Hermione - thoughts?

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Is it just too 'Harry Potter'? How about Grace Hermione?

I love Hermione and always have even before HP

I think it's very HP but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not sure how one wears it day to day - if you are the kind of family that affectionately shortens names, where does it go?

Grace is a very popular name and although it's great as a middle name I wouldn't recommend it as a first name any more - think Sarah or Laura for 1980s babies

Nice as a middle name. Still very HP though.

Just go for it if you like it. Don't worry about HP.

Btw I like the name. Classy!

It is a pleasant name but it does scream HP

Grace is the name people choose when they can't think if anything else

That isn't true Grace has been one of my favourites for years. It also doesn't scream a certain time period...

I kind of understand what 2014 means. Grace is perfectly nice but is a little unimaginative and safe.

But if you like it then that's what matters here OP.

I really really don't like it but I think I'm in the minority.

I don't like Hermione at all, and yes, to me it's very HP.

I like it as a middle name, although it does make me think of Harrry Potter.

It's annoying when something you've liked forever gets super popular, but that doesn't change its popularity. Nothing wrong with being a 1980s Sarah Jane but every third child in her class will be Grace or Rose somewhere on the birth certificate.

It has a nice sound. I like it.

Too HP.

I have a Hermione. It's shortened to H or Miney (poss outing myself here!). It was chosen from a list I had of names from Shakespeare plays (it's from A Winter's Tale) but we were happy with the HP link too.

Not easy to learn to write and we get a lot of birthday cards, etc with it wrongly spelt.

Probably will get jokes in the playground, like 'Where's Harry?' 'Are you going to marry Ron?' and such like.

Might get a little tedious for her...

I love it.

And agree with 2014. Every other child seems to be Something Grace. And here it's Olivia Grace or Eve Grace a gogo.

Yeah but Grace wouldn't be the middle name.

I think Hermione Grace is lovely.

My dd has a name made popular by Frozen, some people mention it, most don't and she really suits it.

I absolutely adore the name Hermione! Sadly, a friend got there first but it's so fab. Grace is very "meh" in comparison, sorry.

I think it's a beautiful name.

My oldest dearest friend has a Grace and my Godson's mother is a Hermione.

Those 2 names remind me of lovely people I have in my life

Dd is Grace Olivia

She's 10. She's the only Grace in her entire school. Considering I was a 19 year old single mum (and a complete chav at the time), I feel I could have done worse

I like Hermione. Even if I do want to pronounce it Herm-ee-own.

I don't like Hermione. It's very Harry Potter but I just don't think it's an attractive name, anyway.
Grace I do like. It's simple, classic and elegant.

I know a Hermione nn Minnie, I love it

Honestly the Harry potter thing is more of an issue with the mums. I have a Hermione and she loves her name and the fact that she is the only one in school with it!. She is also rather proud to be associated with Hermione Granger as she is a clever clogs. We have had no issues at all with it and it is a lovley name. Go for it!.