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Twins- Ella and Blake
For a while I've loved the name Elisabeth nn Ella- yesterday I actually met one, though it was spelled Elizabeth (nn Ella). She was about 2 years old with a twin sister named Blake. I love Elisabeth nn Ella even more now that I've seen it on a real person, but I prefer Blake on a boy. WDYT of both names?
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I really like the name Ella, it's sweet yet spunky. I also really like Blake, but definitely only for a boy.
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I love Elisabeth with the nickname Ella! Elisabeth is actually one of my top favorites for a girl (with this spelling). Elizabeth isn't bad; I just prefer the 's' over the 'z'.Blake is all boy imo, though it isn't my style either way.
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Love Ella and Blake (boy), not Elisabeth
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I love Elizabeth but have not heard Ella as a nickname for it but it works. I also like Ella alone. Blake does not seem at all the style of the classic Elizabeth/Ella espically on a girl but the parents must like different names just not like classics, more modern, etc. Blake is okay though.
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My first thought was 'how cute' but then I read that Blake was a girl. If it had been boy/girl it would have been cute. Kudos to the parents for not being themey, though.
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Everything you said, although Blake on a girl is okay with me. I just would've prefered her twin to have a name with a similar masculine feel. Blake and Reese, Blake and Ashley, etc. It just seems so unbalanced to have an Ella & Blake, but I guess they're both trendy.
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but Blake sounds more masculine.
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I'm not in love with the name Blake but I don't mind it for a boy. I actually thought the sibset was sort of sweet until I read that Blake was a girl (horrible)! Ella and Blake would have been fairly nice for boy-girl twins, I think, but it's really bad on two girls. Elizabeth/Ella is such a classic and Blake is so trendy! Aside from that, I far prefer Elisabeth to Elizabeth and I like Ella well enough.
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I really dislike both names Bleke (for boy)reminds me Blake's Red Dragon and Ella remind me Cruela De Vile
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I like Ella as it's own name, without having to be short for Elisabeth or Elizabeth. I also really like Blake, and I like if for a girl. I actually really like the sibset of Ella and Blake, the styles don't completely match up, but they sound good together imo.
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I really like Ella, dislike Elizabeth / Elisabeth (though I can tolerate the 's' spelling).Blake I dislike for either gender. Not to mention it really doesn't work with Ella.
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Ella and Blake would have been such a nice twin set if Blake were a boy. On a girl, it seems trashy.
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I agreeI like Ella and Blake together, but I hate Blake for a girl. It's way too masculine.

This message was edited 2/24/2008, 10:54 AM

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