friends baby

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

Good friends Zoe and David James had their first child today, Eleanor Grace

i LOVE it, even tho Grace as a mn is so overdone, i just think its classic, strong, and reflects them perfectly.

WDYT?

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[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I like it too.

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

The combo definitely sounds classic and strong, as you say. I quite like it!

[http://users.livejournal.com/-dahling-/]

LOVE it!! Eleanor is on our list for girls and I love Grace as a middle name. It's a little overdone, but it's not as bad as Ann, Lynn or Marie.

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

yeah, my mn is Elizabeth and i have 3 other close friends with that middle name ... yay naming trends! (altho i was named for family)

[http://users.livejournal.com/-dahling-/]

My mn is Marie and so is EVERYONE else's haha. My mn is a family tradition too though. It really doesn't bother me that much that it's popular but I don't plan on following the tradition with my kids. I like unusual middle names.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I like it too, big fan of Eleanor! And Eleanor James has great cadence.

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

its actually Eleanor Bailey, james is dads mn ... but i think Eleanor Bailey flows well too, i don't think they're planning on Ellie as a nn

[lime-coconut.livejournal.com]

I think it's perfect. She could be a Queen with that name, easily :)

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

aww! i will tell My friends that :-)

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

also, my boyfriends response when we heard and i said. 'thats a good strong womans name... like Eleanor Roosevelt!', was 'actually, i was thinking of Eleanor of Aquitane' (medieval queen who owned most of france)

[http://users.livejournal.com/-dahling-/]

She's like my favorite woman in history.

[lime-coconut.livejournal.com]

All good associations. I wonder if there are any bad associations for Eleanor? I don't know of any.

The first person that came to my mind, even though wrong spelling and not very queen-like, was Elinor Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility, just because I'm a Jane Austen nut. But I much prefer Eleanor to Elinor. I think if it's not on my list already, it's going on there now. And Grace by be "filler," but it flows so well. My middle name is a filler (Ann) and it never bothered me.

I've been keen on the name Lydia from Pride & Prejudice lately as well (not really a good character, but pretty name), and Bennett for a boy.

On your Ellie comment higher up, I kind of like Ella for a nickname instead, unless that's too close an association to Cinderella/Bella? A friend of mine has a daughter named Ellie, I'm not sure if it's short for something or not.

[bingybingy.livejournal.com]

Love it.