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Eloise, without hesitation. Violet so easily become VIElet, and Vi is a nasty nn. Anyway, my grandmother said that every Violet person she'd ever known had been clumsy, flat-footed and loud! Eloise is elegant and pretty, much nicer than Louisa for instance, and the pronunciation shouldn't be an issue. My mother once met a woman named Heloise who pronounced it HELLoyz.