[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone,
I really like the name [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], however I fear it would get shortened to [name_f]Ellie[/name_f].
It probably would on a 5 year old, but what about an 18 year old or adult?
Would it be one of these names that you intuitively shorten? (Like Chr1st0pher to Chr1s and B3njam1n to B3n, and J3ss1ca to J3ss)
Would it be possible for an [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] to remain [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]?
Thank you so much 
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Personally, I wouldn’t shorten it if a girl introduced herself as [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]. I’ve known several, one who was always [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and the others who were Ellies - however, as I say, they introduced themselves as such!
I do think there is a high chance people would shorten it, as [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] is so familiar and natural? Still, if she introduced herself continuously as [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], it might stick
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If you don’t want it to be shortened, I would make the people in your life are aware of this. However keep in mind that the child may wish to shorten it herself as she gets older.
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No child, this is in regard to someone I know of a near adult age wanting to change it
If an adult introduced themselves to me as [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] I wouldn’t be inclined to shorten it at all. As a little kid, [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] might be more avoidable if one of the other nicknames was encouraged instead.
Editing to add that they might be asked if they go by a nickname a lot but if they said no then I think people would generally respect that.
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I don’t think an adult [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] would get shortened to [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], maybe a younger child but probably not an adult unless they asked to. I know one teenage [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and she doesn’t get called [name_f]Ellie[/name_f].
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I have [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] ivy on my list. I like that it can be shortened to elly but that can make it similar to other names and trying to fall in love with just [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] with it being shortened often. I think names like [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Gillian[/name_f], [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] l, [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] are pretty especially when there’s no nick name 
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Thank you!
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That’s good. However, the person in mind has a name that gets shortened super naturally and people don’t ever respect her preference to have it the full name, so she wants something that will probably not be shortened 
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I’ve known several Eleanors and they were never nicknamed!
I think [name_f]Elle[/name_f] might be more likely for an adult if it gets shortened
I had this exact fear with [name_f]El[/name_f]- names I liked including [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]. I eliminated them as first name options for this reason. I personally wouldn’t shorten it myself unless someone introduced themselves as the shortened form, but in my experience unfortunately people will shorten names whether you like it or not, or as others have pointed out the child may choose to go by the shortened form later of their own accord. [name_f]My[/name_f] advice would be to only choose names with an intuitive and obvious shortened form if you like the shortened form.
i don’t think eleanor would be immediately shortened by other people - or at least, i would never immediately reach for a shortening, and i have a tendency to instinctively nickname people (like the examples you gave). i had a friend at school called eleanor (just eleanor), who never used a nickname and was fine (though i do think it’s easier here in the uk, where eleanor gets dropped to el-uh-nuh, which pleads a nickname slightly less). she would probably get asked quite a lot if she went by a nickname, given how many eleanors do. even though my name doesn’t have any super common nicknames (it’s not a super common name to begin with), i am very frequently asked if i go by the one (1) nickname that my name does have.
the other, more important factor, is that there is no way of guaranteeing that she would want to remain eleanor. if your eleanor decides she’s an ellie, or even a nell or nora, you cannot stop her. therefore, if you really dislike ellie, i would avoid any el- names altogether.
I think it would definitely get shortened on occasion (most names do) but it surely wouldn’t be as common as the examples you listed, in child years. If this is an adult to which we are referring to, I think she will have a very easy go at [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]! I know a little [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and she chooses to go by Ellie; otherwise, no one called her that.
I don’t think it would have to be shortened. If her parents never used a nickname for her, other people would probably just call her what they heard her being called. I can’t picture an adult being named [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] unless it were her full name, so I don’t think that she would get called that past the age of maybe 10 unless it were a nickname she wanted. Also, there would be other potential nicknames for [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] like [name_f]Ella[/name_f] or [name_f]Nora[/name_f] that don’t sound immature.
I knew someone who had a daughter named [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] who called her “Nor.” I like that and [name_f]Nora[/name_f] over [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a shortened version.
I have a three-syllable name and I don’t like having it shortened to the obvious nickname. I tell people I preferred to be called by my full name. I think if I had a name with nicknames I liked then I probably wouldn’t mind it being shortened.
I went to high school with 3 different Eleanor’s and they all were just [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], not [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] or [name_f]Nora[/name_f].
I have a friend called [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] who goes by [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], but I don’t think it gets shortened automatically for her.
Teachers call her [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] and I call her [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] too a lot of the time (just because I like the name [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] more than [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] haha)
Unless someone is really really close to me… I’d certainly not automatically shorten their name! I think an [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] would be fine going by her full name. As far as whether she’d like to have [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a nickname or if her friends/cousins/grandparents etc. will call her that… who’s to say. But in daily life, I think an [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] called [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] wouldn’t be tricky.
Not pregnant, asking for a person who actually wants to change her name and is considering this one 