We picked our baby girl up from the hospital 7 months ago. She is our foster daughter but now her case is going to termination and she will forever be with us <3
Her birth name was not something that we wanted to call her (at all) but because she was foster we didn’t want to just change her name since we didn’t know what would happen with her case…so we took part of her name and were able to NN her Ellie.
Now with adoption approaching I would like to give her a “bigger” official name and keep Ellie as a NN. DH wants to just keep Ellie. What are your opinions and suggestions??
Her middle name will be Kate Sophia (my first name and her birth middle name)
My boys are Caden Matthew, Maxwell Broderick, Asher Knox
First of all, congratulations! It’s wonderful that you get to adopt her. [name_m]How[/name_m] old is she? Are her biological parents still living? What is her birth name that you’ve shortened to [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]? Honestly, since you’re calling her [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] anyway, I would probably keep her real name or give her a name similar to it. I don’t think [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] flows particularly well unless you make [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] one name and use [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] as the middle name.
I know several people whose full first names are [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and it works just fine for them. Some ideas for names with the nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] are…
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f], and so many more.
The nickname [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] was a stretch from her birth name which is [name_u]Angel[/name_u], we do not care for it at all. Her biological parents are still living but are unable to parent her due to their circumstances. I have always wanted a daughter with my middle name but I think it is just as important that she keep part of her birth name as well…
I agree that [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] doesn’t flow well, that’s why I’m of the opinion we should use a longer option. She is only 7 months so as long as we keep calling her [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] she won’t notice anything
[name_u]Angel[/name_u] is a GP of mine, and it is a stretch for [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]. However, I do love [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] by itself as a full name, but [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] sounds childish to me. What switching the order of the middles to [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]? [name_f]IMO[/name_f] it flows better.
Firstly congratulations!
I always wanted to adopt as quite a few of my cousins are adopted
Secondly I totally agree with the Nickname [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and I don’t care for the name [name_u]Angel[/name_u] either.
I always like formal names with cute nicknames as I think it is akin to getting 2 names for the price of one
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]/ [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]/ [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]/ [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellamae[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]/ [name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] (melody without the m)
[name_f]Elyse[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] (or any name ending in [name_f]Elle[/name_f])
[name_f]Danielle[/name_f]
Cheselle (I went to highschool with a Cheselle)
My favorite is [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] or [name_f]Elena[/name_f].
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] is beautiful but the popularity of the name is not for everyone
Congratulations!! I agree with aurra that changing the order of the middles has a bit better flow… I think [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] would be lovely
[name_m]Ah[/name_m] congratulations and it’s fantastic that you get to keep her!!
In the UK (where I am) [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is a common first name and it almost feels unusual when [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is used a nickname for something else, however saying this I prefer [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a nickname. I think [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a nickname is lovely but as a full name is slightly informal.
Have you consider [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]? A lot of names works better if you switch middle names.
[name_f]Mariella[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellianna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] sounds nice if you don’t mind the Order it goes! But to be honest your never going to call her by all 3 at once so I think [name_f]Ellianna[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is fine! Also [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is fine alone! X
We just adopted too. It’s a very hard thing deciding to move names around or change a name. I think it does help make them part of your family to bestow a family name upon them. That’s what we did. That said, [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is beautiful, but she might want [name_u]Angel[/name_u] ( [name_f]Angelina[/name_f]?) in there someday as it’s her only tie to her birth family.
Or [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Eloise[/name_f], [name_f]Elsa[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], Eloira, all beautiful and on trend with the popular “el” sound.
