Ingrid or Amelie

[MaLittleBubbas]

hi- previously made thread 'sister for Violet', and after a lot of lovely suggestions, nothing beat Ingrid or Amelie!
I prefer Amelie but DH prefers Ingrid, but we can't decide on one!
also, I forgot to mention she's four days old and I'm feeling a bit stressed because she needs a name
Big sister is Violet.
Which do you prefer and why? thank you x

I prefer Amelie.

Ingrid is harsh, unless you have a lovely accent from a Scandinavian country. In Grid makes me think of cattle grids for some reason.

Ingrid. It pairs well with Violet, it's unusual without being weird, like it's meaning and someone in the other thread said about the nn Inky, so cute!

Amelie is just bland to me and very common in my area.

If she suits either then it'll be the right decision either way

Amelie. Might be my accent but I don’t like the way Ingrid sounds.

I prefer Ingrid but I think Amelie goes better with Violet as they are both 'softer' sounding names.

I love Ingrid, Amelie seems fairly popular. If my DD didn’t already have an ‘I’ name I’d use Ingrid if I was even having a baby!

I vote Amelie! I much prefer it

Ingrid is amazing! Strong, uncommon and substantial. I do like Amelie but it seems a bit eternally childish. Definitely Ingrid.

I prefer Amelie.

I think it's really overused, but I prefer the sound to Ingrid. Ingrid just has such a harsh/ugly sound, like Bridget. I think I'm just not a fan of the g and d sounds in a name.

Violet is also quite 'of the moment' so it goes better with Amelie in that respect too.

Some in-between names you might like?

Iliana
Imelda
Isolde

Thank you for the replies :) she actually suits both names. DH just said he really doesn’t mind and I can choose either, but every time I try and pick one I realise its a decision I (and she) will have to live with for the rest of our lives!

Idalia is another

Love Ingrid, cool and unusual. You could soften it with a nickname. Amelie is to me a bit insipid and Milly as nn is very popular. As for Ingrid being Scandanavian, well Amelie is French so in both cases you are using a name from another culture.

Amalia
Adalia

I also wonder if Enid might appeal as its slightly softer with just the d not the g also

Heidi is super cool

Actually Astrid is probably the 50/50 name

Also Elodie

Ok I’ll stop now

Isolde is gorgeous as is Ingrid. Amelie is nice but over used imo

Nancy

Amelie, it’s FAR nicer.

Ingrid is serious & stuffy (sorry, but I’m helping your DD out here!)

Ingrid. Amelie, like Emily, is wet, feeble, insipid. I have never understood the appeal of names like that.

Amelie

Definitely not Ingrid. I had a friend at school with it as a middle name and people made fun of her incessantly for years

Love Ingrid!

Variations of Amelie/Amelia/Emilia etc are too popular these days for my taste

Depends if you want something common or slightly unusual. In DD (aged 5)'s class there is an Amelia, an Amelie, an Emily, an Emilia and two additional Millys. (At least one of the Emilia/Amelies are NN Milly as well!)

So I'd go for Ingrid.

We also know two other Amelies and an Amelia who are not in dds class, but around that age. 🤷

I much prefer Amelie