Which name as first and which as middle? So torn!

[moonriver32]

Due my first and have narrowed girls names down to two, but can't decide which order to use them in?

Alice Fern (Surname) or
Fern Alice (Surname)

Have always loved Alice, classic and simple but is in the top 25 girls names and I don't see it going anywhere so wondering if she might be one of a few in her class at school.

Fern was always going to be a middle name no matter what first name we chose but I'm now wondering if it would be a shame not to use it as a first! Just doesn't give any room for nicknames being one syllable so she would always just be Fern.

Any opinions gratefully received! We've been backwards and forwards over many alternatives but always come back to these two so we're pretty set on the names themselves just not the order 😂

I would go Fern. But you'll know when you see her. We had a top 2 then decided on something completely different when baby arrived.
Middle names are an obsession which only ever get mentioned on the day of birth & then only in passing going forward!

I have 3 family members that go by their middle names. If your daughter prefers Fern when older she can always use it instead. I doubt she will though (Alice is amazing and Fern is alright but lots of different spellings and not as elegant).

Alice Fern is lovely!

Funalice

I have a Fern (who also has an A middle name), so I'm definitely voting Fern Alice.

I prefer Alice, so Alice Fern.

Oh gosh I would be torn too, they are both lovely! I think Alice Fern sounds better together though. Agree with PP, wait till you see here!

Fern Alice. Fern is refreshing in a sea of very vowel heavy, somewhat frilly names. Alice is lovely too so use it as a middle name, even if it runs together a little first+middle names are rarely said aloud except in formal settings where you speak in a slower way. If you think about speaking your vows you didn't speak your full name with the same tempo as you give your first+surname day to day.

Alice Fern and when she is starting school tell her if there is another Alice in the class she can be called Fern in school if she wants.
I grew up with a friend who had a home name and a school name for this reason.