New Baby Girl Naming Help

Girl Names
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] there,
We are trying to decide on our new baby girl’s name.

We have narrowed it down to a few “E” names.

#1 [name_f]Enna[/name_f] (my grandmother’s name was [name_f]Enna[/name_f], so this would have sentimental pull and I like the simplicity of it…). If we went with this one we would go with [name_f]Mae[/name_f] as the middle name
#2 [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] (we would pronounce it [name_f]Emme[/name_f]-leen ([name_f]Emme[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Lina[/name_f] as shortened forms)
#3 [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] ([name_f]Evie[/name_f] or [name_u]Lyn[/name_u] as shortened forms)
#4 [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] (my husband isn’t so hot on this one but I like that you could go with [name_f]Ella[/name_f] or [name_f]Noor[/name_f] but I realize [name_f]Ella[/name_f] is quite popular and don’t necessarily want to go the popular route)

Would love to hear your thoughts…

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I adore [name_f]Enna[/name_f], and the family connection is great! I agree that the simplicity and rarity of [name_f]Enna[/name_f] makes it a really lovely choice :slight_smile:

[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] would be my second choice. You may also like [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], to incorporate that same leen ending with the Ev- beginning of [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]?

Good luck!

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I love [name_f]Enna[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] so much. It’s sweet and original, and not over the top.

I never heard of the name [name_f]Enna[/name_f] before either. She’ll be one of the only kids with a unique name at school!

I don’t like the other names, because they’re unfortunately too girly for me.

Good luck.

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[name_f]Enna[/name_f] is also my favorite! I would have picked [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], but I strongly dislike nickname [name_f]Emma[/name_f] (though if you’d end up using [name_f]Emme[/name_f] or [name_f]Lina[/name_f] then [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]'s my choice for number one)
I like how unique but sweet and strong [name_f]Enna[/name_f] sounds! [name_f]Mae[/name_f] makes a really cute middle name for it too

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I would use [name_f]Enna[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]. So cool that is a name in your family tree. It is so pretty.

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I like [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Enna[/name_f] a lot!!

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I rather like [name_f]Enna[/name_f] too, and cool that it’s a family name. I love [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and particularly nn [name_f]Nell[/name_f].

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My favorite personally is [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]… But love the sentiment behind [name_f]Enna[/name_f]… Both great choices!

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Thank you so much for your feedback everyone!! I find it really helpful.

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I have a friend named [name_f]Eleonora[/name_f], it is lovely and different, also it is a variation of Eleonor.

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If you don’t want to go the popular route, I would stay away from [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], lovely as they may be. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] is very sweet!

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[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] gets my vote. I also really like [name_f]Enna[/name_f] though. :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Enna[/name_f] is sweet, and I’m always a sucker for names with sentimental meaning. I think it probably will be misheard as ‘[name_f]Emma[/name_f]’ a fair bit, but that’s easy enough to correct.

Since no-one else has mentioned it, I thought I’d point out that [name_f]Enna[/name_f] seems a reasonable (if not exactly obvious nickname for [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] or [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] (or [name_f]Evelina[/name_f]). I do think [name_f]Enna[/name_f] is fine on its own, but I thought I’d note that option jut in case.

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[name_f]Enna[/name_f] gets my vote. I like that it’s less heard of if you don’t want to go the popular route, and has sentimental meaning.

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I love [name_f]Enna[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], my daughter’s middle
name is also [name_f]Mae[/name_f] after a family member. The only hesitation I have about [name_f]Enna[/name_f] is that people might hear “[name_f]Emma[/name_f]” most of the time :confused: But since it is a family name and it is lovely and simple I would still use it.