Help me find a name like Alice

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I love the name Alice – its classic, works for any age group and (I don’t think) too popular. DH on the other hand can’t get over the fact he knew an Alice at university who he, and most of his friends all had a fling with…

So, we have been trying to think of other girls names. On the shortlist are the following, but none of them are quite as good as Alice for me.

Abigail
Bridget
Emma
Imogen
Natasha
Eva

What do you think of the shortlist and can you think of any others?

I’m not keen on names ending in ‘y’.

Middle names are sorted and will be family names.

If it helps, our boy name shortlist is Matthew or Joseph.

How about Heidi?

Not keen on Bridget

Like Eva best

Your list is very similar to ours - DH loved Alice but I wasn't so sure (similar reason to your DH's)

We also liked Elizabeth, Emma, Catherine, Rebecca

Elissa
Alicia
Alison
Lucinda
Linda

Or Adelaide (I LOVED this) - Alice comes from Adelaide

Ingrid
Evelyn
Hannah
Adele

Imogen is nicest from your alternatives to Alice list imo. How about:
Esther
Harriet
Anna
Lydia
Juliet

Alex?

I like Imogen from the ones listed here.

Abigail - love it. Would have considered it but my sister and a cousin's child are both called it.
Bridget - it's ok. I've never met one.
Emma - nice enough but I can't get excited about it
Imogen - lovely
Natasha - love it. Would have considered it but a cousin's child is called it.
Eva - really like it.

I think I'd choose Natasha from your list.

Children I know with these names and Alice have sisters called:
Rebecca
Hannah
Chloe
Alyssa
Laura
Jennifer
Madeleine
Matilda
Isabella
Anna
Isla
Zia
Emily
Felicity

Abigail is lovely.
Emily
Iris

Love Alice. It's dd's middle name - and a family name. Shame you can't persuade DH but i understand!!

Other names that go well with it (but may be a bit more controversial) are:

Violet (but maybe too girly/not strong enough);
Eve (prefer the English 'Eve' to 'Eva', with more continental origins although still nice!)
Edith/Edie
Beatrice/Bea
Connie/Constance

As I said, probably rather marmite names - quite a few people won't like them!

Oh - and I love Iris by the way. Iris Murdoch is a very cool namesake...

Miriam?
Martha?

Would Alys change association for dh?

I like the suggestion of Heidi as being similar to Alice. Possibly connecting them because it was Heidi from Adelheid?

How about Celia? (An anagram of Alice!)

I love Clara.

Ellen

DD is Alice - but she was nearly Ellen

Hannah also feels like a similar name.

Alix
Elisa
Lisa
Elise
Elea
Alison
Alexi/Alexis/Alexa/

Aleydis
Alix
Adela
Alina
Aleida
Ada
Anna
Clara
Cecily
Catherine
Claire
Eliza
Elise
Esther
Elisa
Florence
Flora
Fleur
Grace
Harriet
Helena
Isabelle
Josephine
Jane
Lucy
Lydia
Louisa
Mary
Marie
Noelle
Olive
Penelope
Philippa
Rosalind
Rose
Sophie
Susannah
Violet
Willa

Elise? Iola? Alisa? Ellis? Last one could be a boy name though

Ailish

Martha
Tess tessa

Elinor