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I love Elspeth and the nickname Elsie.

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Zosia is a bit out-there for me. I think it would work fine on a blonde hair, blue eyed child - it's Polish and there are plenty of Polish people with that colouring. I think people would have trouble with spelling and pronouncing it though.

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Ophelie is cute :)

I love Scottish names, and also Elspeth. It is very feminine and pretty name. Elsie is fine, but I can't say I like Elles. Something like Elsa would be better in my opinion as a nickname. I really dislike Zosia and its full form, Zofia. I am Polish, and in my opinion this name is too dated. After several dozen years it returned and there are so many girls with this name, including my 8 years old sister. She is Zofia, called Zosia by most people, and she don't like her name. She considers that her name is very "old" and I agree with her. Name Zofia and its nickname Zosia is associated in my brain with an rather old lady. And besides, how I wrote, Zosia is a nickname. In Poland it isn't possible to formally give this name to a daughter. You can only choose Zofia and then you can call her Zosia. So this is quite weird for me to have the name Zosia as a formal name, especially when someone isn't Polish. Yeah, I think that this name fits girl with pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, but rather not English girl. I can recommend you other nickname, which isn't very common neither in Poland nor wherever on the world, and which I use for my sister. It sounds like nickname, but it's rarely used in Poland, I heard that someone used it in Ukraine and probably this name is unknown in US or UK. I think it's cute. So, I call her Zofijka (zaw-FEEY-kah) or sometimes Zofija (zaw-FEE-yah). . And, other thing, I think it'll be better compose with Elspeth and Ophelie, if you want to use them together, but is only my opinion, of course. Ophelie is a beautiful name, but Ofelia is a bit better in my opinion. But I'm not sure is Opheliea really good name for English girl.

Elspeth - I'm usually a fan of Scottish names, but not this one. I just sounds like lisping to me. I do really like Elsie, though. :) Not really a fan of Elles, but Elle and Elsa are nice.

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Zosia - not sure I've seen it before, but it really doesn't look like how BtN says it's pronounced, so that kinda throws me off. I prefer Sasha, which almost sounds the same, though I guess both really feel more like nick names. To (attempt to) answer your question, I thought Polish people tend to look reasonably similar to British people anyway?

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Ophelie - I prefer Ophelia myself. I often feel that using the French spelling/pronunciation just is kind of a bit pretentious, and I think this is one of those times. But I think I still like it the best of the three. I suppose it could be nn Lee or Faye, which are both really lovely. :) And obviously, my opinion about "French" names is pretty arbitrary; I have no problem with Marie, for example, probably because I'm so used to it.

This message was edited 7/17/2015, 1:24 AM

Elspeth - a good name: strong but definitely female, familiar but not too common & Elsie is nice. Thumbs up.
Zosia - I'm sure it could work, but if I met one I'd assume she was Polish or had at least one Polish parent.
Ophelie - one of those names that looks prettier than it sounds. Pronounced properly it would sound quite a lot like Awfully to the average English person, and Oh Feelie is not much better.