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Torn with these two names

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EJB20 · 11/12/2018 02:07

My DH and I are expecting DD in about 4 weeks and I’m torn between the two names, he likes both so is no help 😫😫
Adelaide Grace or Ellis James
I know Ellis is traditionally a boys name but I knew a girl called Ellis and she was just the most beautiful person and James is after my brother I didn’t like Jamie and I’m not concerned about it being feminine.
But I genuinely love Adelaide Grace as it’s not very common but I worry about it being too out there to be considered sensible!
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Shadow1234 · 11/12/2018 06:11

Ellis James (I also know a lovely young lady called Ellis)

earlybyrd · 11/12/2018 06:05

Ellis Grace.

Enidblyton1 · 11/12/2018 05:30

Adelaide James

WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 11/12/2018 05:07

I know a girl called Ellis and a girl called James. I think they both sound a bit 1970s to me though.

IggyAce · 11/12/2018 05:05

Both are lovely, but prefer Adelaide Grace. You could wait until you meet her to decide, we did this with dd.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 11/12/2018 04:42

Ellis with James is too much for a girl. She’ll have to live with it not you,

So Adelaide Grace.

Sweepington · 11/12/2018 04:40

I know a girl called Ellis- it’s lovely

Icklepup · 11/12/2018 04:35

Adelaide Grace

MrsFoxPlus4 · 11/12/2018 04:10

I like Ellis James, grew up with 2 girls named Ellis :)

WishfulSprouts · 11/12/2018 03:52

I like Ellis James 😌

freakinbananaspiders · 11/12/2018 03:49

Are you aware of the comedian Elis James? Just reminds me of him.

TooTightJeans · 11/12/2018 02:54

Adelaide James?

knittedjest · 11/12/2018 02:51

You need to think about your baby and their life when they aren't a baby. You might not care about them having a masculine name but they might care.

I personally had the opposite problem. My daughter had a super feminine name (Luna) but was very masculine by nature. She hated her first name but luckily had a more gender neutral middle name that she could go by. If her middle name had been yet something like Daisy she would have been fucked. Same is true with your second name, two masculine names will screw her over if she is super girly. Choose one and then give her a neutral middle name.

RandomLetters · 11/12/2018 02:38

Personally not a fan of giving girls boy's names!

Cheesenacho123 · 11/12/2018 02:30

Adelaide Grace sounds completely normal to me and very lovely and not wacky or ‘too out there’ at all unlike - north, kitt, klay, saint, dream, Stormi, lazer, dusty rose, reign, bear, apple, blue, or Kulture. All celeb/footballers children who I think have had silly made up names. They are in my top 15 names I’d never ever use even if you paid me billions.

octoberfarm · 11/12/2018 02:10

Absolutely love Adelaide Grace!

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