Catwoman Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Without the extra e.......... otherwise, people will mispronounce it, frequently. :iagree: And no one will ever spell it correctly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Bringing back hilarious family memories. My daughter's middle name nearly was one that begins with the letter "F" -- until we realized that her initials would be. . . KFC :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 No E on the end, because she will have to spell it out for people her whole life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Bringing back hilarious family memories. My daughter's middle name nearly was one that begins with the letter "F" -- until we realized that her initials would be. . . KFC We joked that when she had birthday parties, we could filch cups and napkins from chain locations. It is too bad, because I did want to give her the middle name "Frances" after a very much loved great-aunt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I've seen it a couple times and know how to pronounce it, lol. of course, my middle name is Anne, so I am partial to the extra 'e'. And no one has ever mispronounced that either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 But my mother is an Ann without the E. Does it complicate things that my grandmother was a Jayne, not a Jane? Dd's orthodontist is Jayne, and she pronounces it "JAY-nee". I'm not sure if her parents pronounced it that way, or if she just caved because people always mispronounced it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Eleanore makes me want to say Eeyore. Thus my vote for "no e at the end." I was coming back to say this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 When I was a teen I read The Lord of the Rings trilogy. As I recall, they traversed a field filled with a beautiful flower called elanor. At the end, one of the characters names his baby daughter Elanor for the flower. Since then I always loved that spelling and that particular meaning for the name. Somehow the syllables just sound prettier to my ear with that particular spelling--Tolkein was so good with language. Not sure if I would have had the guts to go with an unusual spelling as an adult, and dh didn't like the name anyway so I didn't get to use it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I like it both ways, but without the e, I say it as a three-syllable name; with the e, I want to pronounce it as a four-syllable name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The added "e" looks pretentious. JMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 My g-grandmother's name was Eleanor. :-) I've never seen it with an "e." If she uses that, she dooms daughter forever to having her name misspelled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 No "e"! Without the e, it is simple and classic, I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Without the extra e. As others have said, she is dooming her to a misspelled name for life if she adds the e. Plus it makes me want to say "Eleanora." Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I have an Eleanor. My mom was Eleanor. I voted no "e." But either way, she will have to spell her name for people all her life. And, she won't find cute little personalized items with her name on them unless she orders them online or goes to England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I like the look of Eleanore, but not combined with Rose. Also, I'd say "ay-lay-ah-no-ruh" (the "ruh" being kind of like those upside down e thingies from IPA) with the e at the end. Eleanora would maybe be better, which I'd pronounce "ay-lay-ah-no-rah". Eleanora Rose also looks better than Eleanore Rose. I'm not a big fan of Eleanor, though it's better imo than Elinor. And yes, putting an 'e' or an 'a' at the end looks more pretentious. But I don't think that's necessarily a downside, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The name Eleanor must be making a comeback -- ? My daughter told me yesterday that she received a text from a friend whose sibling has a new baby named Eleanor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Dd's orthodontist is Jayne, and she pronounces it "JAY-nee". I'm not sure if her parents pronounced it that way, or if she just caved because people always mispronounced it. I remember a gal in my college dorm whose name was spelled and pronounced the same way. She said that's how her mother told her it was pronounced. She'd even correct people who tried to call her Jane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I like the e on the end but I have no issue with either spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 While with an e looks prettier, I voted for without, as otherwise you are setting her up for a lifetime of telling folks to add the e at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm in the spell-it-the-way-everyone-else-does camp for nearly all names. No extra e, please. It will save her some tiresome hours, over a lifetime, of correcting other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 My g-grandmother's name was Eleanor. :-) I've never seen it with an "e." If she uses that, she dooms daughter forever to having her name misspelled. I don't this is as good argument because of all the different name spellings. My dh is Kristopher, rarely spelled correctly. My daughter is Rebekah, again, never spelled correctly. Even my name which is so, so, so common isn't always spelled correctly. There are so many variations of every name. How boring would it be if we all had the same spellings. Kelly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Another vote for no e. With the e, my mind sees Eeyore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The extra "e" makes it look like there should be an extra syllable. It seems to be a very popular name lately. My friend named her 6 week old Eleanor. DD5's middle name is Elinor; we wanted the Jane Austen spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I feel like I am uniquely qualified as my name has a dumb extra E and it has been a pain all my life. Trophies were wrong, I couldn't find vanity pencils or bike license plates, and it is just always misspelled. Unless it is for legal reasons, I don't even correct them anymore. I always swore my children would have the most normal spelling of their names. Go with the normal spelling. This is why I went with a unique spelling for my oldest. My name growing up was never misspelled (it is now with all the different spellings of Kelly), but as a kid I was so horribly bored with my name. My first and last name were so common and boring, and I hated it. Now I have a last name that is never spelled correctly. I find it funny, and enjoy the different ways people come up with to spell it. You may, in the future, have grand kids with unique spellings :) Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 If the girl might travel to England, I'd go with the E. Without an E, the received pronunciation for Eleanor is the same as Elena. With the E it would be E-leh-nor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Unless it's a family spelling, no E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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