I think they are too close not because of their sounds, but because they could both want to go by [name_f]El[/name_f] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], even if you chose different nicknames originally. I could totally see their friends naturally shortening their names to El/Ellie sometimes, even if they don’t go by them usually, which would be confusing, or even be a source of tension between them if they’re fighting over using the nickname.
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