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Felicity

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Abcd4567 · 22/11/2019 23:58

What do you all think of the name Felicity for DD2? Dd1 is Alyssa.

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KSxx · 23/11/2019 01:00

beautiful name x

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CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 23/11/2019 01:09

Gorgeous name!

Not sure it takes well to shortening though? I suppose Fefe or similar.

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Makesmilingyourbesthobby · 23/11/2019 01:12

I like it it’s cute but I agree with pp when it comes to shortening it or nickname

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MrsNoMopp · 23/11/2019 01:30

I think it's too similar. Ff-Alyssa-Tee.

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DramaAlpaca · 23/11/2019 01:33

Lovely name, but it's too similar in sound to Alyssa. I'd constantly be calling them Felyssa and Alycity Confused

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Astronica · 23/11/2019 01:56

Lovely name but they would be too similar for me.

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dreichwinter · 23/11/2019 02:05

Nice name, often shortened to flic.

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NewtonPulsifer · 23/11/2019 02:06

I know a Felicity, it is a lovely name and she is a lovely girl. She gets called “Fliss” for short.

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Nonameyet1 · 23/11/2019 07:19

It is a lovely name.

Reading the above posts it does sound quite similar to Alyssa.

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Leopardprintboots · 23/11/2019 08:43

Great name love it and I don’t find it too similar to sibling name

Felicity in neighbours got called Flick which was cool and she was stunning !

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BuffaloCauliflower · 23/11/2019 08:47

It’s a lovely name but I don’t like any of the shortenings so it went off our list. However I think it’s both too similar in sound, and not enough alike in style to go with Alyssa

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blondie87 · 23/11/2019 08:49

Love it- was my girl’s choice but I’m having a boy!

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daisypond · 23/11/2019 09:05

I like it but it’s too similar in sound to Alyssa, while being very different in style.

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Bluerussian · 23/11/2019 09:06

Felicity is a beautiful name. I had a good friend called Felicity when I was a teenager (Quaker), she was known as 'Phil', I've also heard nicknames of Flick and Fliss.

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MrsBertBibby · 23/11/2019 09:07

Way too close to Alyssa.

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bridgetreilly · 23/11/2019 10:07

Love it. I don't think it's close to Alyssa at all. Good choice, OP!

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dancingunicorns123 · 24/11/2019 01:35

My friend named her daughter Felicity and calls her Fliss x

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EleanorShellstrop100 · 24/11/2019 04:40

I really don’t like Felicity. And Alyssa and Felicity are too similar (although I like Alyssa!)

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PlantPotting · 24/11/2019 11:37

Love it and not too similar

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BlueChampagne · 26/11/2019 13:18

I like it but agree with others that it's too close to Alyssa. How about Fiona?

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Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 28/11/2019 13:22

I absolutely love the name but I agree it sounds too similar to alyssa

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MadameJosephine · 28/11/2019 13:31

It’s beautiful, I love it but it was vetoed for DD by her dad and I keep trying to persuade friends to use it for their babies.

As a full name I don’t think it sounds too similar to Alyssa but I love the shortening Lissy and that probably would be too close to Alyssa so I’d probably go for Fliss or Flick as a nn.

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MadameJosephine · 28/11/2019 13:33

If you did decide it was too similar how about Verity instead?

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Proseccoinamug · 28/11/2019 15:20

I think it beautiful and my dd longs to be called Felicity!

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CatteStreet · 28/11/2019 19:08

Lovely name, was a strong contender for our dd. But in your case I agree with this: 'However I think it’s both too similar in sound, and not enough alike in style to go with Alyssa.'

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