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Middle name for Alice?

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troodiedoo · 13/04/2017 20:10

Surname is quite blunt and masculine sounding, beginning with p.

Possible contenders are:

Gwendoline (family name)
Maria
Ruby
Emerald (dd1 has jade so thought it would be cool to continue the gemstone theme)
Ciara
Cara
Naomi

Further suggestions welcome :)

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Mum2jenny · 14/04/2017 21:44

Consider the initials AMP is not good, neither is ALP unless you want the child to have such a nickname.

Crochetty · 14/04/2017 21:40

Please don't choose May or Rose as a middle name... almost every girl I know has one or the other (ok so exaggerating a bit but it does feel like it sometimes... they are the 21st century equivalents of the 1970's Ann, Jane and Louise!) lots of the longer suggestions are lovely and with both the first name and surname being short I would go long in the middle personally. Alice Aurora is wonderfully alliterative!

elderlee · 14/04/2017 11:31

There's an Alice Rose and an Alice Mary in our family

PyjamasBySeven · 14/04/2017 07:02

My cousin's DD is Alice Mae.

I'm pretty sure that Esmeralda is the Spanish for emerald.

BikeRunSki · 14/04/2017 06:57

Omg, Alice Josephine is fabulous!

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troodiedoo · 14/04/2017 06:55

Thank you all. Flowers Well if anything I now have more of a choice. She's getting registered on 24th April so time to see what sticks.

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Thatextrainch · 13/04/2017 22:42

I quite like Emerald but otherwise

Alice Isabella
Alice Jean
Alice Ariana

Sophronia · 13/04/2017 22:14

Alice Gwendoline, Alice Maria and Alice Emerald are lovely.

Alice Victoria
Alice Annabel
Alice Emmeline
Alice Abigail
Alice Aurelia
Alice Verity
Alice Vivienne
Alice Clementine
Alice Eleanor
Alice Georgina
Alice Isobel
Alice Imogen
Alice Juliet
Alice Jennifer
Alice Josephine
Alice Jemima
Alice Katherine
Alice Louisa
Alice Matilda
Alice Marianne
Alice Marina
Alice Margaret
Alice Madeleine
Alice Penelope
Alice Ramona
Alice Rosalind
Alice Rebecca
Alice Ruby
Alice Amber
Alice Garnet
Alice Pearl
Alice Opal
Alice Jewel
Alice Diamond
Alice Jasperine

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troodiedoo · 13/04/2017 21:51

Alice Josephine is beautiful!

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Sallyswot1 · 13/04/2017 21:49

I have an Alice Josephine!
I wasn't convinced they went together, but Alice was the only first name we could agree on, and I had a really cool great aunt called Josephine that I wanted to name my daughter after!

LovelyBranches · 13/04/2017 21:25

Thea

DramaAlpaca · 13/04/2017 21:25

I love Alice Emerald and Alice Ruby to carry on the gemstone theme.

Alice Gwendoline is nice too.

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troodiedoo · 13/04/2017 21:23

I was convinced Alice would be a boy till we had the scan. She was going to be John.

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Foxley11 · 13/04/2017 21:20

Our boy would have been Alice Elizabeth if he'd been... well, a girl. Obviously Grin

Nursey1984 · 13/04/2017 21:20

I really love Alice Gwendoline.

We have an Alice Susan (Susan after my mother in law)

mummymummums · 13/04/2017 21:18

Alice Florence

Believeitornot · 13/04/2017 21:13

Alice Flynn
Alice phoebe
Alice May

Yika · 13/04/2017 21:11

Alice Amber
Alice Martha

Don't think any of your initial suggestions quite work as a pair though they are all lovely names.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 13/04/2017 21:10

Alice Ruby is lovely.
Alice Jane
Alice Harriet
Alice Susannah
Alice Violet
Alice Matilda
Alice Charlotte
Alice Eliza

mustiwearabra · 13/04/2017 21:09

Alice Elizabeth

NapQueen · 13/04/2017 21:07

Alice Evangeline P.....
Alice Elizabeth P....
Alice Aurora P.....

JoanRamone · 13/04/2017 21:04

Alice Penelope
Alice Felicity
Alice Rosalind

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troodiedoo · 13/04/2017 21:01

You are all on the same wavelength as me! I'm so glad I discovered mn.

Gwendoline is the front runner I think. Half tempted to give her loads of middle names Grin

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ACatCalledFang · 13/04/2017 20:52

I'm not convinced Cara and Ciara work with Alice, lovely names though they are. Any of the others go well together. In view of the short first name and surname, I'd probably go for a longer middle name, so maybe Gwendoline or Emerald from your list.

Other ideas:

Alice Rosamund
Alice Madeleine