WHICH GIRL'S NAME?

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Registered: 03-28-2006
WHICH GIRL'S NAME?
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Wed, 12-27-2006 - 5:15pm

WHICH GIRL'S NAME?



  • Elena
  • Maya
  • Mila
  • Gwen
  • big sis is Cora


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 09-29-2005
Wed, 12-27-2006 - 10:58pm

Elena -- this is a good match for Cora. You may also like Elise.

Maya -- this is my least favorite for you. It just has a very different feel than Cora, if you KWIM, but at the same time sounds a bit matchy (two syllables ending in A). Just not my favorite sib set.

Mila -- love the name, but kind of the same issues as Maya for me.

Gwen -- this GMV ... love it (but prefer it as a nn)! Have you considered a longer form as the given name? Gwyneth, Gwendolen, Guinevere, etc.?

~Kelli


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Registered: 03-28-2006
Wed, 12-27-2006 - 11:51pm
I do like Gwyneth. I am leaning most toward Elena b/c it is my mother's name (Helen) and mil's mn (Elaine) combined. What does everyone think?
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Registered: 09-29-2005
Thu, 12-28-2006 - 12:19am

Are you aware that Helen, Elaine and Elena are all forms of the same name? ;) I'm guessing you are, but just in case, these can also be considered forms of Helen:

Ellen -- slightly prefer this to Elena for you because it's closer in sound to your mom's name, still more visually similar to your MIL's, and avoids having another A ending

Helena/Lena (he-LE-na or he-LAY-na)
Helene (ay-LEN)
Helana (he-LAH-na)
*** I love these forms for you, especially Helena with the he-LAY-na pronunciation. It would be an almost literal combination of Helen and Elaine, and it more obviously honors your mom (whereas Elena looks much more like a variant of only Elaine, especially to someone unfamiliar with the common roots).

Eleanor

HTH

~Kelli

Ps. I love Gwyneth/Gwen. ;)


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