nina, such a pretty name.

Nella

How about Elena?
And I think Norah is gorgeous by the way!

I love Nora or Norah too, and I know 3 of them under 15. How about Honour or Hanora? Love Elin, Helena and Cornelia mentioned here too.

My sister is Neva pronounced Neeevah if that makes sense, and she is nicked named nelly by our dad, its a different option for you

Nell makes me think of that film with Jodie Foster.

Like Ellen or Elinor/Eleanor.

Norah is lovely too - not grannyish at all IMO.