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Can we name our daughter Grace, or is our surname stopping us?

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 16:09

Our daughter arrived yesterday - a Halloween baby Wink we absolutely love the name Grace.

Our surname is Samuels-Grey (yes, we know it sounds like 'Samuel's grey')... We can't have a Grace Samuels-Grey, can we? Grin

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Justaboy · 01/11/2016 17:56

Loverly name sounds very feminine and impressive.

I vote yes!

maddiemookins16mum · 01/11/2016 17:51

I love it (but think Ivy is even better).

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/11/2016 17:50

Eden, call her Grace, you can call the next one Ivy ! 😄
Many congratulations on your new baby girl. 🌺🌺🍾

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 01/11/2016 17:47

Is it weird for my heart to ache? At how much I love her?

You bugger, you actually made me well up with that post! Not weird, and prepare to feel like it for the rest of your life! I think all your choices are lovely; my favourite is Ivy. I remember choosing names - I think I only decided on DS's the day before he was due to be registered!

AcrossthePond55 · 01/11/2016 17:47

Ooh! Love Scarlett Grace!

Hmm, here's the test.....

(tannoy squeal, voice comes on) "Dr Samuels-Grey, Dr Scarlett Samuels-Grey, please report to Cardiology".

(Deep voice speaks) "Oyez, oyez, Court is now in session, Please rise for the Honourable Justice Grace Samuels-Grey".

Yep, you're good!

Babydontcry · 01/11/2016 17:46

I think it's lovely, although also like Scarlett and ivy Smile

Error404usernamenotfound · 01/11/2016 17:43

cross-post, ole!

Error404usernamenotfound · 01/11/2016 17:42

I came on here to defend the name Grace, as it's lovely, and not as over-used as it was a few years ago, but having seen your surname I'm really sorry, but aloud it sounds like "Grey, Samuel's Grey". I think Ivy is lovely though.

oleoleoleole · 01/11/2016 17:42

Id say no, say it over and over. It sounds like Gray Samuels Gray.

ByAllMeansMoveAtAGlacialPace · 01/11/2016 17:38

Can we see a photo now Grin

Allalonenow · 01/11/2016 17:36

Grace is very much nicer than Ivy.

AutumnalLeaves38 · 01/11/2016 17:36

Mitzy

Love the imaginative character sketches! Are you a writer, by any chance?

EdenFalls

Many congratulations on the safe arrival of your daughter Flowers

If YOU and DP love the name Grace (as do I), and it seems an instinctive 'fit' with your little one, then go for it. We all know, deep down, when a name just feels right for a particular baby.

(Sidenote: perhaps she'll grow up with amazing enunciation from years of clearly separating out 'Grace. Samuels. Grey' to distinguish from 'Greysamuel'sgrey'). Good skills to have (future broadcaster/ actor/ public speaker etc. ?!).

I really like 'Ivy Samuels-Grey', I have to say...

Partly because Ivy's more unusual, partly because the two small Ivys I know are both sparky, funny and delightful girls. Which always colours your judgment...

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 17:35

As Grace Grey sounds odd, I doubt she'd do that... She would either pick Grace Samuels, or keep it double-barrelled...

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CatchIt · 01/11/2016 17:34

I think it sounds lovely!

How lucky having a snuggly little newborn, mins 4 1/2 months no & I don't know where the time has gone!

MrsNuckyThompson · 01/11/2016 17:34

I don't get the issue. Totally GFI.

VinoTime · 01/11/2016 17:34

I think that's a fabulous name!

Congrats OP Flowers

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 01/11/2016 17:33

We gave our sons double-barelled surnames. Since early teens they have dropped the first part of the surname and just used the second part, on the grounds that they hate having such a mouthful of a surname. Several of their friends have done the same thing. Luckily both their first names go fine with the last name. If your dd does the same, she'll be Grace Gray which sounds a bit odd, imo.

plimsolls · 01/11/2016 17:29

I don't think anyone would assume she was called Grey Samuels-Grey because Grey is not a name. Saying Grace Samuels.... might sound a little bit like Grey Samuels but I think that people will get that it's Grace. To steal the examples from a PP, I don't think anyone hears Sam Mendes introduce himself and thinks he's called Sa.

EweAreHere · 01/11/2016 17:28

I like Ivy. Sounds pretty with your last name.

Too me, Grace is too religious background sounding and best as a middle name.

Tarttlet · 01/11/2016 17:26

I've been saying Grace Samuels-Grey out loud for about half a minute and I can't see anything wrong with it - it has a gorgeous rhythm and I can't hear the Grey Samuels Grey issue at all, although that may be my accent.

Scarlett Samuels-Grey doesn't have the same lovely balance of syllables as Grace Samuels-Grey, so sounds like more of a mouthful.

Chinlo · 01/11/2016 17:24

I don't think it sounds GREAT when you say the whole name. But that's never been a big concern of mine anyway, since the whole name is rarely said all together. It's not like it's horrible or offensive or anything like that, just a bit clunky. And if I loved a first name, that wouldn't stop me.

FurryLittleTwerp · 01/11/2016 17:20

It's always a bit awkward to end one name with the same sound as the beginning of the next - either the two words run together, or there has to be an artificial little pause.

Sam Mendes
John Noakes
Grace Samuels-Grey

SerendipityPhenomenon · 01/11/2016 17:20

OP - But everyone who is introduced to her as Grace Samuels-Grey would think her name is Grey Samuels-Grey, and she'll get incredibly tired of putting them right.

ManonLescaut · 01/11/2016 17:16

Scarlett Samuels-Grey is way too much of a mouthful.

Grace Samuels-Grey has great alliteration and assonance.

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 17:09

Serendipity - but she wouldn't spend her whole life saying her full name? She'd introduce herself as Grace?

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