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Alivia, Zoey or Kyra ... for baby girl? Help!

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Jasperlove · 24/10/2017 09:02

Do you feel Alivia is too common? Can't decide on girl's name!

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AdalindSchade · 25/10/2017 20:38

Olivia doesn't become a different name just because you changed the first letter. If Olivia is too popular for you (and it is very popular) then so is Alivia

Breezy1985 · 24/10/2017 21:45

Kyra but I'm biased Wink

frayedbuspass · 24/10/2017 21:40

Alivia is either an antidepressant or a luxury yoghurt

PandorasXbox · 24/10/2017 21:36

Alivia is dreadful. Olivia is a nice name but there’s a lot of them about. Kyra looks made up. Zoe is ok.

Jamboree05 · 24/10/2017 21:32

As someone who's had to deal with an oddly spelt name all my life, please don't name your child Zoey or Alivia. It's a pain in the bum constantly having to correct people....

stellarfox · 24/10/2017 21:22

Agree with previous posters she will have to correct people on the spelling of her name for the rest of her life if you go with Alivia. Olivia is a great name. It depends how much popularity bothers you. How many Olivia's do you actually know?

Zoey and Kyra are nice enough but I prefer Olivia. Other names you might like: Lyra, Nyla, Alyssa, Alessia, Maya/Maia.

SuperBeagle · 24/10/2017 21:14

Quite like all of them, but only spelt Olivia, Zoe and Kyra.

If popularity bothers you, Kyra is your best bet.

loobybear · 24/10/2017 20:36

Alivia doesn't sound right if it's said the way it's written. If you're saying it the same as Olivia I don't see the point in having a weird spelling. If you like Olivia don't let others being called it put you off- it's doesn't make it any less special.

I like Zoe (spelled like that)

Not a fan of Kyra.

Reppin · 24/10/2017 18:31

Zoey reminds me of Zooey, which is a boy's name.

00100001 · 24/10/2017 18:28

So what if a name is 2nd most popular???

Wolfiefan · 24/10/2017 18:26

Olivia
Zoe
Kiera?
I've literally never heard of the ones you list as names!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 24/10/2017 18:25

❤️ Zoe.

Mrsknackered · 24/10/2017 18:24

Love Olivia, I don't like Alivia. I don't see the point, I just feel like it's people being deliberately difficult.
I love Zoë, not a fan of it with the Y.
I like Kaia, not keen on Kyra. Sorry!

manicinsomniac · 24/10/2017 15:58

I like Kyra the best, I think.

Assume you're in the US as you mention the US baby name lists so I don't see an issue with spelling Zoey with a y as it's more frequently used there.

Smoliver · 24/10/2017 13:36

I like Kyra and Zoey - I don't mind the spelling with a Y.

I agree with the others about naming your Alivia and the spelling of it being explained as she grows up.

I just met a girl recently called Alethea (pronounced A-Lee-Thee-Ah)
It sounds similar to Alivia and Olivia so I think that would make a great alternative.

KoalaD · 24/10/2017 12:19

Zoe. Spelled like that.

Don't like Kyra. Alivia is weird spelling. Olivia is overused.

Sophronia · 24/10/2017 12:18

I like Zoe spelled this way. It doesn’t need the y on the end.

Chaffinch4 · 24/10/2017 09:22

Olivia is popular because it's a nice name.

I quite like Kyra (I knew one a long time ago). What about Lyra?

Zoe is lovely too.

flyingpigsinclover · 24/10/2017 09:19

kyra or Zoe

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Jasperlove · 24/10/2017 09:16

Olivia is number 2 on Most popular U.S. baby girl names so I feel like it's just too common but I really like it....

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TheVanguardSix · 24/10/2017 09:16

Alivia is like a cross between 'naproxin' (Aleve) and 'Olivia' gone sideways.
Zoey is very American in its (wrong) spelling. I'm American. I can honestly say that we mutilate perfectly decent spellings of words and names. Stick with Zoe.
Kyra's ok. It's a bit 'Tyra' but if you like it, why not?

Congratulations by the way.

SuburbanRhonda · 24/10/2017 09:14

Are you particularly keen on different spellings, OP?

It’s just that, as PP have said, spelling Olivia with an A will cause problems for your DD for the rest of her life, which seems an unnecessary thing to do.

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Jasperlove · 24/10/2017 09:12

Yeah, I never thought of that.

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Dozer · 24/10/2017 09:12

Sounds like a silly made up name, as does Kyra.

Zoe is better than Zoey.

NataliaOsipova · 24/10/2017 09:12

If you go for Alivia or Zoey, she will spend her life correcting the spelling of others! (Although I think Zoey is more common in the US - wasn't President Bartlet's daughter Zoey in the West Wing?)

Olivia is a lovely name. It's popular - probably because of that. Zoe is nice too, though - but if you're in the U.K., I would spell it conventionally.