naming possible girl--

[zombiemombie.livejournal.com]

My husband and I find out on Thursday if our second bundle of joy is a boy or a girl. We're both totally and utterly set on Harvey, if he's a he. If we're having a girl, we're not sure what we want to name her. Here's the list of names we're considering,...

Nora
Gemma
Eleanor/Elinor
Lydia

Which do you like the best? This baby will be joining big sister Aida (pronounced Ade-uh). I love all these names and would be basically happy with any of them. My husband is absolutely in love with Eleanor so I'm thinking thats probably what we'll go with in the end. Assuming we're even having a little girl, of course.

My last question to you then, is, which spelling of Eleanor/Elinor do you prefer? I think personally I like the way Eleanor looks on its own better, but since we spelled Aida's name Aida instead of Ada, I'm wondering which is the preferred spelling in this case? I kind of like the way Aida & Elinor looks, better than Aida & Eleanor.

Baby's middle name will be Emery Lee/Leigh, regardless of what name we choose or what the sex of the little one is.

Thoughts?

Comments

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i love lydia, nora, and eleanor :) (and if you went with eleanor, you could always use the nickname nora) out of the spellings you listed, i prefer eleanor (even when considering aida). my heart belongs to the spelling "elanor" because i'm a geek.

[tatredbutrfly.livejournal.com]

LOL I thought all the names ending in a sounded in best with adia. Eleanor looks best the other just looks misspelled.

[jexia]

Eleanor. For sure.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

You have wonderful taste in names.

The only one I'm unsure about is Gemma -- if you live in the US, where the name is less popular, I think I'd steer clear of that one. I hear people mispronounce it CONSTANTLY. That is less of a problem if you live in the UK (or anywhere else), where it is much more common and that's less of a concern.

Eleanor, for sure.

Lydia and Eleanor with Emery Leigh is a bit much -- I think I'd go with Nora Emery Lee.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

How do they pronounce it?

[kjerlandsen.livejournal.com]

Yah, How do you mispronounce Gemma? It's just Gem-uh, right?

[queen-islanzadi.livejournal.com]

I like Eleanor the most.

[morningapproach.livejournal.com]

I very much so dislike the way that Elinor looks. Aida is a traditional spelling around here, so I would match it with the traditional Eleanor.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I actually like all the girl names you have listed.

I prefer Eleanor to Elinor, 100%. I think Aida and Elinor look overly matchy. Aida and Eleanor look really nice together! I'm not sure what I think about Eleanor Emery Lee though. I don't think it flows the best.

Nora Emery Lee
Gemma Emery Lee
Lydia Emery Lee

Hmmm. I like Nora Emery Lee the best I think! But then again, Nora can be a nn for Eleanor anyway.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Eleanor. You can call her Nora.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Love Nora, Eleanor and Lydia. Would pick Eleanor and maybe use Nora as a nn. Elinor looks wrong, so does Ada to me. Oh, if that's the mn... I'd go with Lydia or Nora....

[townstarlet.livejournal.com]

I like Nora best, but you could always use Eleanor as the formal name and call her Nora.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I love Nora and Eleanor. Gemma's pretty good too. I'm not a huge fan of Lydia, though. I like Eleanor spelled both Eleanor and Elinor, but I would probably go with Eleanor.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Eleanor but I am biased because it's my daughter's name.
I also really like Lydia.

[lissalynn.livejournal.com]

I like Lydia best, I think, though I do like Eleanor and Nora as well. I don't know if you worry about popularity, but I do think Eleanor (judging from these boards and what I'm already seeing as a Pedi RN) is going to explode in popularity in the next 10 years- along with Evelyn.

I do like Gemma as well, just like the others better. =) Can't go wrong with any of them!

[frost.livejournal.com]

Nora, then Gemma. I dislike Lydia and hate the name Eleanor (this is the spelling I prefer).
You could always go with Eleanor and use Nora as a nickname- two names you like in one. ;)

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

If Emery Lee/Leigh is the set-in-stone middle name, I would definitely go with Nora or Lydia. They're the only ones that, in my opinion, sound "right" with the middle names.

Gemma Emery is too repetitive with the "em" sound.
Eleanor Emery is to repetitive with the "eh" sound.

My pick would be Lydia. :)

[sal_amanda]

My daughter is an Eleanor who goes by Nora, so I'm partial to that. But the Elinor spelling makes my skin crawl.

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

Eleanor!!!

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

You have great taste in names!

My favorite is Lydia, followed by Gemma, Nora and then Eleanor. But really, they're all amazing, you can't go wrong!

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Why not name her Eleanor/Elinor and call her Nora?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I adore Gemma, it's gorgeous. I definitely, 100% prefer Elinor over Eleanor.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

My favorite is Nora!