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Mary or April or Lilly or Gracie!?

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lovenest · 10/05/2011 12:45

I have been obsessing over names for a year now and am still at it! It would be lovely to just choose a name and draw a line under it once and for all! didn't have this problem with my first 2 DC.

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MercurySoccer · 10/05/2011 12:47

Those are all lovely names :)

Mary - classic and underused
April - very pretty and quite unusual
Lilly - lovely name though very popular, would use Lily spelling
Gracie - very pretty, would use as nickname for Grace

daimbardiva · 10/05/2011 13:05

All nice - April is my least favourite, followed by Mary. I love both Gracie and Lilly (though would favour the single l spelling)

Emelene · 10/05/2011 13:21

Grace is my little sister's name. I love it. :) I would only use Gracie as a nn for Grace though. :)
I like April too.

RamblingRosa · 10/05/2011 13:23

April is my favourite.

MelinaM · 10/05/2011 15:35

Love Grace, agree that Gracie for a nn onlySmile

Mary I find very plain, and Lily although very pretty is far too popular for my liking.

April is okay, but unless DD was born in April I'd find it a little bizarre!

speakercorner · 10/05/2011 16:24

Mary - I nearly used this. Think it is simple and lovely. A friend suggested the nn Merry which I thought sweet.
April - Pretty
Lilly - Used to love it, but know loads.
Gracie - Used to like it and know quite a few. Pretty though.

EricNorthmansMistress · 11/05/2011 22:58

Lily and Grace are incredibly popular, and though lovely, I would avoid for that reason. Mary and April are lovely, classic names. I like both. Also Maria and Marrianne.

EricNorthmansMistress · 11/05/2011 23:01

I have been obsessing over names for a year now

Are you an elephant? Wink

Bue · 12/05/2011 15:12

Definitely Mary! Simple, classic and underused. April is nice too. The other two are very popular, and I don't think they have the class of Mary tbh.

HollyfromBath · 12/05/2011 15:45

Gracie is my favourite :) It was on our list too

oohlaalaa · 12/05/2011 15:48

Mary - lovely
April - lovely, also love June
Lilly - prefer Lily spelling
Gracie - I just think Greasy. Sorry

BatFlattery · 13/05/2011 18:22

Much prefer April or Mary - Lilly and Gracie/Grace very over-used at the moment.

ZZZenAgain · 13/05/2011 18:23

From that list, the only one I would use is Mary

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issy123 · 13/05/2011 20:14

April love this name.

minceandchop · 13/05/2011 20:21

I like April and Mary

TidyDancer · 13/05/2011 20:32

I like all the names in a way. Not keen on the double L spelling for Lily or the NN version of Grace, but they are sweet names.

Jonnyfan · 14/05/2011 22:16

April is common
Gracie is common in that it is popular
Lilly is meh
Mary is rather old fasioned, unless you are Catholic

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