Formal name for Ellie

What’s your favorite formal name for the nickname [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]?

So far I have:
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]

  • I don’t care for [name_f]Elliana[/name_f] and her spelling variants.

Initially I thought [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]. But probably [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]! Or [name_u]Ellery[/name_u]!

I really like [name_f]Elise[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] too, but I don’t see them as [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]'s for some reason?

I like the idea of a more obscure, unusual full name for the nickname [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]. Maybe-

[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Camellia[/name_f]
[name_f]Chanel[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]

[name_f]Elara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elora[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]/a
[name_f]Elysia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Novella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Joelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]

I like [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] for a girl

My personal favorites are [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], Elinora, [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f].

[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
Elliottt

[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]

I really like the name [name_f]Elise[/name_f] and also love [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]!

I like:

[name_f]Eliora[/name_f]
[name_f]Raphaela[/name_f]
Ezriela
[name_f]Raziela[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Raquela[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]/Immanuela

For relatively obscure options, and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] for more popular ones.

My favourite is [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]. But my husband prefers [name_f]Ella[/name_f], nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f].

I didn’t think of [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], gorgeous!

[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] is a top countender for me already. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is too far of a stretch for a nickname?

My favorites from your list are [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] and [name_f]Elowen[/name_f].

Other suggestions:
[name_f]Ellia[/name_f]/[name_u]Elia[/name_u]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Louella[/name_f]/[name_f]Luella[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elysia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elka[/name_f]
[name_f]Elinor[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
Marcelline

I am a big fan of [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]/[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_u]Eloise[/name_u].

[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Melanie[/name_f]

My own favourite is [name_f]Elena[/name_f]… and [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] actually, but that one is a stretch. More accessible in my case because my [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] will likely to have an L middle. From your list I love [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].

I know an [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] whose name is [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]. [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] name :slight_smile:

Wow [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f] is beautiful!

I don’t really like the nickname [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] - I prefer [name_f]Elle[/name_f] - but anyway. Favourite ways to [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Elle[/name_f] are [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]/[name_f]Elinor[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_u]Elia[/name_u], [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f].

What about [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]??

My favourites are [name_f]Eliora[/name_f] and [name_u]Eloise[/name_u]. And I also really like [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

To answer your question, I think [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is absolutely fine. Any elle or ella ending name could be [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] for short. I love [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] and [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f].

Other favourites are [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] and [name_f]Ellen[/name_f].