Ellen vs. Helen
Which do you choose and why?
**After supposedly dying on January 30, 2007 after eating tainted pancakes, she returned several times as an angel and was revealed to be alive on May 17, 2011. )**
**After supposedly dying on January 30, 2007 after eating tainted pancakes, she returned several times as an angel and was revealed to be alive on May 17, 2011. )**
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Elna is great!
Helen. Ellen is kind of frumpy, in a good-natured way.
Ellen
Becaue I actually like it a lot. Helen sounds elderly and stiff to me, and also has the unattractive hell sound.
Becaue I actually like it a lot. Helen sounds elderly and stiff to me, and also has the unattractive hell sound.
I much prefer Ellen. The H seems to date the name in an unpleasant way. Though, the variant Helene is gorgeous and carries none of the dated-ness of either Ellen or Helen.
I will also note that I think Ellen is much more grounded than the popular Elle and Ella in vogue right now.
I would admittedly call either an Ellen or a Helen by the nickname Ellie though.
I will also note that I think Ellen is much more grounded than the popular Elle and Ella in vogue right now.
I would admittedly call either an Ellen or a Helen by the nickname Ellie though.
Are you the same Joiya who used to post here years ago?
If you are, hi! You probably don't remember me because I've changed my usernames a bunch of times. I think you would know me as Billina. ;)
If you are, hi! You probably don't remember me because I've changed my usernames a bunch of times. I think you would know me as Billina. ;)
Hi Billina!
Yep, I am me. I needed a mental break so thought I would name nerd for a few minutes. ;)
Yep, I am me. I needed a mental break so thought I would name nerd for a few minutes. ;)
Good to "see" you again! :)
Helen, every time and all the way. Ellen has never been used much where I live, and though I like Eleanor, Elinor etc a lot, it's never appealed to me. Too many Victorian and Edwardian authors used it for housemaids! Helen has a wonderful pedigree, right back to Troy; granted, a friend's parents wanted to name their youngest daughter Helen but took a calm, thoughtful look at her siblings and decided that it would instantly be shortened to Hel(l), and since their father was a Baptist minister, they went for Eleanor instead. But it's a chance I'd happily take.
Helen. Classy and uncommon nowadays. I only know one my age and that's a huge age gap between other Helen's that I know.
Ellen I have a bad personal association with. I like it, it's just...I could never use it. I have to forgive that person, I'm trying so hard. We also have Ellen DeGeneres who I'm not the biggest fan of. She did a lot for the LGBTQ community, which was cool and all, but I'm not a fan of *her*. Ellen is a very solid name, though.
Ellen I have a bad personal association with. I like it, it's just...I could never use it. I have to forgive that person, I'm trying so hard. We also have Ellen DeGeneres who I'm not the biggest fan of. She did a lot for the LGBTQ community, which was cool and all, but I'm not a fan of *her*. Ellen is a very solid name, though.