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Alice Rose

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doggyadvicepls · 19/06/2023 22:59

Can't decide if timeless and classic or a bit too twee (or whether rose just too popular for a middle name)?

Help please!

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fairycupcakes · 29/06/2023 22:25

Alice and Rose are both nice names but together I just don’t think they flow too well, not sure why but Alice Rosa does sound better and a tad more interesting.

Love Iris though! And I don’t personally think Marigold is too out there though I do prefer Iris overall @doggyadvicepls

How about:
Iris Albertine (Albertine is a type of rose) 🌹

clpsmum · 29/06/2023 20:33

Beautiful

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doggyadvicepls · 29/06/2023 20:19

@PurpleAirGuitar thank you Smile

I do like Rosalie but there is a slightly awkward family connection!

Rosaline is nice though

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PurpleAirGuitar · 25/06/2023 17:11

It is very popular and timeless, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Also, although I've known lots of people with Rose as a middle name, I don't think I've ever known an Alice Rose. It may be a combination that isn't as much used as you think.

If you did want to make one of the names a bit more unusual, my favourite name in the whole "Rose family" is Rosalie. How do you fee about Alice Rosalie?

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doggyadvicepls · 23/06/2023 12:41

Thank you everyone!
Mixed reviews so I'm still undecided 🤷‍♀️

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TeenDivided · 23/06/2023 09:00

I like Alice Rose
Also Alice Maria or Alice Olivia

littlelottie127 · 23/06/2023 08:58

Alice Rose is very pretty x

Foreverdancing · 21/06/2023 20:37

Love Alice 💕
It's elegant, underused and timeless.
I would go for a longer middle name:

Alice Elizabeth
Alice Catherine
Alice Isabella
Alice Charlotte

Congratulations xx

shoopshoopdedoo · 20/06/2023 23:04

It’s lovely! I don’t think you have to pick something more daring. Rose is very popular as a middle name, but it’s because it’s really nice. I do quite like Alice Marigold though…

Hollyppp · 20/06/2023 15:24

Love Alice!!

sooooo over rose as a middle name. Around half my female friends seem to have that middle name

Theoldwoman · 20/06/2023 13:55

Absolutely love it!

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doggyadvicepls · 20/06/2023 13:55

Oo quite like Alice Ivy
I also like marigold... too rogue?

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RosaSkye · 20/06/2023 10:30

No I don’t think Alice Iris works sadly, too many repeated sounds.

Love Iris though, and I think you’d just about get away with Iris Alice.

Alice Joy
Alice Camille
Alice Skye
Alice Violeta

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/06/2023 09:46

It's my niece's name x

Frogmila · 20/06/2023 09:42

Alice Rosamund or Alice Rosemary are much more interesting

NotEverORNever · 20/06/2023 09:34

No one will use the middle name so if you want her to be Alice Rose you would need to hyphenate it.

Either Alice orAlice-Rose are both lovely names

17caterpillars1mouse · 20/06/2023 09:32

No sorry, Alice Iris doesn't flow well.

Alice Ivy
Alice Poppy
Alice Viola
Alice Flora
Alice Magnolia

BalanceMeHumours · 20/06/2023 09:31

Mojitosaremyfavourite · 20/06/2023 06:03

Nice enough but makes me think of Axel Rose the rock legend guy straight away.

Me too. Skimming the post headline, I thought it said Axl Rose at first...

17caterpillars1mouse · 20/06/2023 09:30

Alice is lovely but I think the fact that Rose is such a filler middle name makes the whole nane a little bland. I am a fan of unexpected middle names though.

Alice Rosa or Alice Rosalind would be a nice but similar alternative

SallyWD · 20/06/2023 09:28

Beautiful

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doggyadvicepls · 20/06/2023 09:26

Thank you all!
Agree rose is v.popular, although pretty.

I have always loved the name iris for a middle name but it doesn't go well at all with Alice does it?

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OopsieeDaisy · 20/06/2023 09:04

It’s pretty but agree with others that Rose is a filler middle name that is way overused at the moment.

Lindy2 · 20/06/2023 09:00

I like it. Both are pretty names and go well together.

KirstenBlest · 20/06/2023 08:55

Alice is lovely but Rose doesn't flow all that well and Rose, May and Grace are filler middle names.
Pick a different middle name.

The initials might not work with a surname like Simpson-Elliot.

Coronationstation · 20/06/2023 08:40

I love Alice but less keen on Rose and I find it quite hard to say them together because of “s” sounds being different.