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Diana or Grace?!

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alyxlndn · 03/07/2015 23:11

The final list:
Diana
Grace

Dd is expected to arrive the 16 of July and we have no clue which name to choose. We have no problems with either name. DH prefers Grace and is constantly referring to dd as Gracie already. I love the name as well, but I can't let Diana go, it's underused and beautiful, and I've always liked it. However, I do think Grace sounds better with ds(s) names, Ezra and Sasha. Surname is one syllable and begins with an F. When asked, E preferred Grace but S preferred Diana.

Middle names are family names and she will either be Grace Aurelia or Diana Mirielle.

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reuset · 03/07/2015 23:16

Diana is dated and still too connected to Princess Diana for me. Grace is lovely, if popular.

Sophronia · 03/07/2015 23:24

I prefer Diana, it's beautiful and elegant, and I think it goes better with the sibling names than Grace does.

Y0la · 03/07/2015 23:26

I don't know, I think I'd be ready for a baby Diana!

Diana has been gone for nearly 20 years now.

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 00:02

Diana. I love it.

Grace is such an insubstantial name.

GinUpGirl · 04/07/2015 00:06

Diana! Diana Vickers pulled it off well, so I can see it working on a young twenty something without a Princess vibe.

Grace is boring.

lljkk · 04/07/2015 00:10

Diana

Mommyusedtobecool · 04/07/2015 00:12

Diana. Poineant.

reuset · 04/07/2015 00:17

Poineant?

Never heard of Diana Vickers!

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 00:19

That's okay, lots of other people have heard of her.

mrstweefromtweesville · 04/07/2015 00:21

Diana is a horrible name. Take the other one, whatever it is.

reuset · 04/07/2015 00:21

Ah Google tells me X Factor That's why I've never heard of her. I'm not into that sort of TV Grin

GinUpGirl · 04/07/2015 00:24

Is Diana Ross more to your taste then? Grin

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 00:25

Of course not.

reuset · 04/07/2015 00:44

I think that question was for me, fragglehead. Grin

No to Diana Ross!

Yellowbird01 · 04/07/2015 00:51

Grace, I love it

WasabiNuts · 04/07/2015 01:17

What about Indiana?

butterfly133 · 04/07/2015 01:24

Grace. No contest. Smile

I didn't know Diana Vickers was on X factor, I don't watch it. Loved "once", great song.

HearTheThunderRoar · 04/07/2015 01:30

Grace is fab, and Gracie is a fab nn but then I am biased.

Diana is quite dated and I automatically think Princess Diana, which isn't a bad connotation but it might seem like you are massive royalists.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 04/07/2015 02:14

Grace.

Not Diana.

You can't make Grace sound wrong however you say it.

BadHenry · 04/07/2015 06:53

They are but nice but Diana edges it for me.

Very glamarous sounding. I am imagining that your surname is a red brown animal that eats chickens? If so, that is an amazing combination!

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Allthatnonsense · 05/07/2015 09:59

Diana is beautiful and definitely due a revival.

Grace is a bit dull now as there are so many.

MaudeTheMopLady · 05/07/2015 11:00

I love Diana - goddess of the hunt and moon. Goes really well with your other names.
Grace is very over popular so doesn't have the same appeal.

MamaLazarou · 05/07/2015 18:09

Definitely Diana. Graces are ten-a-penny but your Diana will be the only one in her school.

marshmallowpies · 05/07/2015 18:14

Grace was a princess too, don't forget! And an equally iconic fashion idol. I do think Grace is lovely but way too popular at the moment.