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Anna Chloe or Chloe Ann

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Giraffe5 · 15/09/2015 19:10

Which do you prefer?

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swimmerforlife · 23/09/2015 08:22

I have Anne as my middle name (my nana's name) and I can't stand it, bores me to tears with or without the 'e'.

Really like Chloe OP, seem to be fewer around now.

villainousbroodmare · 23/09/2015 06:29

I much prefer Ann, Anne or Anna, find Chloe very sickly (maybe cos it sounds like cloying?)

RubyGrace17 · 21/09/2015 10:34

Anna Chloe

Scarydinosaurs · 19/09/2015 06:24

I love Chloe Ann.

Ann as a first name is on the 'endangered name' list- no one used it as a first name last year. I used it (without an e and everything, also after my DM) as a mn for my dd.

mathanxiety · 19/09/2015 05:19

Yes, but she is willing to use Anna Chloe instead of Chloe Ann, and that is the option I would choose.

NadiaWadia · 18/09/2015 06:14

Yes, I was born in the 60s and nearly half the girls in the class had Ann/Anne as their middle name. Like Rose/May/Grace now. But In this case I think Ann is after the OP's late mother, math.

Maybe very simple classics like Ann/e, Jane, Mary, John, Peter etc. are due for a revival, though?

mathanxiety · 18/09/2015 05:13

I prefer Anna Chloe. I think it flows better.

I think Ann or Anne as a MN is sort of dated. It was big in the 60s.

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Giraffe5 · 16/09/2015 19:00

Ok no worries.

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squoosh · 16/09/2015 18:51

I see. Well anyway didn't mean to offend it's just I read Anne of Green Gables a bazillion times as a child so the 'Anne with an e' message stuck with me ever since!

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Giraffe5 · 16/09/2015 18:23

Because it is my daughters middle name and I prefer Anna as a possible first name to make it slightly different

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squoosh · 16/09/2015 18:11

But why isn't Ann on the list of possible first names?

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Giraffe5 · 16/09/2015 18:10

Desecrated because I've chosen an alternative spelling!

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squoosh · 16/09/2015 18:09

Sorry Giraffe.

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Giraffe5 · 16/09/2015 18:07

Ann was my late mothers name. I'm quite offended by your comment squoosh! It's not a misspelling, it's an alternative way of spelling Ann

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SmugairleRoin · 16/09/2015 17:09

I'm with you on that squoosh!

EmmaWoodlouse · 16/09/2015 14:05

I prefer Anne with an E too, but I think I slightly prefer Anna Chloe overall.

squoosh · 16/09/2015 13:27

It pains me to see the name Anne being desecrated by having the E lobbed off.

Lunastarfish · 16/09/2015 11:36

Chloe Ann

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Giraffe5 · 15/09/2015 21:28

No I meant Ann, not Anne

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daisydalrymple · 15/09/2015 21:23

Anna Chloe.

As an aside, as a child of the 70s, with a very popular of it's time Middle name, you did of course mean AnnE, not Ann didn't you Wink

donyourway · 15/09/2015 21:22

Chloe Ann sounds lovely Smile

triathlon · 15/09/2015 21:20

Anna Chloe

NadiaWadia · 15/09/2015 20:47

Anna Chloe does flow - why wouldn't it?

On the other hand Chloe Ann will end up sounding like Chloe Yann. Just like Anna Emily will end up Anna Remily.

Sophronia · 15/09/2015 20:29

Definitely Anna Chloe.

mrsschu · 15/09/2015 20:14

Anna is much nicer than Chloe, also more timeless. The "flow" is not especially important IMO as people rarely, if ever, use their Middle names.