Thoughts?

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Grace?!

William or George?!

Thoughts?

Thank you @PrincessLouis

I love your suggestions. I'm not sure why people are so unnecessarily mean about the names. 🙈

I like them - nothing wrong with classic names, they've stood the test of time for a reason! Some of the 'more exciting' names on here will go out of fashion soon IMO. Stick with what you like!

I like all three.

William and George are lovely and classic.

Grace however I don't agree. Really dull and bland. Can't offer another alternative that I can think as similar off the top of my head.

I like Grace and William a lot. Both are timeless classic names. And nor do I know loads of either. A couple of each in their 20s. No one younger at all. I’m not keen on George. I don’t know why. It has a bit of a stodgy image to me. Hope and Honor are similar to Grace. I also think Mary, Jane, Margaret are good and fresh while still being classic. Frances? Elizabeth, Eleanor and Beatrice are great too. For boys, Edward, Ribert, Charles, Richard, or New Testament classics like Peter, Michael, John, etc. Old Testament names for boys have been in fashion for 20 years and will date soon, so I’d avoid those.

I really don’t like William or George. They make me think of rosy cheeked chubby baby faced men. Like a Boris Johnson type - posh but no amount of money could make them appealing. Grace sounds nice if popularity doesn’t worry you.

They are all three quite boring because they're so common. In addition I dislike the Willi part of William.

There are SO many names to choose from!

William and George are lovely classics
I really don’t like Grace but not sure why

Similar style names that I love:
Edward
Benjamin
Lucy
Clara

Also someone might think ‘boring play it safe’ but going for something really unusual as is the current fashion says the opposite to some ‘desperate to be noticed’.
No matter what name you choose it’ll have negative connotations to some.

Also someone might think ‘boring play it safe’ but going for something really unusual as is the current fashion says the opposite to some ‘desperate to be noticed’.

More like 'desperate to find a name that identifies you without having to add a surname initial and that doesn't sound dated in a few years time'

Love them all. Classic, timeless and classy names!

They are all nice but very popular where I live

My DS has a name that that has been offered as an alternative by a several people on this thread, it is a "normal", "ordinary" "classic" "biblical" "boring" "dull" (insert as per your view) name and he is the only one in his year at school. There is 1 other of the name in the 2 form of entry primary (so 14 classes). Many of the "unusual" "modern" "trendy" "unique" "made-up sounding" (insert as per your view) names are known as Bear B and Honey T because they are the names that are repeated in the year. The only repeated name in my DSs class was number 50 something in popularity the year they were born so looking outside of the top 50 doesn't guarantee that your child will be the only one. Choose a name you love, make sure its not the name of a serial killer and that it doesn't give rude initials and go for it. No name will be loved by everyone. There is a much wider pool of names used now so even the number one name isn't likely to four in the class like the Claires and Stephens when I was at school.