Unhelpful surname! Chloe or Freya or ?

[ToffeeJungle]

Without wanting to out myself, our 'unusual', comedy surname is Aldcock.

I want to give our adorable DD a strong but nice, pretty name (though nothing too flowery / frilly) to off-set the burden of the surname.

The surname does rule some names out for me - for example I wouldn't use Carrie (Carry Old Cock) and I don't like alliteration so would rule out something like Anna.

Current thoughts are Chloe or Freya - what do you think?

Bearing in mind Aldcock might be said as Old Cock (hilarious I know!) - and does Freya Aldcock sound like Fray A Old Cock or am I over thinking?????!

As if choosing a name isn't hard enough! Darn surname!!!

I think you might be over thinking it a bit OP, I don't think Freya will be a problem at all. I love them both but Freya is more unusual I think. Thea would be good too.

I wouldn't use either as the surname is already one to spell not adding first names that needs to be spelt too.

I wouldn't have said Chloe was a name that you needed to spell out to people????!!

'Freya Aldcock' is also quite hard to say as there are two 'a's next to one another, you have to sort of pause between them. 'Chloe Aldcock' rolls of the tongue. Having said that, they're both beautiful names, and people will find something to laugh at in all names. My real name, for example, was fine then someone got very famous with the exact same name so I can't say it anywhere!!!

I'm so glad someone else said it sounds like "frayed old cock" before I did. Or possibly "Fray yer old cock".

Lilian Aldcock sounds nice, and not too similar to your son's name.

How about Elizabeth? Beth/Lizzy sound fine with your surname.

Rosalind? Harriet?

Alice? I know you're not fond of alliteration but a) I think alliteration is very cool and everyone I know with such a name really loves it b) it works totally differently from Anna (love that name too :)) because of the hard "ss" sound at the end.

I can see how boys' names must have been easier!