Alice Sarah or Iona Bessie?

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Getting desperate to finally decide on name now as being induced in a few days.... we think we've narrowed it to these 2 options. We have tried to pick name options that:
-we like
-first names arn't (hopefully) very/too popular so she hopefully won't have lots of others in her class at school etc with same name
-first names arn't too odd/out there
-would work for a child and an adult and be relatively obvious to spell/pronounce
-a middle name from Dh or my family
-not faddy

any comments between the 2 we've come up with would be really appreciated as we are now tearing our hair out?

They're all lovely names - but I think Iona Bessie is better simply because the double S in the middle of Alice Sarah makes it lose flow for me.

What's your surname (or surname initial)? If it's S I'd suggest avoiding both combinations for the initials....

trin surname begins with e but does have a 'ston' in it.

So maybe Iona Sarah doesn't sound as odd as I thought and might be worth considering then?

Nobody has yet convinced me that Bessie is a good name.
I don't understand the concern about S's. My DD has three forenames, she is only ever called her first name and last name.

Concern about S's as the surname? Poor child would have the initials ASS or IBS...

I'm not 'concerned' about the double s between Alice and Sarah, just saying that it doesn't trip off the tongue for me. If that doesn't bother you, score!

no trin surname starts 'e' but has a 'ston' sound in it, so initials wouldn't be that unfortunate luckily!

52Girls - don't know why you've got it in for me (or the name Bessie) but I don't really care either!

I really don't know what you're on about now Smother.

Iona is beautiful, but Bessie really doesn't go with it. Iona Bess would be more elegant - and it would still be a way of paying tribute.

I really like them both Think Alice is the more popular safe option. Both good

Love Bessie :) What about Betsy?

Both very different names to me. Alice sarah sounds traditional whereas I don't know any Ionas so that sounds more unusual. Both nice though.