Annie or Kate

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Im 5 days overdue and till a couple of days ago we had been planning to call the baby Annika (i love, dh doesnt) Annie for short (dh loves, im fine with it). But suddenly we are thinking of Kate. What do you think. Is Kate a nice name? I don't think it's common these days. Middle name would be Alice after both our grannies.

Kate.

My DD has the MN Alice, and when I fell pg this time around Kate was on the very short list. Im having a boy so cant use it, but I love it.

Kate Alice Surname is really nice.

Kate

(Although I prefer Anna to any of them)

Kate, beautiful name. If we have a daughter she'd be Kate Elizabeth rose.

I am a Kate, and love my name, if that helps

Kate

I prefer Anna to Annie. I don't like Annika. I love Anna though.

I love Anna. I think that would be a great compromise.

Otherwise Kate is great. Of I was going for Annie, I would have Ann on the birth set as I feel Annie is a bit nicknamey IMO (bit lovely, also )

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I prefer Annie.

Annie. Kate's nice but loads of Katies.

Kate.

I have a Kate, so I'm slightly biased.

I prefer Annika or Anna or Annie.

Kate is a bit boring.

Annie

Kate is just a bit blah

I hate to be a party-pooper, and Annie is a lovely name, but... I have that sound in my name and unfortunately, some bright sparks at secondary school swapped the first letter for an F and began calling me Fanny Annie or Fanny-the-rest-of-my-actual-name . It does get annoying after a while, therefore I think that Kate is the safest option.

I prefer Kate to Annika nn. Annie, but I know loads of Kates/Katies so if popularity is a problem then I wouldn't go for it.

Fwiw I love Annabel nn. Anna.

Kate.

Annie is twee.

I like both of them but prefer Annie.

My dd is Katie short for Katherine. There are surprisingly few of them about at the moment.

I like both but prefer Annika nn Annie.

Kate. I am a Kate and I really like it! Although, also love Annie - (unhelpful!) both lovely names though.

Just as an aside - I would go for 'just' Kate rather than Katie (Katie is just a bit too twee and fancy, whereas Kate is quite a soft sound but a strong name IMO).

Dd is an Annie! Everyone has been really positive about it. Not keen on an Annika (think it sounds really dated and there is a horrid toddler I come across sometimes). Anna is also nice, but super safe.

I am a Katie, it's fine but there are always millions of us and it's a bit dull.

I have an Annie (shortened from a longer name) and I really like it, dh and I argued for ages and it wasn't my first choice but I love it now.

We did consider Kate as it's a lovely name but it's a bit dull imo and the Middleton connection not my bag.

So Annie!

Prefer Kate but prefer it as a nn for Kathryn/Katherine/Catherine etc!

Kate, by a mile!

My DSister is Alice Kate btw!

I went overdue with my DD, I hope yours doesn't keep you waiting too much longer! Good luck

Annika is lovely and much more unusual. Annie is cute. I am a big fan of 'Anna'- names!

Katharine/Catherine (or another of the many spellings) is nice too though and very classic. There's Caitlyn as well of course and Katrina etc, etc. I would put one of these on the birth certificate rather than just Kate, which is fine but IMO a bit short and nicknamey for a stand-alone name.