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Completely torn between two 'boring' names!

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intheshallows · 21/01/2021 06:19

I'm beginning to panic a bit as we still haven't settled on a name for our baby girl- and I'm desperate not to wait until she's here to decide (so please don't suggest that as an option!)

We love both Emily and Alice. I've always loved Emily and that's the name we settled on at first and started using it to refer to bump. But I felt that we hadn't tried hard enough to explore all options and after reading the whole baby name book I thought Alice was nice. My husband prefers Alice too (although he does like Emily).

So we settled on Alice thinking it was slightly more underused and I got very excited about it. But we keep on accidentally referring to her as Emily still and I can't help but feel in my gut I prefer the name Emily?

So which do you think? Emily or Alice?

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eaglejulesk · 21/01/2021 06:54

Alice

Screwcorona · 21/01/2021 06:40

I prefer alice. Love Alice Cooper, Alice in wonderland and also have a lovely family member with the name

Grizzlypanda · 21/01/2021 06:26

I prefer Emily

Sunsetsaddict80 · 21/01/2021 06:24

Go with your gut

MountainPeakGeek · 21/01/2021 06:23

Emily.

DinosaurDiana · 21/01/2021 06:23

Emily.

AndThenTheDayBecomesTheNight · 21/01/2021 06:22

Emily (but only because it is also one of my favourite names, not because it is in any way objectively 'better' than Alice. They are both nice and both very similar in style and feel).

Puddinger · 21/01/2021 06:20

Emily

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