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At least one redditor recently had a daughter named Elowen and at least one other is considering it. It has gone from never appearing in the SSA data to 85 births over 8 years (with a 50 birth jump from 2015 to 2016). I can see it charting in the US by 2020. Sooner if a celebrity uses it, which feels possible.
What are your thoughts on it?
Rosalie Isaac Larkin
Tirzah Floyd Silver
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What are your thoughts on it?
Tirzah Floyd Silver
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I think Elowen is very pretty. It reminds me a bit of Eowyn (from Lord of the Rings), but seems more usable in everyday life.
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It's sweet. I like it.
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I really like it, but the strong possibility of it becoming trendy would probably
keep me from using it. It does fit a lot of the trends — “fantasy novel” sound, El- beginning, lengthy but not elaborate, etc.
keep me from using it. It does fit a lot of the trends — “fantasy novel” sound, El- beginning, lengthy but not elaborate, etc.
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I like it. I like how it sounds and how it looks.
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Elowen is really pretty. I could see a celebrity using it, it seems unusual enough that a celebrity would like it.
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I think it's beautiful but the change in consonant sounds in my accent would be too much for me to say all the time- I know I'd shorten it and I don't like any of the nicknames and it would seem a shame to call an Elowen "Ellie" or "Wen" or something when Elowen is so pretty and ethereal.
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I've liked it for years. It's in my Top 20 but I wouldn't use it for a future daughter, mainly because I already have an Evelyn and that sibset would be too much. I think it's beautiful, unique enough without being strange, and has a charming whimsical vibe to it.
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I like it, but with the incorrect pronunciation (EL-oh-wen instead of El-OH-wen). I know it probably wouldn’t be a problem, but it would bug me using a name from another culture and knowing I’m saying it wrong, especially when I know and can say the correct pronunciation. I have her as a sort of unofficial gp now.
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I've always been drawn to the El- sound, and I love names with long O's as well. It's not on my short list to use myself, but I'd love seeing it used more! Pretty and elegant.
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It sounds like a name my friends would use. It has the flowery, Tolkien, fantasy vibe that people like.
It's pretty, but nms. If I were to use it I'd spell it Elowyn.
It's pretty, but nms. If I were to use it I'd spell it Elowyn.
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It's getting really trendy. If it doesn't chart in the US for last year it most certainly will for this. It's not my style for that reason, but I do think it sounds pretty.
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It's got to not chart at all to be your style? And people think my not wanting to use top 100 is restrictive (though there are names in that range, and even in the top 10, that are certainly still my style)
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It's not that its merely popular or becoming popular. It's that a name that charts all of a sudden out of nowhere is usually part of a "trend" rather than a true classic, and is likely to feel dated once the fad passes. Give me all the popular classic names such as Samuel, Luke, Alexander, Amelia, Elizabeth, Rose that are all very highly ranked but I do not want a trendy name that will date my child and Elowen feels very much the latter. That's just my personal opinion, no one is harmed by a trendy name they just aren't for me.
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