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Contemplating the name Olive for our daughter. Surname is Ward.

DH says that out loud it sounds like you're saying "all aboard!" Is this a dealbreaker or thinking too much into it?!

Changing our surname is off the table unfortunately 😂 DH does actually like Olive, but I think once he made the connection to All Aboard he can't get it out of his head!

We prefer old fashioned names - I like names that make you wonder if it's a baby or an 80 year old 😬

Thanks for the opinions, will keep brainstorming...

Was considering Eloise for a middle name, maybe that would be better as a first?

I love Olive, always makes me think of little miss sunshine 😍.
Much prefer Olive to Violet.
I was going to suggest Maud haha Maud Ward is too much rhyme.

I wouldn't have noticed it but now you've pointed it out I would think it every time I heard it. Which I guess will be the same for you and DH. I love Eloise, much nice than Olive in my opinion.

We prefer old fashioned names - I like names that make you wonder if it's a baby or an 80 year old 😬

How about:

Valerie Ward
Vivian Ward
Verity Ward
Vera Ward
Iris Ward
Irene Ward
Agnes Ward
Dorothy Ward
Mabel Ward
Elspeth Ward

Forgot one:

Mavis Ward

(I have a soft spot for the name Mavis, I think because so many people dislike it )

Add a middle name?

I don't think Olive or Violet flow with Ward, I like Eloise and it works well

Flower + Ward sounds like a hospital ward.

Contrary to pp, most people are known as Firstname Surname, adding a middle name won't really help.

Holly Ward
Viola Ward
Joanie Ward
Dorothy Ward (Dot / Dotty nn)
Florence Ward (Flo / Flossie nn)
Ruby Ward
Lily Ward
Edie Ward
Elsie Ward (I love that one!)
Evelyn Ward (Evie nn)

Any of those?

How about
Ethel
Margot
Vera
Constance
Betty
Winifred
Cora
Myrtle

Florence is a front runner as well, just not sure if it's a bit too fussy...

Love Elsie and was the name of my great-grandmother, too popular though?

Also like Mabel but DH doesn't agree.

We will be having a middle name but she won't be referred to as first name-middle name so probably won't help.

So difficult!

Stick with Olive, I love it! You really don’t hear it all that often but I think it has such character. Florence, Elsie, Mabel are still lovely but much more popular.

Violet is also beautiful but I’d be swayed more towards Olive

I'm going to be harsh here. It sounds like a ward in my local hospital Oak Ward, Ash Ward, Olive Ward (there isn't actually an olive ward as far as I know). Apart from that it's lovely and not really like all aboard.

Florence and Elsie are lovely too

I love it.

Olive Ivy

I’ll lend you my granny’s name if you like - Odette. Gives you the ‘O’ first name, goes nicely with Ward, has old fashioned credentials. I’d have used it myself if we didn’t have a lot of ‘t’s in our surname that meant the full version jars a bit.

Love Florence and Elsie. Less keen on Olive and Violet.

It does make me think all aboard

It does sound like 'all aboard' to me!

I would avoid it tbh

Winnifred
Gwendolyn
Ruth
Iris
Edith
Hazel
Nora
Wendy
Elspeth
Heidi
Jemima
Tabitha
Josephine
Heather

Olive is lovely but I do think it sounds a bit like all aboard with your last name, sorry!

Florence, Elsie and Eloise are all nice. I would pick Eloise, I think.

I love the name Olive

It's a great name.

I love Olive. I don't think of 'all aboard' even after saying it to myself a few times. If you love it...go for it! But Eloise is also very beautiful and sounds great with your surname.