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Lea or Nora are options. I personally love Elle, and find it more stylish than Ella or Ellie, although both of those are super cute. Elsie might actually work for Eleanor, if you like it. I do, but it's not everyone's style, and people would assume that her full name was Elspeth, Elizabeth or Elisabeth.

Nora is the obvious alternative. Or just no nickname.

I love Eleanor and plan to use it one day if I have kids.

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I would like to use the nickname Nola, but will also probably use Nell and Nora.

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I've heard Lea, which is pretty.

As a few of you mentioned, I too prefer Eleanor in full... but assuming I would use it on my daughter in a few months, I feel like it is inevitable that someone will refer to her as a nickname. With that being said, I would prefer to choose one to my liking so when someone does, we could say "oh, it's actually ___" so she doesn't end up one of the 10 Ellas in her class.

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Thanks for everyone's input! :)

Eleanor is popular but not overused. I actually prefer the full form, without any nicknames. If I had to use a nickname I guess it would be Ellie but I really much prefer the full name. Other ideas: Nell, Nellie, Nella, Nora, Elle.

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I have to say that I personally dislike using names as nicknames that can also be full names. I don't have a problem with other people doing it but I personally never understood Eleanor nn Ella or Eleanor nn Nora because you might as well just name her Ella and Nora as those are popular names on their own (they both place even higher than Eleanor).

I'm never sure if I like Nora or Nell better. My first angel baby I thought of as Eleanor "Nora."

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I only know of one young Eleanor, so I wouldn't say it's common.

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Nor, Nora, Nell, Nellie, Lea, Norie

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I like Eleanor and I don't think it's too popular, but I don't really care that much about popularity.

I always liked Nora. It's sweet and simple like Ella, without being as juvenile as Ellie.

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I don't think Eleanor is being overused. It's more common than it used to be, but it's no Sophia or Isabella.

I like Nell, Ella, Lena and Leni.

Oh, I love Eleanor! How about...

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Nora
Nell / Nellie
Lenore
Ellen
Lennie / Leni

This message was edited 7/14/2017, 6:01 AM

I really hate all those 'Ell' names, Eleanor included. Though I do quite like Eleonora

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I love the name Noor, so I guess Nor could be a pretty shortening of Eleanor

This message was edited 7/14/2017, 5:04 AM

I like Nell, personally.

I'm blown away that Eleanor is so popular in the US. I really like the name but it doesn't seem mainstream because it's so severe... sort of proudly unpretty. But Abigail seems the same way. Ah, what people will do for Abbie and Ellie.

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Anyway, I prefer Eleanor in full but just thought of the nickname Elna, which is just so ugly it's almost charming. Nellna is even worse.

I'm blown away that Eleanor is so popular in the US. I really like the name but it doesn't seem mainstream because it's so severe... sort of proudly unpretty. But Abigail seems the same way. Ah, what people will do for Abbie and Ellie.

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Anyway, I prefer Eleanor in full but just thought of the nickname Elna, which is just so ugly it's almost charming. Nellna is even worse.

I've known a few Eleanor people, none of whom ever went by a nn. I prefer Nora(h) as a name in its own right, but it could still work as a nn for Eleanor if you're desperate to have one.

My favorite nns for Eleanor are Nell, Nora, and Nory / Norry.

Some of these spellings might work better for Elanor, Elenor, etc.

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Elle
Ella
Ellie
Elan
Ellen
Ele
Elea
Ela
Lan
Lene
Lena
Leana
Leanor
Lenor
Leonor
Lanor
Lenore
Lanore
Leanore
Nora
Nori
Norie
Norrie
Nor

Elle
Lenore
Nora
Lennie
Lea (a stretch)

Eleanor is too popular for my liking, but I think most people have a higher tolerance for popularity than I do. :)

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Nell is my favorite nickname for Eleanor.

Maybe Nora?

Norrie.