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If not Alice or Jane or Madeline, what? Help!

26 replies

TheFace · 22/06/2016 14:20

Hi All,

DD is due in Sept, and we're still undecided on a name.

Front runner always has been Alice, but I think because we've liked it for so long (DS would of been Alice but he was born a boy) that we're starting to go off it.

DH loves Madeline, but I can't help but think of that poor little girl who went missing. It's the first thing I think of when I hear the name.

We also like Jane, but my parents and his have said it's 'boring'. Even though we don't think it is, it's put us off.

DS is Henry, and our surname is Holmes.

Any suggestions?

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Thewolfsjustapuppy · 22/06/2016 14:38

I think the aversion to Jane is probably a generational thing. Its not boring its a lovely name that is not commonly used these days. But it used to be very common (as in there were a lot of them).

I often put Susan, Fiona and Claire in the same category as Jane.