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Opinion on Name Choices

It's been a while since I've posted anything, but wanted some opinions. Me & my hubby are having our 3rd child, a little girl to be born late Dec or early Jan. We have narrowed down our name choices to 2 names, one that he likes better and one that I like better. We have put a lot of thought and consideration into these names so I ask that you please don't be overly judgmental on our choices, but we want to know what people like better. A simple yay or nay would be fine. One is a little more unique than the other and we want to make sure that whatever we choose won't be a burden on her. Our name choices are Ellie Grace or Avalynn Grace. Thanks for your input!

Update: Avalynn would be pronounced like Ava Lynn. It is commonly spelled Avalyn which makes it look like it sounds like Evelyn with the same pronounciations. And for the person who mentioned the meaning, it means "beautiful breath of life" which is very fitting considering we had 2 late first trimester miscarriages in a row before conceiving her.

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I always prefer simple spelling for names. No one wants to grow up with a name that people are constantly mispelling, so I prefer Ellie Grace (and it's very cute!)
Have you considered Evelyn rather than Avalynn? That's a pretty alternative, and you could call her Evie :)

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I like both, but I HATE unconventional/"modern" spelling for names.
So for me it should be Ava Lynn Grace.
Good luck!

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I like Ava Lynn. Avalynn will be mispronounced and misspelled and generally will mean you, and later she, will be constantly correcting people and correcting forms. If you pronounce it "Av-va-lynn" with a short A sound it will be misspelled and mispronounced as "Avalon" a lot (it's a place name but is a more familiar word for many folks, and is the name of many a movie theatre as well as a mythical place in many books).

Ava (not "av-va" but with a long "A" sound) is a lovely name in itself. Doesn't have to be attached to Lynn, I think. But Ava Lynn sounds nice and so does Ava Lynn Grace -- a child can have more than just the two names; mine does and it's no problem!

Ellie is pretty common as a girl's name lately so Ava would be more unusual but it's still a traditional name -- do you know the old-time movie star Ava Gardner?

I would not do AvaLynn with an internal capital letter like someone suggested. That seems to me to be asking for eternal misspellings!

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I'm just afraid people won't know how to pronounce "Avalynn." Like, I'm not sure how! Is it a long "a" sound or a short "a" sound at the beginning?

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I always prefer simple spelling for names. No one wants to grow up with a name that people are constantly mispelling, so I prefer Ellie Grace (and it's very cute!)
Have you considered Evelyn rather than Avalynn? That's a pretty alternative, and you could call her Evie :)

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I like both, but I HATE unconventional/"modern" spelling for names.
So for me it should be Ava Lynn Grace.
Good luck!

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I like Ellie better.

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I like Ellie. But that's because it is my daughter's name :) Best of luck!

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I like Ava Lynn. Avalynn will be mispronounced and misspelled and generally will mean you, and later she, will be constantly correcting people and correcting forms. If you pronounce it "Av-va-lynn" with a short A sound it will be misspelled and mispronounced as "Avalon" a lot (it's a place name but is a more familiar word for many folks, and is the name of many a movie theatre as well as a mythical place in many books).

Ava (not "av-va" but with a long "A" sound) is a lovely name in itself. Doesn't have to be attached to Lynn, I think. But Ava Lynn sounds nice and so does Ava Lynn Grace -- a child can have more than just the two names; mine does and it's no problem!

Ellie is pretty common as a girl's name lately so Ava would be more unusual but it's still a traditional name -- do you know the old-time movie star Ava Gardner?

I would not do AvaLynn with an internal capital letter like someone suggested. That seems to me to be asking for eternal misspellings!

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Ellie Grace. I am going to put this as nice as I can, when I read Avalynn I thought of a car. Yeah, I know it is spelled differently but that is what popped in my mind. Perhaps if you split it up Ava Lynn people would get it but even then I prefer Ellie.

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There are a lot of Ellie's out there... it's nickname for Elizabeth, Eleanor, Isabelle, Gabrielle, etc. So I'd pick Avalynn so she won't be one of five Ellie's in her kindergarten class.

If you do go with Ellie, perhaps pick a longer name so she can use Ellie as a nickname and have a more "adult" name when she grows up?

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