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Best nn for Eleanora?

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CheerfulYank · 08/05/2010 19:50

Elle? Ella? Ellie? Nora?

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loobylu3 · 08/05/2010 20:16

I like Nora or Nell. I don't like Ellie at all- sounds wet to me. Eleanora is a beautiful name!

Littlefish · 08/05/2010 20:27

Nell

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 08/05/2010 20:31

LOVE Nell and Nora.

Think most people would shorten to Ellie though which was what put me off Eleanor.

Xavielli · 08/05/2010 20:31

Nell/ie

Jojay · 08/05/2010 20:34

Nora, definitely. Don't you dare call her anything else!

Not Ellie or Ella - there's zillions of them and it would be a shame to add her to the multitudes.

madly · 08/05/2010 21:48

Eleanora is such a gorgeous name.

There is no law saying every name must have a nn
My dd is Leonora and none of her friends call her anything but Leonora

IMO Eleanora is perfect on its own.

MrsBadger · 08/05/2010 22:03

Lennie

SoMuchToBits · 08/05/2010 22:08

You can't always choose it yourself anyway! Ds is Jonathan - we thought Jonty or maybe Jon for short. But his friends have decided Jonny or Jon-Jon. You can't win....

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 01:34

That's what I thought saphrie. She can be called something "cutesy" when she's little and then something more mature when she's grown up.

It's definitely the first pick if the baby we'll TTC in the fall is a girl. We're going with Eleanora Jospehine...does that flow well in your opinion?

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BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 09/05/2010 01:42

Love Nellie, Nora, Nell, actually, just love
the name!

My Grandmother was Ellen (Nell) and DD would have been Ellen, but my sister pinched it for her DD first.

nooka · 09/05/2010 01:43

Sounds classy. Lots of nice nns too. I like names that give lots of options.

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 01:47

That may possibly be the first time we Americans have been accused of having good taste on Mumsnet, bitter! How's the family? Is Morticia feeling well this evening?

I do too, Nooka. We liked William w/our first b/c he could have been Will, Bill, Liam, etc., but when he was born he looked exactly like a Sam, so that was that.

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BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 09/05/2010 01:51

[Grin] Family are fine thanks.

DD is more cousin It than wednesday, she has a lot of hair and a weird crown [blame DH] so that it naturally falls forward on to her face!

I am going to buy shares in a hair clip company!

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 01:55

I have that too! My hair refuses to grow longer than eye-length in front and shoots straight forward. A PITA if ever there was one.

So since you're still awake, Bitter, do you think Eleanora Josephine flows well? Our last name is quite short. Oh, what the hell, it's Brick. I've given it out on a thread before so anyone who wanted to do any digging could find out anyway.

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BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 09/05/2010 02:01

I love Eleanora, and like Josephine, but not sure if they are too long together IYSWIM?

I think the middle name should have two syllables, then the whole name flows better

Eleanora da da Brick.

(Not suggesting Da Da as a middle name, just illustrating the point)

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 02:13

Right. My mom is Jody, and that's why I was thinking of Josephine b/c it's a form of the same name.

Our other issue is that I'm determined to name the as-yet-unconceived-baby Jack if it's a boy, but Jack Brick is too harsh-sounding, isn't it. Could I go w/John and just call him Jack?

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 02:18
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BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 09/05/2010 02:23

How about Eleanora Josie? Or is that a bit rubbish?

I really like Eleanora May or Eleanora Grace, which completely wrecks my 2 syllable theory.

WRT Jack (slightly biased as DS is Jack)Could you use Jackson?

I really wanted DS to be Giacomo shortened to Giac as Jack is so common around here.

I was Vetoed as apparently we're not Italian.

ReneRusso · 09/05/2010 02:26

Josephine is great for middle name. Jack Brick is sweet, prefer it to john. You can't always choose a nn, it just happens.

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CheerfulYank · 09/05/2010 02:31

I could use Jackson, I've thought about it but don't love it IYSWIM. See, you have great taste too! Jack is a fab name IMO.

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BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 09/05/2010 02:44

I really must go to bed.

I will think on this topic and hopefully come up with some fabulous names for your not yet existent baby tomorrow.

Night Cheerful, been nice chatting to you.

And yes, Jack is a fabulous name. I just wish it wasn't so fabulous that everyone else called their DS my little boy's name

Not you, obviously, you are across the pond.

But a 25 mile radius ban would have been nice.

Nighty night.

nooka · 09/05/2010 05:20

Longer first and second names work very well with a short surname. Also I think the elegance offsets the perhaps slightly prosaic Brick. But I think you'd want to use a soft nn, so Ellie or Nellie or Lennie rather than Nell or Nora, should you not use the full Eleanora. Not totally sure about Jack/John though. What about Jonathon?

Having said that my two both use their short versions all the time now, and I'm never sure I like the combination with their surname. But the children are very happy with them, and that's the important