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Which of these 4x girl names?

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No3ontheway · 24/05/2022 14:34

Really torn, looking for general consensus and some advice. We already have 1 girl (strong Irish name, husband is Irish), 1 boy - fairly generic name.

Torn between these:

Grace

Annie (husband wants Ann or Angela (no way [sorry to all Angelas]) but I think I could get away with an Annie, even if she was registered as Ann.

Nancy

Orla (Irish connection again, but don't want to overdo this either - the baby will be born in the north west, and other than the father being Irish there is no other connection!!).

Don't ask about a middle name yet! The above is difficult enough!

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ArtVandalay · 30/05/2022 11:49

They’re all nice. Less keen on Grace.

I LOVE Annie.

YukoandHiro · 30/05/2022 11:47

Nancy is lovely. I wanted it but husband vetoed

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 30/05/2022 11:46

Nancy Ann

Ouchmytoe100 · 30/05/2022 11:45

Love Annie and Nancy and Grace is pretty.

I'd choose:
Annie Grace
Nancy Grace

SneezesHaveStarted · 30/05/2022 10:11

I like Nancy best I think.

Annie is a nice nickname but prefer Anya/Annabel as a main name.

Orla is ok, don’t love it, don’t dislike it.

Grace is honestly a bit boring to me.

CaffiSaliMali · 30/05/2022 10:07

Nancy is derived from a nickname for Ann so I wouldn't use both together.

I think Anna is nicer than Ann, would he go for that? Then Annie or Nancy would be options for nicknames. Anya, Annabel, Annaliese etc. all work too and feel a bit more modern than Ann. Anna also goes well with lots of names.

You don't say what your DD is called but I think Ann works best with other short, frill free names like Ruth, Mary and Tess. If you have a Caoimhe or a Saoirse, for example, Ann is a lot plainer by comparison.

Grace is also a good option, it's another one which goes well with lots of names.

meltypuff · 30/05/2022 08:30

Nancy is lovely and not heard of a baby Nancy for a while!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 30/05/2022 08:26

Not Grace. It’s on its way back down. Loads of teen and early-twenties Graces around.

I like a pp’s suggestion of Anna known as Annie.

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StageRage · 30/05/2022 07:27

Nancy.

Nancy Blackett, Amazons Forever!

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OneCup · 30/05/2022 07:23

Annie

RuthW · 30/05/2022 07:21

Angela is definitely the best of your list, so I'm with dh

WhatDoIDoNow3 · 30/05/2022 01:48

Orla Grace for sure, Please don't do Ann or Angela it's so dated
Nancy just reminds me of the fact she was abit scandalous in oliver

Amdone123 · 28/05/2022 04:47

I love Orla.
I do like Nancy and Annie, but in this case, Orla is perfect.

Luxa · 28/05/2022 01:40

Grace

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 28/05/2022 00:52

Orla

EmerLou · 28/05/2022 00:48

Not sure how Orla is "too irish", or the insinuation that an Irish father isn't that much of an Irish connection... surely it's about as connected as you can get without actually being born in Ireland? Plenty out there with zero Irish connection, and an Irish name. Whereas your child will actually be half Irish.

Quite nice little head nod to the fathers ancestry in my opinion, plus it's a lovely name. Personally prefer the spellings Orlagh, or Orlaith though.

Sisisimone · 28/05/2022 00:43

Nancy is awful, truly horrible
Orla is my favourite from those 4

CP2701 · 28/05/2022 00:39

Not quite understanding the love for Nancy. The only ones I know are old ladies!

Saw someone saying they can't imagine Annie on a grown adult. Annie Lennox! 👍

Luredbyapomegranate · 27/05/2022 03:41

Anna, Anya, Aine, Annabel, Annabeth, Annalisa, Annette, Anouk, Annis/Annas, Agnes.. nn Annie or Nancy. Nancy is a nn for Anne names, same as Annie

Grace and Orla are overdone and will date. oona and hope maybe better options

samphiregarlic · 25/05/2022 19:39

Annie, congrats

Drew31 · 25/05/2022 19:38

Orla, or Annie — preferably short for Anna or similar.

I find Grace is boring and Nancy is twee.

Theoldwoman · 25/05/2022 06:35

Grace

Dont like the rest, love Annabel though.

Poppik · 25/05/2022 06:22

I like Nancy and Orla

Nancy Orla as a name sounds nice