Should we change our Annie to a Grace?

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Still only 5 days old; not registered yet  thanks!

No! Annie is much nicer and less widely used too.

Why do you want to change?

I like them both, so it depends on which suits the baby best and how well it goes with the surname.
If you're in England or Wales you have six weeks to register, so try them both before you decide. She won't mind!

No! I love Annie, and Anne is also lovely. Grace is ten a penny at the minute

I like both. Annie is more unusual than grace but both equally pretty.

Grace is a beautiful name.
Annie is a lovely and a fun name.

How do you feel your baby fits?

I felt an violet aura around my baby girl and just named her! He name suits her, and her personality.

Congrats on your little one x

Annie-Grace would be a lovely name?

How about Anna? A bit more graceful than Annie but you could still call her Annie as a sweet nn? Congratulations

Both are lovely.

I personally feel virtue names can be a bit hard to live up to, e.g. I know a very ungraceful Grace. So on that basis, I would go for Annie. Or Anna nn Annie.

Annie is beautiful.

Grace is probably nice too but there are thousands of them and it has become a bit "oh another one", sadly.

There's an Anne, an Annie, and an Anna in my DS's reception class, and one Grace, so I'd go with the name you like best and not worry about how popular it seems.

Both lovely but I'd stick to Annie.

Grace is a bit over used at the moment but gorgeous never the less.
Annie, cute, would you consider Anna then call her Annie day to day? A bit more scope when she's an adult.
Both nice names though so go for it if you feel strongly.

Annie is gorgeous! Don't change it!

There are lots of Graces and it's becoming a bit overused.

Anne actually means grace.

Annie is nice!

I dislike Grace and feel it’s a name that pins unecessary expectations on a girl!

No, stick with Annie!

I definitely would. I don't like Annie at all. I love Anna though.

Love Annie

I like Grace but not as much as Annie

No, there are a zillion Graces. Annie is nice.

Absolutely not! Annie is a much better name ❤️

I LOVE Annie - it was right up there at the top of our list for girls all 3 times, and just got pipped to the post each time. One of our DDs also has Grace as a middle name so I clearly like it too!

I personally wouldn’t go for Annie Grace as Anne/Anna/Annie means Grace so it would be a bit like calling your child Grace Grace.

FWIW if we had used it we would have gone with Elizabeth as a middle name - partly because we love the name, partly because we thought it flowed really well as a full name, and partly because it would give the child a variety of other options should they choose to ditch Annie later in life.

(I know that might seem like an odd thing to think about, but I really don’t like my name - never have, and wish I had another name I could switch to easily. Interestingly, my DTs love their middle names so much that they use them a lot and one of them says regularly that she would like to go by her middle name officially. We use middle names a fair bit in our family so it wouldn’t be too weird to call her by her middle name. (She’s too young to make that decision now - but if when she’s a teen she sill wants to go by her middle name we will happily oblige.))

I much prefer Grace to Annie. If it was Anna and not Annie I might like that more.

Love Annie. Not so keen on Grace. Congratulations!

Annie!

Annie is really, really lovely! Stick with that. (Perhaps Anne on the BC. Not Anna - I adore it as a name too but I just don't think you can derive Annie from Anna).