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Abigail, Alice, Phoebe or something else?

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CakeInMyFace · 30/06/2015 15:20

Ok I've never posted on this board before, so here goes. These are the 3 names me and dh are considering for dd2 and I'd like to know which one everyone likes best.

We'd likely shorten Abigail to Abby from the get go as we both prefer Abby but want to give out DD the option of the longform. I'm not sure about Phoebe but my dh loves this name, he wanted it for our first!

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NadiaWadia · 30/06/2015 15:23

They are all nice names, but I like Alice the best, it's beautiful.

Sophronia · 30/06/2015 17:28

I like Abigail and Alice, but not keen on Phoebe.

StrawberryMojito · 30/06/2015 17:32

Love Alice, like phoebe, not keen on Abigail.

Maybe also consider Anna, Annabelle, Jessica, Victoria.

GinUpGirl · 30/06/2015 17:39

I have a 26 year old sister called Phoebe - mum would never have chosen it now because of the popularity, but I think it is gorgeous.

Fridgedooropen · 30/06/2015 17:42

Love Phoebe. Alice next, then Abigail.

Hairylegs007 · 30/06/2015 17:44

Adore Alice. Timeless.

ashesandfire · 30/06/2015 17:58

Alice! Love it.
Have an irrational hatred of Phoebe.

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CakeInMyFace · 30/06/2015 18:36

Hmm. Thanks all. Am leaning towards Alice I think plus it goes well with our surname and dd's name.

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fionadal · 30/06/2015 20:25

Love Alice! Not so keen on the others.

OrnamentalAsAnything · 30/06/2015 20:33

Abigail, with Alice as the middle name.

FatSwan · 30/06/2015 20:36

I'm biased towards Abigail Wink

Then Alice.

CoodleMoodle · 30/06/2015 20:36

Alice, but I'm biased as it's DD's middle name Smile

eatyouwithaspoon · 30/06/2015 20:41

Not keen on Abigail, like the other 2 particularly Alice.

LemonYellowSun · 30/06/2015 20:47

I love the name Alice. Beautiful.

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 30/06/2015 21:53

Love Phoebe!

areyoubeingserviced · 30/06/2015 22:02

Love Abigail

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toobreathless · 02/07/2015 23:38

Abigail and Phoebe are ok.

Alice is 'A Lice' I can't get over this so really dislike it.

BikeRunSki · 02/07/2015 23:51

But the singular of "lice" is "louse", and the " i" is soft in Alice and hard in Lice.

turdfairynomore · 03/07/2015 00:05

Don't get me wrong I LOVE Alice but is it just a NI thing to hear the "unofficial" additional Smokie lyric........"Alice? Who the f**k is Alice?"

swimmerforlife · 03/07/2015 04:17

Abigail is fabulous, was out top runner but we had a DS.

Not keen on Alice.

Phoebe is okay.

Mehitabel6 · 03/07/2015 05:12

All lovely.
Abigail and Alice joint first and Phoebe third.

BikeRunSki · 03/07/2015 08:01

I'm called Alice. The "WTF is Alice...." Lyrics are mildly annoying and come up very infrequently.

WasabiNuts · 03/07/2015 14:56

My name is Abigail Alice! Choose that!

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CakeInMyFace · 05/07/2015 07:41

Thanks for the replies, mostly positive (yay!) have decided against Pheobe and now also thinking Sophie. Its just so popular that I'm not sure. I never had this much trouble choosing dd1's name! We have a slightly unusual (Greek) surname so it's tricky getting names to work!

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