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Alice and Alex

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electricblue2017 · 20/01/2018 17:29

Having dd in May. Already have ds called Alex. We really like Alice for a girl.

The names are just too similar aren't they?

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SocksRock · 28/01/2018 20:18

I have one of these names and was at school with the other. Too similar, it was endlessly confusing.

Theclockstruck2 · 28/01/2018 20:17

Anna would be lovely!

BikeRunSki · 22/01/2018 08:03

Me too Alicely, but on the rare occasions I go to Starbucks I tell them that i’m called Stephen. When they look at me questioningly I say “with a ph”.

Alicely · 21/01/2018 23:30

I'm an Alice and a close friend is Alex and it's forever confusing. I have also never ordered a Starbucks without getting Alex on the cup, so would suggest too similar sorry. Maybe Violet or Annabell

grasspigeons · 20/01/2018 22:27

I find them too similar.

I mishear them as the same name occasionally if I'm introduced to an Alice or a girl Alex

pipilangstrumpf · 20/01/2018 22:22

Shame as Alice is lovely! But it really doesn't go with Alex.

BikeRunSki · 20/01/2018 20:13

I’m an Alice, one of my siblings was going to be an Alex but my parents decided against it because the names are too similar.

Fast forward 40 yrs. I work with an Alex and DH’s best friend is an Alex. Yep, the names are just too similar. Lots of confusion, but even entertaining any more!

LyraPotter · 20/01/2018 20:11

I wouldn't worry, siblings at a school my uncle teaches in are called Frank and Frances

AnyaMoondial · 20/01/2018 19:50

Also Cara.

AnyaMoondial · 20/01/2018 19:49

Zara is rather fantastic.

AnyaMoondial · 20/01/2018 19:49

Rosa
Tess
Greta
Beatrice
Polly

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electricblue2017 · 20/01/2018 18:40

Oh well
Other names considering
Charlotte
Florence
Zara
Rosie
Ruby
Sophie

There are too many girl names!

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PandaCat · 20/01/2018 18:10

We have an Alice, when asked her name as a baby a few people thought we'd said Alex, so I think they do sound a bit too similar.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/01/2018 18:07

Oh i like pps suggestion of Annie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/01/2018 18:06

Far too similar. Although my neighbours have a Jodie and a Joe so in affect a son and a daughter both named Joe. Seems to work for them. Each to their own, I suppose.
Other ideas
Olivia
Anna
Ava
Amy
Abbie
Erin
Evie
Esme
Emma
Ellie
Elin
Isla
Ivy
Olivia
Orla.
Rosa
Cora
Beth
Maia
Belle
Nina
Leah.
Laila.
Kate.
Heidi
Nancy
Poppy.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 20/01/2018 18:01

How about Alyssa ?

thepatchworkcat · 20/01/2018 17:53

I personally think they’re too similar and wouldnt do it but I know some families who like similar names for siblings so it’s personal taste I guess!

itsalltolookforwardto · 20/01/2018 17:52

We have the same taste. I had an Alice first and wanted Alexander for a boy. I had another girl so it wasn’t an issue but not sure if we’d have gone with it. How about Annie , I think it’s a lovely underused name.

thepatchworkcat · 20/01/2018 17:51

I personally think they’re too similar and wouldnt do it but I know some families who like similar names for siblings so it’s personal taste I guess!

greensnail · 20/01/2018 17:51

Yes too similar, I have an Alice and it gets confusing between her and her cousin Alex.

greensnail · 20/01/2018 17:51

Yes too similar, I have an Alice and it gets confusing between her and her cousin Alex.

itsalltolookforwardto · 20/01/2018 17:51

We have the same taste. I had an Alice first and wanted Alexander for a boy. I had another girl so it wasn’t an issue but not sure if we’d have gone with it. How about Annie , I think it’s a lovely underused name.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 20/01/2018 17:44

Too similar

ChocolateCrunch · 20/01/2018 17:44

Yes, they sound very similar. Elise is an option, or Alba, Aleisha, Alannah, Allegra.

Minty82 · 20/01/2018 17:44

Ha, my siblings' names, at the risk of outing myself! My brother is always Alexander at home so it didn't occur to my parents it would be an issue. But everyone else calls him Alex so I guess other people might think it's a bit odd. There was another Alex/Alice sibling set in their respective school years though, so there are a few around!

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