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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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PeppermintPasty · 01/11/2016 16:42

It works for me. Very nice indeed. Congratulations.

R0bins · 01/11/2016 16:41

Love it - don't think there's anything wrong with it!

HillaryFTW · 01/11/2016 16:41

Grace Grey-Samuels def wouldn't work.

Ivy S-G sounds lovely. Grace as a middle name?

RaptorInaWitchesHat · 01/11/2016 16:40

I like it Grin

I thought you were going to say your surname was Brothers or something.

ChickyDuck · 01/11/2016 16:40

I think it's a wonderful name - would look brilliant on the spine of a book (when she's a best selling author) or on the headed letter paper (when she is the CEO of a multinational corporation) Grin

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 16:39

Fresta - rude! Grin well, we preferred it to Grey-Samuels... Because it sounds better with our names!

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TheProblemOfSusan · 01/11/2016 16:39

I think it sounds brilliant - love the surname too. Very glamorous!

MitzyLeFrouf · 01/11/2016 16:37

I think Samuels-Grey is a lovely surname. Sounds very Bloomsbury Group.

Fresta · 01/11/2016 16:36

Do you have to be called Samuels-Grey? I would think about changing that!

chowchowchow · 01/11/2016 16:35

I love lil miss GSG! Go for it, congratulations Smile

Ilovewillow · 01/11/2016 16:35

I think it goes very well together! Congratulations! Flowers

brokenbone · 01/11/2016 16:35

Gracie Samuels-Grey sounds better but I like the name Grace and don't think you should be put off because of your surname. I know a Karen Caron and a Joan Jones and also a William Williams and a friend of my mums is called Ann Kerr. If you love the name, use it. Don't settle for something you're not as fond about of. Congratulations xx

MitzyLeFrouf · 01/11/2016 16:35

And congratulations!

MitzyLeFrouf · 01/11/2016 16:34

Ivy Samuels-Grey sounds much better. Great name!

Ilovenannyplum · 01/11/2016 16:33

I think it sounds fine - congratulations OP! Flowers

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 16:29

WaitrosePigeon - she really is delicious! Grin

If not, we do love Ivy!

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plimsolls · 01/11/2016 16:28

I like it

TheOptimisticButtercunt · 01/11/2016 16:27

Big congratulations by the way! FlowersStar

HillaryFTW · 01/11/2016 16:27

It's quite hard to enunciate the Grace then the Samuels. Plus it does sound like Greys.

What about Gracie? Or Faith, or Hope, or Verity?

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EdenFalls2016 · 01/11/2016 16:25

Hmm, thank you Smile

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TheOptimisticButtercunt · 01/11/2016 16:23

The first time said it in my head I really liked it, but unfortunately when I said it out loud it had a very 'Bond, James Bond' sound to it.

Grace S- and Greys simply sound too similar to me, I think if someone with that name was giving their name or introducing themselves I'd struggle with what they were saying.

GinIsIn · 01/11/2016 16:22

I like it! It sounds very distinguished. Grace Grey would be a no, but as its a hyphenate it's lovely!

minniem0use · 01/11/2016 16:22

I think it sounds fine!Smile

MargotLovedTom · 01/11/2016 16:21

As pp said re the running together -it sounds like Grey Samuels Grey.

But yes - congratulations!

Silverleaved · 01/11/2016 16:20

Like it, it's super

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