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Does the name Alice bore you to tears?

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GwendolineMaryLacedwithBrandy · 31/12/2011 11:30

Yes, we're still not sorted Blush. Time is marching on, I'm 39+4 now and DH is no nearer a decision.

I've abandoned my thoughts on not choosing something in the top 50 (due to being pissed off with my own super popular name) and was debating Alice. But is it really dull?

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SageMistAndSnowflakes · 31/12/2011 23:18

I have an Alice :-), she's lovely.

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MrsJangleBalls · 31/12/2011 21:21

Having just sat through a school production of Alice in Wonderland and absolutely marvelled at the brilliant little girls who played Alice with their heartfelt singing and beautiful acting, I love the name Alice. Xmas Smile

zgaze · 31/12/2011 21:19

I have a 12-day-old Alys :) Have had no negative reactions to the name (although not sure anyone I know would be brave enough to say to me they didn't like it when I'm so freshly postnatal!)

Oakmaiden · 31/12/2011 21:12

I love the name Alice. I know one Alice who is in her early twenties, and is a VERY feisty no nonsense character, and 2 children called Alys (but I am in Wales).

verysmellyeli · 31/12/2011 21:04

DD is Alice. She's 3. Only one at nursery. Her great-gran is also Alice.
Timeless!

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GwendolineMaryLacedwithBrandy · 31/12/2011 20:59

Apart from Molly then that's pretty positive! :) Thanks.

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mycatsaysach · 31/12/2011 20:46

Smile biased but it is a fab name

Ihatepeas · 31/12/2011 20:44

gorgeous!

3rdnparty · 31/12/2011 15:59

Love Alice was our top girls name, not one in DS school so not common round here....

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2011 15:59

I think it's lovely - it is one of my dds' middle names.

BalloonSlayer · 31/12/2011 15:59

Love it.

DS2 would have been Alice, but he was a boy.

Never heard of that song Shock

usualsuspect · 31/12/2011 15:57

I think its a lovely name

oikopolis · 31/12/2011 15:56

LOVE Alice. The children's literature connection is so cool for a little girl too. I would use it in a heartbeat, no question.

I also like the older/Frenchier spelling of Alix.

molly3478 · 31/12/2011 15:20

No it just reminds me of alice who the fuck is alice by chubby brown. Ayone called alice has had that sung to them at some point and its the first thing I think of when I think of alice

MabliD · 31/12/2011 15:18

Alice is a beautiful name. Would be a dead cert for a DD2 if estranged SIL hadn't already used it. Mind you, if we're never speaking again anyway... Xmas Wink

Wigeon · 31/12/2011 14:39

I like it too. DNiece is Alice Smile.

breathedeeply · 31/12/2011 13:38

My 7 year old is called Alice and she's the only one in her large primary school. We're pleased with the name - its timeless and not over-popular.

BlastOff · 31/12/2011 13:32

Absolutely love it. Would have been ds2's middle name if he'd been a girl, but if I had a dd now I might choose it as a first name.

flopsy1974 · 31/12/2011 13:29

Alice is my 18 month old dd's middle name. A lovely timeless classic. There are some around but not overly popular Smile

flamegirl77 · 31/12/2011 13:17

By the time a baby Alice is old enough to know about Roy Fecking Brown he will be about as relevant as George Formby. Less so!

TheSpreadingChestnutTree · 31/12/2011 13:01

It's a lovely name. Not boring at all.

Tikkabillajive · 31/12/2011 12:59

Timeless, classic and beautiful. Plus all of the Alices I know (a few, of varying ages/generations) are really cool, feisty characters. I love this name.

startail · 31/12/2011 12:57

No, it's pretty. Not over used and the one I know is lovely.

pickledparsnip · 31/12/2011 12:54

My sister is called Alice. I've only met one other. I think it's beautiful!

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