Katie writes:<\/p>\n
My husband and I are due with our first October 13 – a girl. <\/p>\n
– We want something unique, but not weird, or strange spellings.
– Nothing too common or trendy either.
– My husband’s deceased mother’s name was Ellen, so that is a big contender for a middle name.
– I am concerned that the “N” sounds in Ellen and Aronoff is too much “N” sound. Last name pronounced “Aaron – Off.”
– We definitely want something that gives us cute nickname options as well.<\/p>\nSome names we are considering but can’t exactly agree on are:<\/p>\n
Karenna Ellen
Elka Wynn
Lucia (Lucy) Ellen
Amelia or Amelie Ellen<\/p>\nNames we considered but rejected are:<\/p>\n
Hazel
Ginger
Georgia
Danica
Mila
Marion
Corinne
Colleen
India
Maya
Faye
Imala
Viola (I love this name but a very close neighbor has a daughter with this name)<\/p>\nAny help, suggestions on first (and middle if Ellen isn’t suitable) are greatly appreciated. We just can’t seem to get a name that we both love and adore.<\/p>\n
Thank you!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I love the name Karenna, but I think the sounds in it are too similar to the sounds in Aronoff.<\/p>\n
I would suggest the name Elsa (because of Elke), but it seems like a lot of EL with Ellen.<\/p>\n
Maybe Isla? Isla Aronoff, Isla Ellen Aronoff.<\/p>\n
Or Anya: Anya Aronoff, Anya Ellen Aronoff. That adds even more N, though.<\/p>\n
I love the name Liesl: Liesl Aronoff, Liesl Ellen Aronoff.<\/p>\n
Bianca: Bianca Aronoff, Bianca Ellen Aronoff. The nickname Bee is so cute.<\/p>\n
The name Amelia is getting more and more common, and I like the variation Amalia better anyway—but I worry that Amalia could look like Amelia with a typo. Still, it’s so pretty: Amalia Aronoff, Amalia Ellen Aronoff.<\/p>\n
Camilla: Camilla Aronoff, Camilla Ellen Aronoff. Cammie, Milla, Milly.<\/p>\n
I so wish someone would use Magnolia! Magnolia Aronoff, Magnolia Ellen Aronoff. Maggie, Nola, Lia.<\/p>\n
Melina: Melina Aronoff, Melina Ellen Aronoff. Mel, Lee, Lina. Her initials would give you the nickname Mea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Katie writes: My husband and I are due with our first October 13 – a girl. – We want something unique, but not weird, or strange spellings. – Nothing too common or trendy either. – My husband’s deceased mother’s name was Ellen, so that is a big contender for a middle name. – I am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1IZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}