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Alba or Maisie?

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AmusedLemur · 03/04/2025 13:15

Hi, I’m due early May and I still haven’t landed on a name.
These two are my current girl shortlist.

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soontobeamama · 06/04/2025 08:34

Alba

LilacPony · 05/04/2025 23:57

What about Amal ?

SmoothEncounter · 05/04/2025 23:52

connection to the now deceased Alex Salmond’s independence party would really put me off Alba.
Maisie is a bit twee but it’s better than Alba.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 05/04/2025 21:54

Emanwenym · 05/04/2025 16:14

@user1492757084 , Maisie is from Margaret not Mary.

It’s traditionally short for either - it’s a version of May which is a pet form of Mary. I think it was more common in Scotland as a short form of Margaret.

SallyWD · 05/04/2025 21:52

I really dislike Maisie. It's so cutesy.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 05/04/2025 21:50

Of the two, Alba

Maisie is a bit too twee and also v overdone a while back. May is nice

Aphra?

Needspaceforlego · 05/04/2025 16:18

TempleBar9631 · 05/04/2025 16:06

You're kidding, there are hundreds of Albas in Scotland! There are also a few Caledonias and Scotias, as well as some just named Scotland. We're a very patriotic country!

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If you say so.

Scotia is a Glasgow pub who'd want to be called that?

Emanwenym · 05/04/2025 16:14

@user1492757084 , Maisie is from Margaret not Mary.

TempleBar9631 · 05/04/2025 16:06

Needspaceforlego · 03/04/2025 23:19

Exactly, same as the political party, tv channel, various companies

I get it's a girls name in Spain and Italy but I don't think it works in Scotland.

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You're kidding, there are hundreds of Albas in Scotland! There are also a few Caledonias and Scotias, as well as some just named Scotland. We're a very patriotic country!

user1492757084 · 04/04/2025 13:10

Maisie is sweet as a nick name for Mary.

I don't find Alba attractive, sorry.

RaraRachael · 04/04/2025 10:59

margotsdevil · 03/04/2025 23:28

I'm not a Gaelic speaker but I think Alba is pronounced H-Alba - it's not as straightforward as it looks. Just worth considering.

I'm not a Gealic speaker either but am Scottish and have never heard this.

There's a Gaelic TV channel called Alba which is pronounced "Al-a-bah" but there's definitely no H sound in it,

Chunkilumptious · 04/04/2025 10:53

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 04/04/2025 02:22

Mairead is not a nice name, and is very dated.

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I think Mairead is lovely!

Gemstonebeach · 04/04/2025 08:30

Maisie

kalokagathos · 04/04/2025 08:23

Alba

RedOnyx · 04/04/2025 08:19

Overthebow · 03/04/2025 20:48

Dr Teddy 😂surely he’ll revert to his full name Edward to be taken seriously.

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The Teddy at my daughter's nursery doesn't have a full name, Edward or anything else, to revert to. Teddy is his full name.

TheHerboriste · 04/04/2025 03:23

Maisie is ok for a toddler. Alba better for a lifetime.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 04/04/2025 02:22

1SillySossij · 04/04/2025 00:06

Alba is truly grim.
Maisie is not a name I would choose, I would put Mairead on the bc and nickname her maisie. Apart from the potential for being called "Crazy Maisie" I think it is pretty unobjectionable. I have never come across any other spellings IRL

Mairead is not a nice name, and is very dated.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 04/04/2025 02:22

I don't like Alba. Maisie. We had a cat called Maisie many years ago. She was actually a boy!!

wandawaves · 04/04/2025 02:14

Neither.
Alba doesn't have a nice sound to it at all, and Maisie is a bit cutesy. If I had to choose, I'd pick Maisie.

lovinglaughingliving · 04/04/2025 02:04

Alba from Time Travellers wife 😍😍

loosestrife · 04/04/2025 02:00

I'm not a fan of names that are traditionally nicknames or short versions of other names. Maisie's traditionally a nickname for Margaret and variations. I'd choose either Alba or your favourite version of Margaret with Maisie for short.

1SillySossij · 04/04/2025 00:06

Alba is truly grim.
Maisie is not a name I would choose, I would put Mairead on the bc and nickname her maisie. Apart from the potential for being called "Crazy Maisie" I think it is pretty unobjectionable. I have never come across any other spellings IRL

margotsdevil · 03/04/2025 23:28

I'm not a Gaelic speaker but I think Alba is pronounced H-Alba - it's not as straightforward as it looks. Just worth considering.

DramaAlpaca · 03/04/2025 23:22

Maisie is cutesy and twee and I think Alba has a really unappealing sound.

Of the two, Maisie.

Crisplet · 03/04/2025 23:21

I had a grey Alba “Walkman” growing up. The only association I have with that name, so it’s like calling your child Sony or Panasonic.

Maisie is nice.