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Do you like the name Grace?

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PurpleTrees1988 · 29/01/2018 10:45

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Bellamuerte · 29/01/2018 15:19

I like it when it's pronounced with a Southern accent. But with a Northern accent the flat "a" sound is awful.

Mrsknackered · 29/01/2018 15:17

I love it. I know quite a few but it doesn't really bother me because it's so lovely.

ladymelbourne1926 · 29/01/2018 15:02

No, sorry it's my middle name and I dislike it.

BikeRunSki · 29/01/2018 14:55

No, partly because it is very overused, partly because it’s a hard name to carry off if you are big and clumsy.

KERALA1 · 29/01/2018 14:52

No because although a nice name:

Its over used
What if the child is ahem not in anyway graceful opens them up to sniggering
Every Grace we have known has been vile. Both dc have a "gruesome Grace" in their lives so the name has been ruined for us twice over.

missmouse101 · 29/01/2018 14:49

ThomasHardy...that's the purpose of language for you! To convey meaning! It doesn't mean you have to BE it, it makes you THINK it.... Grace has a specific meaning. Like the poster who wanted to call her child 'Rogue'. That thread took off with negative comments immediately.

NickyNora · 29/01/2018 14:39

I have a Grace. Yet to meet another child named Grace!

Hoppinggreen · 29/01/2018 14:39

I have one !!
I decide that even if she was clumsy there are different types of Grace.
She’s 13 and there were no other Graces in her year at Primary (90 children) and there are none in her year at her small Secondary.
There seem to be a few Gracies around further down the school though

ThomasHardyPerennial · 29/01/2018 14:35

I don't know why there is this assumption that being called Grace means you have to be willowy and graceful, it's absolute rubbish.

Bossbaby12 · 29/01/2018 14:27

I like it Smile

MikeUniformMike · 29/01/2018 14:24

I'd say Gracienne as Grassy-En. I don't like it.

SchrodingersFrilledLizard · 29/01/2018 14:19

It's a very pretty name.

Sarahh2014 · 29/01/2018 14:15

I prefer Gracie

Enidblyton1 · 29/01/2018 14:12

I've always found it a bit insipid.
Fine if you're slim, beautiful and graceful.
Not so good if you're large and clumsy.

MammieBear · 29/01/2018 14:10

It's lovely, I came across Gracienne the other day you may like that?

BertrandRussell · 29/01/2018 14:08

I have one in her 20s. She was Gracie as a littly, Gray as a teenager, and Grace as an adult. Still love it and so does she.

WhiteHairReally · 29/01/2018 14:05

Yes, I have one too. She’s well into her third decade now, so there weren’t as many Graces around when she was a child.
She wasn’t the most graceful of children but always knew her own mind so ‘owned’ her name.

Longdistance · 29/01/2018 13:58

I love it. Couldn’t have it for our dds as our surname would have made it sound repetitive.

missmouse101 · 29/01/2018 13:57

No, I don't like it at all and I don't understand why it has become so popular. To me, it's very dated and 'grace' always makes me think of a skinny, pale, tall girl wafting about. If you're going to use an adjective as a name, Hope is really pretty I think.

SoyUnPerdedor2 · 29/01/2018 13:50

Yes.
I love the name grace.
Glad I didn't give it to my dd, she is the clumsiest chunky monkey!
Bull-in-a-china-shop would have suited her better!

Hippydippydoo · 29/01/2018 13:43

Love it, if it wasn't already taken by another family member I would have been very keen on it for DD.

NauticalDisaster · 29/01/2018 13:42

It's fine; boring and safe.

HonkyWonkWoman · 29/01/2018 13:39

Lovely name! Very classy sounding!

BrutusMcDogface · 29/01/2018 13:37

It's a lovely name, but always makes me think of grapes. I also know many little girls called Grace. I'd use it as a middle name.

SparkleFizz · 29/01/2018 13:33

Lovely name

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