# Please give opinions on girl names **URL:** \ **Category:** Girl Names\ **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133 "2011-05-22T07:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emrod1219](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/emrod1219/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@emrod1219](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/emrod1219)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133/1 "2011-05-22T07:35:45Z")
My husband and I are trying to decide on a girl name and while we do (almost surprisingly at this point,haha) agree on two names, we can’t agree on which of those two names it will be, if it is a girl. My first choice is [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] ([name]Aileen[/name] is after my Mother and pronounced “[name]Ilene[/name]”). I love the name and the fact that it isn’t very popular in our area. My husband’s first choice is [name]Ella[/name]. We would probably go with [name]Ella[/name] [name]Rae[/name] ([name]Rae[/name] is after my Grandfather). While I have always loved the name [name]Ella[/name], I just feel that it has become so popular over the last several years. I don’t know if I should cave and go with [name]Ella[/name] if it’s a girl, being that I would be picking the middle name regardless and I do like [name]Ella[/name] as well, or if I should hold out and see if he may just possibly change his mind in the end? I should add that he originally agreed to [name]Reese[/name] and really liked the name until I brought up [name]Ella[/name] 5 minutes later and is now adamant about that being the name if it is a girl. Opinions please. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![DottieDolly](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/dottiedolly/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@DottieDolly](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/DottieDolly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133/2 "2011-05-22T07:45:17Z")
[name]Ella[/name] is a beautiful name, but its become so popular and common I’d personally avoid using it. I mean, she definitely wouldn’t be the only [name]Ella[/name] in her class, but if thats okay with you, maybe you should go for it. [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] is very pretty and unusual so I’d be more inclined to go for that option. A nice compromise for [name]Ella[/name] could be [name]Elle[/name] though, which is just as beautiful but nowhere near as popular. 🙂 [name]Hope[/name] that helped! ---
**Author:** ![agirlinred](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/agirlinred/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@agirlinred](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/agirlinred)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133/3 "2011-05-22T08:32:26Z")
I prefer [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] as well. While [name]Ella[/name] is pretty, she is extremely popular right now. My six-year-old cousin had three girls named [name]Ella[/name] in his kindergarten class this year. The other three kindergarten classes in his school had at least one [name]Ella[/name] in each class. [name]Reese[/name] [name]Aileen[/name] is much more unique and has a distinguished feel. She has a lot more substance than [name]Ella[/name] [name]Rae[/name] and I love that [name]Aileen[/name] honors your mother. I’m usually not a fan of [name]Reese[/name] on a girl but I really like it for you. ---
**Author:** ![emrod1219](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/emrod1219/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@emrod1219](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/emrod1219)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133/4 "2011-05-22T17:37:32Z")
Thanks for the feedack ladies! I really appreciate it. I’ve had my heart set on [name]Reese[/name] for a long time now, so we’ll see. Hopefully I can convince him about how popular [name]Ella[/name] is, etc. and perhaps he’ll change his mind. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sarahjane](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/sarahjane/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@sarahjane](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/sarahjane)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/please-give-opinions-on-girl-names/156133/5 "2011-05-22T17:45:33Z")
Yes, take him strolling through some playgrounds and hope that there’s an [name]Ella[/name] behaving badly 😉 to taint his vision of the name! (or at least that there are 1 or 2, to illustrate your point)