Which name do you like better: Emily or Elena?

[Anonymous]

I too immediately thought if Elena of Avalor. It's a pretty name though.

Elena Fiona is a mouthful. Actually, Emily Fiona doesn't exactly roll off the tongue either. Rose works better with both (though I do love the name Fiona).

[Anonymous]

I like Emily better, but I would choose Elena.

I had my oldest child in 2000 and it seemed every other baby girl I met was named Emily. It was so popular.

[Anonymous]

Elena, nickname Lena.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elena (no nickname).

Emily is so incredibly boring! Given how popular both Emily & Emma have been for the past 15 years or so, you could probably call out "Em! Over here!" at any crowded park or in any co-ed/ girls' school cafeteria in this area & at least 10% of the girls within earshot would probably turn around.

What kind of savage are you??? I just had a new niece named Emily and I am EXTREMELY offended by this. I'll have you know she is the least boring baby I have ever encountered. I bet your name is "Katie" or "Jen." EMILYS ROCK MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My name is NOT Katie or --shudder!-- Jen. It is Alexandra. HAVE AT ME BITCH!!!!

[Anonymous]

Elena Rose. Emily's nice but boring and way too popular. I know about 15 girls under age 5 named Em-something (either Emily, Emma, emmaline, Emilia, Emerson, etc) it's just too common. Elenas pretty, a bit different without being weird, has several nickname options, could work in different cultures/countries (of the only 2 Elenas I know, 1 is Italian and 1 is Bosnian. Then of course there's Elena Kagan, who is Jewish, and I think Elena is a fairly popular name in Spain and other Spanish speaking countries too)

[Anonymous]

Elena.

Emily is so, so, so common and while it's fairly traditional, it's not "classic" like some other very common names, e.g., Elizabeth.

[Anonymous]

Elena is lovely--I would go with that. Emily is incredibly overused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elena (no nickname).

Emily is so incredibly boring! Given how popular both Emily & Emma have been for the past 15 years or so, you could probably call out "Em! Over here!" at any crowded park or in any co-ed/ girls' school cafeteria in this area & at least 10% of the girls within earshot would probably turn around.

What kind of savage are you??? I just had a new niece named Emily and I am EXTREMELY offended by this. I'll have you know she is the least boring baby I have ever encountered. I bet your name is "Katie" or "Jen." EMILYS ROCK MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New to DCUM, are you?

[Anonymous]

Either first name is good.

Use Rose as a middle name for whichever name you pick, Fiona does not work with either name.

[Anonymous]

Emily is great, but I'd skip Rose as a middle name unless you like the exorcism reference.

[Anonymous]

Elena. As an adult Emily, I can confirm there are too many Emily, Emme, Emma, Emory, Emerson, etc. kids around! Always someone yelling my name!

Based on just the names themselves, I like both.

[Anonymous]

Elena Ruth? What a strong name that would be!

[Anonymous]

As an adult Elena, I definitely vote Elena! Especially now that Elena of Avalor means you'll be able to find name stuff, which was not true when I was growing up!!

[Anonymous]

Elena (I don't love Lainey)

[Anonymous]

OP here.

Thanks for your suggestions! We are Jewish, and of Eastern European heritage. I'm still loving both names. I really love the nickname Lainey (or Lanie) and like Elena but don't love it. I love Emily, and think it's such a pretty, feminine name, but know it is very common and maybe Elena is a little fresher of a name.

I am familiar with that Disney movie Elena but that doesn't sway me away from Elena.

For the middle name, we are honoring a relative. A middle name beginning with F would be my first choice (though I know that's a difficult letter to find good names for). So I'm trying to come up with good F middle names. Fiona is the one I like the best so far. R would be the other middle name we would use if we don't find a good F middle name. I do love Rose. Also I love Rachel.

Thanks!