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Alba Rose - girls name- your thoughts

63 replies

gemlouise123 · 13/07/2014 11:46

Ok so previously I had posted on Sorrel Bea as a little girls name and had some really useful feedback. Since then my husband has said he isn't keen.

He likes Alba Rose- any thoughts?

I also like Thistle

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squoosh · 13/07/2014 11:53

Alba and Thistle, quite the Scottish theme there.

Anyway, no, no, NO to Thistle. It's a bit spikey. Alba reminds me of cheap electrical goods.

Sorrel is so much better than both of these other two options.

Needhelppls · 13/07/2014 11:58

I like Rose not keen on Alba just not my kind of name but not horrible just no where near as nice as Rose

Theonlyoneiknow · 13/07/2014 12:03

Sorry Really not keen on Alba. Same as make of stereos etc.

IceRocket · 13/07/2014 12:14

I really like it, didn't make me think of electrical's Smile

RustyBear · 13/07/2014 12:18

A child in one of the Brother Cadfael books is called Rosalba, which I think sounds nicer.

I also know a girl called Thistlerose (though she now calls herself just Thistle) I really like it, though maybe that's because the girl herself is lovely.

upyourninja · 13/07/2014 12:18

I really like both Alba and rose. It doesn't remind me of cheap electrical goods - just Time Traveller's Wife, the Scots word for Scotland, and Latin for 'white'.

Rose is a very popular middle name now but I don't suppose it matters much.

Alisvolatpropiis · 13/07/2014 12:27

It's nice.

OwlCapone · 13/07/2014 12:29

Alba sounds and looks really ugly to me.

Anyway, no, no, NO to Thistle. It's a bit spikey

As is Holly. :)

curiousgeorgie · 13/07/2014 12:35

Sorrel is lovely...

Alba just makes me think Jessica Alba.

DefiniteMaybe · 13/07/2014 12:38

I like Alba Rose I think it's really pretty.

JeanetteDanielsBenziger · 13/07/2014 12:40

I love alba rose. Very pretty.

pilates · 13/07/2014 12:40

I prefer Alberta Rose, with Alba as a nickname.

gemlouise123 · 13/07/2014 12:55

I love that. Thistlerose! Thanks for your feed back. It doesn't make me think of electrical goods which is good!

I know Rose has annoyingly become the middle name of the year!

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strawberrydaquari · 13/07/2014 13:10

I know a scotia rose, any good to you?
I love the name Alba

AuntieBrenda · 13/07/2014 13:12

I know one! Delightful name! Do it Smile

Cpt1sock · 13/07/2014 13:34

I like Alba, didn't think of electrical goods until someone pointed it out. Not keen on thistle. Rose is a lovely middle name, goes perfectly with either.

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 13/07/2014 13:40

Thistlerose is brilliant - really brilliant. It shouldn't be but it is!

Go on OP... Lissy, Rosie for short.

Alba I don't like, really. Lots of people will associate with the electrical company or with Jessica Alba. Alba Rose together is pretty twee. And alone, it just isn't a very attractive word. And Rose as a middle name is so popular that it has lost all meaning, lovely though it is.

squoosh · 13/07/2014 13:46

Thistlerose? Hmm Confused

SantanaLopez · 13/07/2014 14:03

Please do not name your daughter Thistle. It isn't pretty at all.

Alba is lovely.

momb · 13/07/2014 14:20

Alba Rose is the name of a jewellery store.
They are lovely names but I wouldn't name a son Mark Spencer for the same reason!

burgatroyd · 13/07/2014 15:21

How about Thisbe? Genuine name and has the thistle sound.
I like Alberta.
Other names you might like... Hyacinth, Wisteria (wish nn) Vera?

gemlouise123 · 13/07/2014 15:35

I did see that it is a jewellery shop when I googled it. But I don't really care about that.

Rose is just so pretty it's a shame it's now so over used but I do love it as a middle name.

I like Alberta - she could be Alba or Bertie for short.

Thank you for the other suggestions. I love Thisbe but OH won't have it.

She is due really soon and I am still none the wiser for a name. I thought 9 months would be long enough to decide!

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Provencalroseparadox · 13/07/2014 15:42

I really like Alba. It is the name of a character in Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits

burgatroyd · 13/07/2014 15:43

He won't have Thisbe but will have Thistle? Confused

Thistlerose is a little odd, IMO! How about Thisalee, like Thisalee crow from world of Warcraft?

tonsattingforbjudes · 13/07/2014 15:48

Please beware of Thistle (thinks of many children I have known with a lisp)