Which name do you like better: Emily or Elena?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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)

As an Emily I resent you putting my name in the same boat as Emerson.

Oh please. They both start with Em- which is precisely what PP said. She knows 15 girls with names that begin Em. She says nothing about whether the names 'go together' in any way other than sharing the same first 2 letters (and often having the same nicknames...Em, Emmie)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and also of eastern European decent. The name Elena has a very Hispanic connotation to me. That isn't a bad thing, but if you're going for something more Jewish and Eastern European I don't think Elena works. I personally would not use it. However if you changed it to Elana i think it sounds better and goes more with your heritage. Having said that I really like Emily Faye.

Uh no. Elena is a very popular Russian name and totally fits as an Eastern European name.

I am an adult Elena and frequently get compliments on my name.

I like Emily too OP!

I do not know any Jewish Elena's. The OP said she was Jewish and Eastern European. If she want something that's Jewish Elena is not it, even if it is Eastern European.

I'm the pp you quoted, and I'm a Jewish Elena. I know tons. Get out of your bubble and maybe read something other than dcum.

[Anonymous]

I have an Emily. She was always the only one (now late elementary school). Funny enough, her brother, who I named the less common Theodore, seemed to always be one of three theodores in his grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and also of eastern European decent. The name Elena has a very Hispanic connotation to me. That isn't a bad thing, but if you're going for something more Jewish and Eastern European I don't think Elena works. I personally would not use it. However if you changed it to Elana i think it sounds better and goes more with your heritage. Having said that I really like Emily Faye.

Uh no. Elena is a very popular Russian name and totally fits as an Eastern European name.

I am an adult Elena and frequently get compliments on my name.

I like Emily too OP!

I do not know any Jewish Elena's. The OP said she was Jewish and Eastern European. If she want something that's Jewish Elena is not it, even if it is Eastern European.

Elana is a Hebrew name.

[Anonymous]

Emily. I don't care for Elena.

[Anonymous]

I am also Emily. Born in 1983. I went to school with Emily P Emily W and I was Emily K. I don't think I've heard the name Emily on the little girl very often. I think it would be a wonderful name for your baby

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Anonymous wrote:I am also Emily. Born in 1983. I went to school with Emily P Emily W and I was Emily K. I don't think I've heard the name Emily on the little girl very often. I think it would be a wonderful name for your baby

There are three Emilies and one Emmie in my 7-year old son's class. They go by Emily B, Emily S etc. Kids think it's their actual name so they come up to the girl and say "Can I borrow your pencil, Emily B?" Or "Emily S is sick today". Don't do that to your child, OP.

I think Elena is very pretty although I wouldn't call my daughter that because it's very popular in Russia and I have loads of family and friends called Elena. But I still really like it especially Elena Florence or Elena Frances