What do you guys think of the name Eleanor?

Question

Is it a bad name?

Pronounced Elena

Answer 1

Eleanor Rigby?

Answer 2

name of the girl in the haunting - i like it!

and my favourite beatles song - eleanor rigby

Answer 3

Great name.  Two of England's greatest queens have been named Eleanor.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_...

&

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_...

Answer 4

It sounds old-fashioned.

Answer 5

It's my favourite name in the world!!!

I think it sounds beautiful, and it is Greek. Yeah, it's a very good name! :)

What are you doing, baptizing a child?

You have got my vote, B.

Answer 6

Eww... too... 1900's-ish

Answer 7

Not bad, kinda old sounds but at the same time a little reassuring, lol, if your like having a child, calling her Eleanor but use the nickname Ellie/Elly from a young age so they will have that cooler name also.

Answer 8

i think it's lovely, reminds me of flowers.

Answer 9

Its old-fashioned. :D

But also cool.

Answer 10

My first reaction is to think of Eleanor Roosevelt--not a very good-looking First Lady, but definitely the can-do model for Hilary Clinton and many of the First Ladies of the same mode none-the-less. Freakonomics indicates that Eleanor (as in "Eleanora") is a name whose time (once again) has come.

Answer 11

Wouldn't be my first choice but it's fine.  It's fun to go back in your family's history to choose a child's name.

Answer 12

I personally like this name, reminds me of the song.

I've heard it means "the other"

Great name :)

this site is good tells Name Meaning and Origin!!

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/...

Answer 13

No, I think it's fairly unique and lovely. My daughter is called Ellen, although she and her friends call her Elle, these are, i suspect modern abbreviations of Eleanor : )