Darcy or Alba?

[LaRagazzaInglese]

Help, just found out we're having a girl, can't decide on name even though we have a little way to go. Btw she'll be anglo-italo but living in England :) TIA

I'm biased I have a Darcie lol. Although Love Alba too.

If I was brave i would love to go with Darcy....! Alba makes me think of a surname. :)

I'm trying to persuade my husband of Alba (I'm Scottish so it would be for that connection, but I have heard it's popular in Italy and Spain). I think it's so pretty but would work well for all ages.

I have a Darcey, you know it's a mighty purdy name!

Alba is a electical Brand that i know sells in Argos

They are both really pretty names.

I know, and i feel quite 50/50 on this now, we've been suggesting Darcy to the Italian side of the family and they say "what? daffy?" so im thinking Alba might be a better choice, but i was set on Darcy for ages and i think its more ballerina than stereo system! oh well we still have time...

I have a Darcey too so I'm biased like some of the others.

Alba is gorgeous.

Darcy is too surnamey and also has the word 'arse' embedded in it. D'Arcy is the surname of two Irish families that I know.

alba - very elegant, I think.

Love Alba. I had Ailbhe on my list which is the Irish equivalent.

Alba make cheap stereos!!!

I like both but if the Italian side of the family struggle with Darcy it's probably better to go for Alba.

I also wonder if there would be spelling issues with Darcy. To me, Darcy is the standard spelling (I think P&P and Bridget Jones...) but all other Darcy mums on this thread have spelled it differently! I think Darcey with an E is more popular in the UK iirc (and I think if you combined all spelling variants it would be very high on the popularity tables!) I do really like the name though and was considering it for a while.

1. Alba is obviously an extremely Scottish name - and you are an Anglo-Italian family - is that OK with you?

1. The daughter in "The Time Traveller's Wife" is named Alba.

yes 'cause it's also extremely Italian :)

Aha! Didn't know that - would possibly explain the Time Traveller's Wife then!

Alba is also Spanish, a popular name for girls in Spain, meaning white.

I prefer Alba (though I loathed the Time Travellers wife)