{"id":13172,"date":"2018-01-09T12:10:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=13172"},"modified":"2018-01-09T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:21:47","slug":"baby-naming-issue-are-brielle-and-elleanna-too-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2018\/01\/09\/baby-naming-issue-are-brielle-and-elleanna-too-similar\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Naming Issue: Are Brielle and Elleanna Too Similar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Swistle!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping you\u2019ll be able to help us make a decision about our name. I feel like we were pretty sure but now are feeling hesitant.<\/p>\n

Our last name is a combination of Mc and the big white fluffy things in the sky. We have a four year old son Isaiah Jude and a three year old daughter Brielle Kaelyn. We are expecting baby number 3 in March.<\/p>\n

We usually pick names that have a significant meaning which adds another layer to choosing names.<\/p>\n

I tend to like a bit more unique names while my husband likes slightly more common. The girls name we have been talking about since we found out about this pregnancy is Elleanna Joy.<\/p>\n

My concern is with its similarity to Brielle. The sound is different because it ends differently but obviously they are similar…<\/p>\n

The other names I have considered are:<\/p>\n

Olive, Liliana, Sienna, Bridget, Keira<\/p>\n

My husbands other votes are for:<\/p>\n

Hailey, Brooke or Paige<\/p>\n

Any suggestions that are like these? Thoughts about having a Brielle and Elleanna?<\/p>\n

Looking forward to your help!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I definitely see the repeated -elle- segment, and I can see why it might not be ideal, but I also don’t see it as a deal-breaker. The main concern for me would be potential nickname overlap: right now Brielle could go by Bri or by Elle or Ellie or Ella; if she were to have a sister named Elleanna, that would likely cut off those Ell- options for her.<\/p>\n

I think it depends on how much you love the name. Is this your joint top choice and you’d both be heartbroken to give it up? Then use it, and the twinned “elle” will be a feature, not a bug.<\/p>\n

But if it kind of bugs you, or if you are planning to have more children and you’re worried about feeling as if you have to keep going with -elle- names, then there’s still plenty of time to look around for other options. If you look and you don’t find anything you like as much, then you can rest easier in the decision.<\/p>\n

I do think Liliana is a nice compromise: it’s very similar to Elleanna, but completely eliminates the repeating -elle- and the nickname issue: Brielle can have Bri\/Bree and Elle\/Ellie\/Ella; Liliana can have Lil, Lily, and Annie\/Anna.<\/p>\n

Emmeline would be another possibility: it eliminates the -elle and gives nicknames Em, Emmie, Emma.<\/p>\n

Or Vivianna? Lucianna? Arianna? Adrianna? Avianna? Evianna? Audrianna? Aubrianna? Anneliese? So many good -anna- names.<\/p>\n

Or Corinna or Karenna?<\/p>\n

Oh, or I wonder if we could find a good way to spell Hailey + Anna, to take a name from your husband’s list and make it more like a name from your list? I’m not finding anything that looks quite right. Haileanna, Haleyanna, Haylianna?<\/p>\n

Or I know an Evelina (ehv-ah-LEE-na) and I think that’s so pretty.<\/p>\n

For something more like your husband’s list, I’d suggest Delaney. It has that -elle- sound in there, but with a D- to keep Elle\/Ellie from seeming like natural nicknames.<\/p>\n

Or Linley? It has the style of names like Brooke and Paige, but a little more length and femininity to go with Brielle. Or Kinley would be nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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