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Should we change our Annie to a Grace?

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PureBlue · 01/11/2018 03:14

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Icklepup · 01/11/2018 15:27

Stick with Annie!

KaliforniaDreamz · 01/11/2018 15:25

I know an Annie and she really is the kindest girl. Lovely name. Keep it.

JosellaPlayton · 01/11/2018 15:23

I like both but prefer Annie. Or how about Anna?

Mumsnut · 01/11/2018 15:20

Grazia-Anna

Then use either Grace or Annie as a nickname when youge tto know her

MollyHuaCha · 01/11/2018 15:05

How about Anna? A bit more graceful than Annie but you could still call her Annie as a sweet nn?

I agree with Elmo!

NameChangeToAvoidBeingFound · 01/11/2018 14:53

I know a couple who had this dilemma and ended up calling their baby Nancy Confused? I mean it also means grace just seems like a bit of a change. I know someone called Charis as well, which is the greek version of Grace (pronounced like charis in charisma).

SuperstarDJ · 01/11/2018 14:49

I love the name Annie. Grace, whilst nice, is a bit blah and overused in comparison.

Cbeebiesrehab · 01/11/2018 14:40

Oh I LOVE Annie!!! Grace doesn’t have a patch on it.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 01/11/2018 13:32

Annie is really, really lovely! Stick with that. (Perhaps Anne on the BC. Not Anna - I adore it as a name too but I just don't think you can derive Annie from Anna).

Buenavista · 01/11/2018 11:26

Annie!

Bootanicbanshee · 01/11/2018 10:38

Love Annie. Not so keen on Grace. Congratulations!

daisypond · 01/11/2018 10:33

I much prefer Grace to Annie. If it was Anna and not Annie I might like that more.

TamiTayorismyparentingguru · 01/11/2018 08:05

I LOVE Annie - it was right up there at the top of our list for girls all 3 times, and just got pipped to the post each time. One of our DDs also has Grace as a middle name so I clearly like it too!

I personally wouldn’t go for Annie Grace as Anne/Anna/Annie means Grace so it would be a bit like calling your child Grace Grace.

FWIW if we had used it we would have gone with Elizabeth as a middle name - partly because we love the name, partly because we thought it flowed really well as a full name, and partly because it would give the child a variety of other options should they choose to ditch Annie later in life.

(I know that might seem like an odd thing to think about, but I really don’t like my name - never have, and wish I had another name I could switch to easily. Interestingly, my DTs love their middle names so much that they use them a lot and one of them says regularly that she would like to go by her middle name officially. We use middle names a fair bit in our family so it wouldn’t be too weird to call her by her middle name. (She’s too young to make that decision now - but if when she’s a teen she sill wants to go by her middle name we will happily oblige.))

Cosmoa · 01/11/2018 07:58

Absolutely not! Annie is a much better name ❤️

Polly99 · 01/11/2018 07:56

No, there are a zillion Graces. Annie is nice.

17caterpillars1mouse · 01/11/2018 07:56

Love Annie

I like Grace but not as much as Annie

E20mom · 01/11/2018 07:54

I definitely would. I don't like Annie at all. I love Anna though.

Sophronia · 01/11/2018 07:43

No, stick with Annie!

Loopytiles · 01/11/2018 07:41

Annie is nice!

I dislike Grace and feel it’s a name that pins unecessary expectations on a girl!

Runnynosehunny · 01/11/2018 07:41

Anne actually means grace.

MsNowtyBach · 01/11/2018 07:40

Annie is gorgeous! Don't change it!

There are lots of Graces and it's becoming a bit overused.

PrincessJuanita · 01/11/2018 07:32

Grace is a bit over used at the moment but gorgeous never the less.
Annie, cute, would you consider Anna then call her Annie day to day? A bit more scope when she's an adult.
Both nice names though so go for it if you feel strongly.

whiteroseredrose · 01/11/2018 07:30

Both lovely but I'd stick to Annie.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 01/11/2018 07:29

There's an Anne, an Annie, and an Anna in my DS's reception class, and one Grace, so I'd go with the name you like best and not worry about how popular it seems.

ShowOfHands · 01/11/2018 07:24

Annie is beautiful.

Grace is probably nice too but there are thousands of them and it has become a bit "oh another one", sadly.

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