Ivy-Paige or Ivy-Rose

DobbyHP · 2022-05-04T12:47:21+00:00

Which would you choose? We've finally narrowed our new baby girls name down to these 2 options but we can't decide which sounds better. So Ivy-Paige or Ivy-Rose which should be her name 😁

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WindowsSmindows · 06/05/2022 04:16

Iliada · 04/05/2022 20:50

I always say this, but if you hyphenate the name, people will just use the first one when they go to school.

If you actually want people to use both names every day, all the time, you’ve really got to combine them. Ivyrose. Ivypaige. Yes, it might look a bit weird at first glance, but it will soon look completely normal to those who know them and you and later your kid will be able to stand up for their full name against teachers and fellow pupils who try to shorten it and demand that people actually use their real name.

If you don’t care about people just calling them Ivy for short, then call them Ivy Rose or Ivy Paige and accept that the middle name will get ignored. It will whether you hyphenate it or not, and the hyphen runs the risk of looking old fashioned (‘so 20s’) or tacky to her by the time she is a High Court judge or the Prime Minister or whatever brilliant thing she turns out to be.

Either go wild with Ivyrose or go traditional with Ivy Rose, but don’t got halves with Ivy-Rose. And don’t worry that it’s two plants, it’s botanical and encourages your kid to love nature. It’s a lovely name.

Wonderful advice I never thought of this but you make it so simple and so true

SomersetONeil · 06/05/2022 03:58

Why do you need to give her a hyphenated name?

Ivy and Paige and Rose are all nice / elegant names maybe not Paige.

Hyphenated? Not so much.

greenteafiend · 06/05/2022 03:52

Just call her Ivy or Paige or Rose and use one of the others as a middle name.

Hyphenated names have "tacky" connotations in the UK, and kids nearly always drop the second one before secondary school anyway, meaning that they just end up with an awkward situation where everyone knows them as Ivy but all their official documents have "Ivy-Rose" or whatever on them. Also, hyphens create issues when filling in forms.

If you are hyphenating for the reason that "there are too many people called Ivy and I want a more unique name," then choose a different name altogether. She'll end up just being called Ivy anyway, no matter what you hyphenate onto it.

Cameleongirl · 06/05/2022 01:19

I live in the US and my DD (17) knows a couple of Paige’s. I view it as an American name ( I’m British) so I imagine it’s less common in the UK.

Ivy is very pretty. Not sure about the hyphenated Ivy--Paige.

GreenClock · 06/05/2022 01:12

I’d drop the hyphen.

As for the names - I like all three! I haven’t heard of a recent Paige, so maybe it’s due a revival.

kitcat15 · 06/05/2022 00:43

The hyphen makes the names really chavvy

Luredbyapomegranate · 06/05/2022 00:39

A hyphen is never good. Don’t do that.

Ivy Rose is fine. Ivy Paige is odd - Paige is a naff 90s name like Kayleigh.

Iliada · 04/05/2022 20:50

I always say this, but if you hyphenate the name, people will just use the first one when they go to school.

If you actually want people to use both names every day, all the time, you’ve really got to combine them. Ivyrose. Ivypaige. Yes, it might look a bit weird at first glance, but it will soon look completely normal to those who know them and you and later your kid will be able to stand up for their full name against teachers and fellow pupils who try to shorten it and demand that people actually use their real name.

If you don’t care about people just calling them Ivy for short, then call them Ivy Rose or Ivy Paige and accept that the middle name will get ignored. It will whether you hyphenate it or not, and the hyphen runs the risk of looking old fashioned (‘so 20s’) or tacky to her by the time she is a High Court judge or the Prime Minister or whatever brilliant thing she turns out to be.

Either go wild with Ivyrose or go traditional with Ivy Rose, but don’t got halves with Ivy-Rose. And don’t worry that it’s two plants, it’s botanical and encourages your kid to love nature. It’s a lovely name.

Firebird83 · 04/05/2022 17:03

Please don’t hyphenate it

Beeinalily · 04/05/2022 14:33

I think Ivy-Rose sounds lovely.

SweetPetrichor · 04/05/2022 14:31

Another vote for Paige. Maybe Ivy as a middle name? Rose is very popular.

steppemum · 04/05/2022 14:27

Ivy, or Paige, or Rose or Ivy Paige or Ivy Rose.

But NOT Ivy-Paige or Ivy-Rose. Really it spoils both names to link them like that.

I do like Rose, but agree it is now very overused.
I much prefer Ivy to Paige. Think Ivy is lovely.

KirstenBlest · 04/05/2022 14:20

I think Paige was popular in the 1990s. I know more than 1but they are not children now

KirstenBlest · 04/05/2022 14:17

Ivy-Rose sounds nice but it's two plants so a bit silly

Ivy-Paige doesn't flow

Not keen on ivy at all

Hyphenated first names are naff

saveforthat · 04/05/2022 14:14

I would definitely drop the hyphen. Paige would be my preference out of the two.

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DobbyHP · 04/05/2022 14:13

I'm starting to consider Paige instead of Ivy. It's really not a name you hear often as a 1st name

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ABrightSilverLining · 04/05/2022 14:13

Ivy-Rose

Elspethelf · 04/05/2022 14:10

I-P was the first thing I saw. I don’t think either name works hyphenated, because one may get I-P and the other is overly botanical. If you drop the hyphen though, either would work.

DinoRock · 04/05/2022 14:04

Ivy Paige no hyphen

whosaidtha · 04/05/2022 14:03

Paige with ivy as a middle name. No hyphen. Paige is much more original. There are so many ivys around. And even more girls with rose as a middle name.

YellowFlowersForever · 04/05/2022 14:01

I would choose a different middle name

IStandWithMaya · 04/05/2022 14:01

Either but with no hyphen.

MrsBungle · 04/05/2022 13:59

|'d go with Ivy Paige (without the hyphen) or better still Paige Ivy.

xfgdhfgnhkk007 · 04/05/2022 13:59

Ivy Paige. Rose is such an overdone, BORING name, along with May and Grace. Standard middle names. Be different!

ivykaty44 · 04/05/2022 13:58

neither combination, id choose a different middle name