Front runners are; Alice, Sadie, Elizabeth and Thea. Thoughts?

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Hi ladies. We are expecting our DD to arrive in 2 weeks- and are stuck on deciding between the above names. Here are our thoughts... Alice is my granny's name, so has a family connection and has always been my favourite, but my DH thinks it's too "normal" in comparison to our DS's name (Zachary).
We both like Sadie, but have a concern about people thinking it is a dog's name- our neighbour has a dog called Sadie- and there are also no nicknames really. Also not sure if the Sa sound is too similar to Za.
Elizabeth is also a bit "normal" in comparison to Zachary, but I love the NN Lizzie.
And then finally, Thea- this is my DH's favourite- but I wonder if it's too current, and there also isn't an obvious nickname. Thanks in advance for your help!

Alice. Beautiful and classic
Thea. Lots of popping up but nice
Elizabeth. I think probably a bit boring
Sadie. Horrid connections for me but that's not at all your problem! I know one other who is about 3 now.....

We'll, Thea is short for theadora (e) isn't it so use full name? There are lots of nicknames for Elizabeth: elspeth , Lizzie, Beth , Betsy, Liza, lisabet, so endless permutations.
Alice is lovely but not much you can do with it (ally ?) and I love Sadie. It is pronounced say- dee isn't it so totally different from Zak-ER-ee.
Not much help but I love Thea. ( hard T not as it ' the' if you use the Greek pronounciation as we do). And I love Elizabeth and all it's permutations, wish there hadn't been one of the cousins or it would be one of dd's names!

Alice is the only one i like am afraid! i think they all go with Zachary though :)

Love alice & thea

Alice and Elizabeth are perfectly nice, normal, boring names with not much personality.

Thea is okay, maybe works better as a short version of Theodora

I like Sadie but think it sounds better as a nickname for a slightly longer name - Sadia, maybe? Nice name

Dont go for Thea (really nice BTW) as she will be called Fear by persons that cannot pronounce TH.

I like Thea with Zachary.

But Thea isn't pronounced 'th' its a hard 't' so no problem- like Theresa isn't the-reesa, is it?

Sadie is a bit too similar to Zachary IMO.

Alice and Elizabeth are lovely names. With Elizabeth you have such a wide choice of shortenings to use if you want to too.

Absolutely love Thea, but I would pronounce it "TH" rather than "T", not sure if that's right?

Elizabeth
Alice
Thea
Sadie
In that order. Elizabeth is a beautiful name, as is Alice.
Anna is another similar name.
Not sure about Thea or Sadie. They're not in the same league I don't think.

I love Alice and Elizabeth, they are both beautiful names, traditional but not overly common.

I think Sadie is a lovely name. Elizabeth is nice too, and has lots of good nicknames - Beth, Liz, Lizzie.

Alice is ok, but to me it's very much a girl's name. Personally, I don't think it sounds quite right on an adult woman. I guess it's the Alice in Wonderland thing.

I always think of Sadie being a pet name for Sarah. I love it though.

Like all of them and all of them go with Zachary but Alice is my favourite.

I love Thea but the th sound would put me off.

But Thea isn't pronounced 'th' its a hard 't'

Not in English, it isn't. Maybe you're thinking of Tia?

I would rank them like this:

1. Alice is beautiful
2. Elizabeth is nice, and very classic, with a wide choice of shortenings (Beth, Lizzie, Libby, Betty, Eliza, etc)
3. Sadie is nice and quirky in a good way.
4. Thea is fine, you couldn't really object to it.

I think Sadie. It is a bit more unusual. I love Alice but think it's gaining in popularity. Elizabeth is a good classic and Thea is pretty but feels like a nickname.

Alice and Elizabeth are both lovely classic names. Unlike a pp I think Alice is suitable for a grown up: Alice Walker, Dr Alice Roberts, Alice Arnold are a few non cute Alices that spring to mind.

Sadie is a dogs name to me, sorry, and I don't think it passes the serious grown up test either.

Thea is ok, but i think its a bit trendy at the moment and may date, if that matters to you.

I absolutely love Alice, I've not suggested it to DP yet incase he doesn't like it!
I think a pp mentioned Eliza instead of Elizabeth which is lovely and possibly a little less "normal" to keep your DH happy.

Love Thea. How about Elspeth?

Elisabeth

Had to post for the first time in ages to tell you that I have a 3yo DS Zachary and 8 mo DD Alice. Obviously I think they go beautifully together Also really like Elizabeth and Thea. You have good taste

No I'm not thinking of a completely different name! I have 2 friends who are Thea and both are hard 't'. Just as Theresa is hard 't'. And you pronounce it as you wish I suppose but I don't pronounce names incorrectly just because I'm English! I guess having a 'foreign' name make me a stickler for that. As a teacher I had lots of pupils from outside uk and I didn't force them to say their names in the 'English' way.

Like Alice (I have one myself). She is often referred to a whizz or Ali.

Sadie will end up Sade, they probably pronounced Fea and Elizabeth Will be Lizzy so depends which of those you li best.

Elizabeth, Alice and Thea in that order.
Don't like Sadie. It seems like an abbreviation for a longer name and there are far too many ie ending names of both sexes about at the moment.