Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Anna Eleanor liked to use the name Eleanor , using her name as Anna Eleanor only in official papers and for signing bank checks .
Simplified: She was named Anna after her mother and her aunt Anna Cowles ; Eleanor after her father , and was nicknamed `` Ellie '' or `` Little Nell '' . From the beginning , Eleanor preferred to be called by her middle name .