Our baby girl needs a name!

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Hi All,

Our beautiful daughter (DC3) is 6 days old today. We need to make a decision on her name. The name should be international, go well with her siblings Elizabeth and Edward (but not starting with E). Names left on our list are:

Alice
Rose
Annabel/Anna
Alexandra

Please share your suggestions and opinions on above.

So Elizabeth, Edward and ...? Thank you xx

I really like them all - you can't go wrong with any of them. Rose is lovely as a first name, much better than as a middle name. Anna is timeless. Alice and Alexandra have a simple gravity about them.

Anna - no contest. It goes with the others and is lovely.

So nice to see some traditional names on here, nice and "normal" when everyone is usually so bothered about being "unique" - I can't stand all these silly names but that's obviously just me

also, I think that Rose works really nicely as a middle name with all three of the other names on your list, but also doesn't quite work with Edward and Elizabeth as a first name.

Alexandra or Alexia.

I really, really can’t stand the name Alice. It’s so wet and prissy.

Amelia or Rebecca

Anna or Alice. I like Annabel but not Annabelle.
How about Margaret or Margarita and Susanna?

Margaret (lots of nn potential), Beatrice, Frances, Josephine, Anne, Victoria, Constance, Matilda, Caroline, Louisa...

Margaret is super, I think. It's a really old name and fits in well with your other DC names.

I really like all your names. Sorry that doesn’t help!

Anna or Alexandra.

Rose Alexandra.

Rosa.

Thinking about it, if I had to pick I one I would pick Alexandra because you have given your other children longer names with lots of nickname options. And Elizabeth and Alexandra are both lovely and regal, as a pp said. But Anna is beautiful, elegant and simple.

Alice or Rose

Anna

Annabel or Alexandra but only if her nn won't be Lexi

Anna or Alice - both lovely and timeless.

I also quite like Alexandra and agree that it probably goes best with Elizabeth, but it’s quite a ‘grown up’ name for a baby and I’m not keen on any of the shorter versions. Less keen on Annabel (a bit too ‘Pony Club’ for me) or Rose (bland imo).

My first thought after hearing the first two names was Catherine, but I like Anna from your list. congratulations on your new daughter!

I vote Catherine too, Kate for short perhaps.
It goes very well with her siblings. Congratulations.

Margaret was the first name that came to mind
If it needs to be form your list then probably Alexandra works better with the other names as it has more nickname/shortening options than Alice but I do like Alice!
What about Roseanna/Rosanna to combine 2 of your choices - nn Rosie if you wish ...

Margaret hasn’t come back into fashion yet but I love it and there are so many great nickname options.

Catherine/Katherine is another good one.

I think Maggie is gaining popularity.

Alexandra or Anna are both international.

Lots of great suggestions, thank you. Can't have Catherine or Margaret unfortunately.

Our favourite has always been Alice, DH loves it. I really like it too, but was not sure if it goes with Elizabeth (was worried maybe a bit similar, especially if DD name is shortened to Eliza at some point)? Also, is it too popular at the moment or ok?

Are my concerns valid or can I confidently go ahead with Alice? Thanks

Alice - lovely
Rose - beautiful
Annabel/Anna - nice
Alexandra - gorgeous

Sorry, I'm not much help. Congratulations by the way!

Rosanna
Madeline
Rosemary
Madeleine
(Ev)Angeline/a
Theodora
Victoria
Henrietta
Margarita
Penelope
Lucinda
Miranda
Persephone
Louisa
Arabella
Josephine
Aurelia
Felicity
Annabelle
Jemima
Juliet
Beatrice
Bethany
Helena
Harriet
Lavinia
Lilia
Camilla
Margot
Cassandra
Rosalind
Cecilia
Daphne
Seraphina
Eleanor
Florence
Tabitha
Verity
Charlotte
Cora
Genevieve
Isabel