The baby girl with no name.

[birchykel]

Hey all, I have 5wks left till my baby girl is born. I thought we had her name sorted but now my OH has changed his mind but come up with nothing else. We had decided on Alice Josephine but would just be Alice. I am stuck on it as I think its pretty and my nan was named it. Does anyone have any other suggestions taking into consideration I am tired of the same old ones that I keep finding when looking on name websites.
Appreciate any help.
Thank u.xxx

Would your OH prefer the name spelt Alys? I'm not sure why, but I do - it's a different name almost.

How about Eloise?

I like that spelling its very nice. My OH is concerned because our surname is Wells so when you say Alice Wells he thinks it sounds like Alice swells.....which I can see his point.

xx

Lucy
Eliza
Sophie
Maria
Mariah

How about just flippin the names around? Josephine Alice is lovely.

would you consider josephine alice . josephine is lovely

althea
alethea
alison possibly a bit dated but known as alice
ailish alice in gaelic

would your dh consider calling her alice jo to avoid the alice swells problem
or and i know hyphenated names are despised on mumsnet maybe in this case it might be an option and could possibly work
eg alice-anne josephine
alice-ruth josephine
alice-hope "
alice -joy "
alice -faith
alice -june "

Alicia?
Ailsa?

Both go well with your surname (and I think Alice scans fine with it too!)

Other suggestions in similar vein:
Tess
harriet
May/Maya
Elena
Hannah
Esther
Freya
Felicity
Anna
Amelia
Laura/Lauren
Sophie/Sophia
Imogen
Susannah
Lydia
Matilda (Tilly)

oh yeah, i see his point too!

What about Celia. That has the same letters in it as Alice !

Josephine Alice with Posy as a nn?

Flipping the name around I may consider, but I do like the hyphenated idea even though lots of people frown at this hee hee. I also like Ailish so will have a think.
Anymore ideas please please keep them coming.

xxx

Alica/ alisa- nn lissy

Alicia (was on my list for DD but DH didnt like it)
A good friend of mine is josephine with pheeny as her nn which i think is lovely

Josephine Alice is lovely.

Or, I actually rather like 'The Baby Girl With No Name', as in your thread title. It has quite a nice ring to it.

I agree with your DH.

Suggestions:

Alison
Emily
Katherine
Marianne
Lydia
Lorna
Mary

Amelia Josephine
Emelia Josephine
Clarice Josephine
Clara Josephine

Thanks for replies, we have spoke a lot today about it. My OH likes Alice - Jo although still thinks its mouthful....don't see how. He also like elsie which is nice but I just feel that Alice is the right name....prob sounds weird but it just feels right. I don't mind calling her Alice-Jo Wells. Any thoughts on that ladies? Xxx

It does have a nice ring to it and goes well with your surname. It would be pretty much unique too.

You've probably thought of it already but what about Alyssa/Alissa? Sounds very similar to Alice but cuts out the "swells" sound .

i love alice-had it as an option for my second daughter as well as laura-beth, leah and olivia, Alesha/alicia is gud too-still similar to alice

Prefer Alice to Alice-Jo.

Alice and Josephine are both lovely. I think Alice is fine with your surname.

Eden
Elsie
Betsy
Mable

All sound lovely with Alice as middle name

Ailish is not Alice in Irish (don't know about Scots Gaelic). It's Elizabeth.

mathanxiety both the oxford and penguin dictionary of baby names state that Ailish is the irish /gaelic equivalent of Alice while Eilis is the equivalent of Elizabeth .

Alicia Josephine or Alyssa Josephine perhaps

Ailish isn't an Irish spelling. It's an anglicisation of Eilis (pronounced Eye-lish or Ail-ish depending on your accent).

it may be an anglicisation but is listed in most name books and www.babynamesofireland.com as an irish version of alice

How crazy is that...

mathanxiety i was surprised too ,i grew up in ireland and always it was eilis for elizabeth . it was while we were considering a name for dd4 that we noticed that ailis /ailish was considered a form of alice and as alice had been on my shortlist it stuck in the mind . unfortunately dh vetoed all three .

Thanks all for ur advice and suggestions. Still not sure but u have helped. Xx