E. B. White’s (post 3) first name, Elwyn: Did he feel it was too revealing?

Why did his parents name him “Elwyn”? He is said to have told The New York Times that, because he was the sixth child, his parents had run out of names. And according to the biography by Scott Elledge, “He was named Elwyn because shortly before his birth his mother had met a woman whose pretty little boy bore that Welsh name.”

Be all that as it may, there must have been something about the name that E. B. White didn’t like. As previously noted, from college on, he had people call him “Andy” instead of “Elwyn.” Why didn’t he like “Elwyn”? Did he feel it was too revealing?

I’m going to speculate, based on what the name looks like.

The Winner

If El=the and wyn=win, then Elwyn might suggest The Winner.

Elfin

Elwyn looks similar to Elvin, which suggests elfin; i.e., small, like an elf.

So, did “Elwyn” somehow contribute, psychologically, to a secret self-image as a tiny winner, and the creation of the title character of E. B. White’s “Stuart Little”?

And did he have a winning, elfin (or mouselike), alternate personality?