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Allie as a first name?

37 replies

Sunnydayy · 17/10/2023 19:54

I absolutely love Allie for a girl but I know that it’s normal a nickname. However I don’t like any of the longer names and even so, a lot of the abbreviations go to Ali which I’m not keen on for a girl. Thoughts please.

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MerryChristmasToYou · 18/10/2023 06:41

I think people would hear it as Ellie depending on the local accent.
Allegra is pretty. Alison is too but makes me think of someone of about 60 years old.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 18/10/2023 04:59

I really like Allegra nn Allie. That’s gorgeous!

You could probably just do Allie nowadays. But I do find it a bit incomplete and rather cute. The latter would probably really bother me…

GeorgeBeckett · 18/10/2023 04:54

I think you can do just Allie in 2023 if you like.

user1492757084 · 18/10/2023 04:26

Allegra or Allison would be my choice - Allie

User6761 · 17/10/2023 23:50

I think it's a bit too informal as a full name - but I think it can be a shortening for any 'Al' girls name. I wouldn't worry about it being spelt Ali vs Allie vs Ally - you can choose that spelling and people will follow. (I know two adult Olivers - one is Olly, the other Ollie - no one mixes up their spellings

Alison/Alyson
Alexandra
Alice
Alicia
Allegra
Alyssa
Alexia

theduchessofspork · 17/10/2023 21:40

I think she’ll prefer having a full name - it’s v nicknamey

Other than Alice, Alicia, Alexandra and Alannah

Allegra
Alexis
Alba
Alina

Also I guess names like Adelaide, Adela, Annalisa, Leila

GroanWoman · 17/10/2023 21:21

I have an Alexandra who's known as Ali... though Allie works just as well as a shortening.

As a freestanding name Allie seems a little... incomplete.

Lamelie · 17/10/2023 20:02

Oo Talitha would work:
Talitha is a girl's name of Aramaic origin that means “little girl.” In the Bible, Jesus is believed to have brought a young girl back to life by uttering the phrase “talitha cumi.”

Lamelie · 17/10/2023 19:58

Keep looking for a longer name that can be shortened.
Alexandra/ Alex/ Alexandria
Alyssa
Alice
Alicia
Alannah
Alisha
Aaliyah
Alma
Alison

Moveoverdarlin · 17/10/2023 19:57

People will assume her name is Alison. Which was a pretty boring name in 1965, and too dated for a little girl now. It will also be spelled as Ali by most people.

Whataretheodds · 17/10/2023 19:57

If you were to call her Alison, for example, I think you could establish Allie as the speling rather than Ali

Whataretheodds · 17/10/2023 19:56

Alison
Alexandre
Abigail
Annalise/a
Calliope
Thalia
Caroline

Also more options for Callie/Hallie

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