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benheldy · 24/01/2013 21:33

Ok our daughter will be born in a couple weeks and we're struggling for a name.
My fat lazy husband doesnt like Alice (which I love) because our niece (same surname) is called Alyssa. Fair enough point perhaps...

So give me some clues. I prefer "normal" names, none of this Lily-Rosie or Gracie-Mae double barrelled trendy gash, just give me a nice normal name that isnt too old fashioned her schoolfriends will be taking the piss but not too cutesy that at age 65 she sounds like a sideshow act.

Suggestions ladies please...

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ImNotaPheasantPlucker · 24/01/2013 21:35

Grace
Madeleine
Josie
Caroline
Scarlett

And today I fell in love with the name Maude

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meditrina · 24/01/2013 21:36

Emma, Elspeth, Fiona, Hannah, Lucy, Frederica, Georgette, Kaye, Susannah?

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MyThumbsHaveGoneWeird · 24/01/2013 21:39

Emily
Eleanor
Catherine
Annie
Naomi
Ruth
Margaret
Anna
Sophia
Rosemary
Dorothy
Imogen
Felicity
Charlotte
Emma
Matilda
Lucy

What does your husband suggest?

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Hassled · 24/01/2013 21:39

Clarice. Way more girls should be called Clarice. Why I didn't call DD Clarice is beyond me.

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coldcupoftea · 24/01/2013 21:39

Rebecca
Tess
Charlotte
Martha
Matilda
Iris
Rose

all names in a similar vein to Alice, in my mind anyway!

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brambleking · 24/01/2013 21:40

Florence, Beatrice, Luella, Iona, Scarlet, Ruby, Connie, Pippa, Jemima, Kitty, Georgia, Lydia, Harriet, Isla, Ellie, Tabitha, Violet, Ameilia.

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MineOrk · 24/01/2013 21:42

Helen
Iris
Nancy
Elena
Susan
Betsy

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benheldy · 24/01/2013 21:46

He suggests I stay in the kitchen and far away from Baby Name books....

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benheldy · 24/01/2013 21:47

My husband loves the name Iris. But I'm slightly put off by the fact that this is because it reminds him of the 12 year old prostitute in Taxi Driver.

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ThreeBeeOneGee · 24/01/2013 21:50

Lucy, Elizabeth, Sarah, Naomi, Hannah, Emma, Jessica, Amelia, Rachel, Isobel.

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YoSaffBridge · 24/01/2013 21:51

Iris is really nice, I like that. Instead of Alice you could have Alex? (Alexandra, Alexandria, Alexia etc). Emma, Beatrice, Jessica, Hannah, Emily, Madeleine, Rebecca - all nice normal names.

Is there anything you can give us a steer with? Any names you like?

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BouncyPenguin · 24/01/2013 21:51

Rachel
Karen
Elizabeth
Louise
Anna
Victoria
Natasha
Sheena
Shirley

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benheldy · 24/01/2013 21:54

I want to call her Alice :(

Men are awkward shits.

Gimme a holla

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AntimonySalts · 24/01/2013 21:57

I think you should call her Alice. It is not the same as Alyssa. Give your child a name you really, really love. I did, and it still delights me now!

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AmandaLF · 24/01/2013 21:57

Millie?

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 24/01/2013 22:00

Call her Alice, it's a great name

I wanted to call DD2 Verity. DH wouldn't let me, the bastard. I haven't forgiven him. So we called her...Alice :)

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amck5700 · 24/01/2013 22:02

Evelyn
Mabel
Laura
Vivienne
Vanessa
Celeste
Mary
Margaret
Jennifer
Stella

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wizbit93 · 24/01/2013 22:02

We have a Louisa Alice Smile. Not dated (I don't think so anyway!) and not very many around at all.

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amck5700 · 24/01/2013 22:04

Alexis - Lexy
Lisa
Annalisa

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SminkoPinko · 24/01/2013 22:04

Adelaide
Lara
Marianne
Sally
Nancy
Rosa

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YoSaffBridge · 24/01/2013 22:05

Men are awkward shits. I still haven't really got DH off Douglas for a boy. I would rather leave him then have a son called Douglas Grin

Just nod and smile at his suggestions and say you need to meet the baby before deciding and then, when you've just been through labour and he is amazed by and in awe of you, say you really, really think she looks like an Alice.

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Fairyloo · 24/01/2013 22:05

Sylvie

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EssieW · 24/01/2013 22:06

I'd go with Alice...The rest below were all on my list which Alice topped...

Ellen
Eleanor or elinor
Susannah
Hannah
Laura

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benheldy · 24/01/2013 22:09

Hahahaha you devious byatches! Love it

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