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Alice / Freya / Grace

17 replies

katielou987 · 28/12/2020 21:36

We have got our list down to three names we like.. which do you prefer? Also open to new suggestions, thanks x

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toastofthetown · 28/12/2020 21:38

They are all nice, popular names. Why not wait until you meet the baby and see which you feel suits her better?

partyatthepalace · 28/12/2020 22:02

All nice. All very popular.

Bluesername · 28/12/2020 22:12

I like Grace best. It's overused as a middle name but lovely as a first name.

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Happenchance · 28/12/2020 22:18

I prefer Freya. Other suggestions: Preya, Nia and Alyssa

MsTSwift · 28/12/2020 22:21

All very very popular fine if that doesn’t bother you it would me but I have a boring popular name myself.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 29/12/2020 03:30

Difficult to choose - all are nice (if popular) but I'd probably pick Alice of the 3, as it's the most classic/timeless and least likely to be subject to fashions. Pretty as Freya sounds, Grace would be my second choice for the same reason (it's more classic in the UK, just very popular at the moment).

Other suggestions (that straddle that classic/popular line): Lara, Laura, Sarah/ Sara, Catherine, Rose, Eve/Eva, Sophie/ Sophia, Anna, Emma, Charlotte, Julia.

EnidMatilda · 29/12/2020 03:32

I like Alice the best but I do like all of them.

20viona · 29/12/2020 03:36

All quite dull but Freya's the best.

yuyubooboo · 29/12/2020 04:14

Freya is the favourite for me

Twizbe · 29/12/2020 09:25

I prefer Freya out of the three. But I'd wait until baby is here and decide. She might suit one more than the others.

Quercus3 · 29/12/2020 09:25

Alice for me.

I initially thought Freya, but then when thinking what I'd most like to be called myself I think Alice is best. It feels fresh but also timeless.

VenusClapTrap · 29/12/2020 10:58

Freya. Beautiful.

snappyoldfart · 29/12/2020 11:00

Wait till she is here and try saying them out loud to her, one will stick.

I really don't understand naming before you meet the little babies, we had 3 names ready for my now 13 year old and we had a day of each name.. ended up calling him something entirely different as the names just didn't suit him!

cravingthelook · 29/12/2020 12:03

All of them

My DN is one and my DD is another and a friends as the other one 😁

KatyaZamolodchikova · 29/12/2020 12:08

One of those names is mine, and another my sisters! You have great taste!!

htbzllhcR · 29/12/2020 12:10

@katielou987

We have got our list down to three names we like.. which do you prefer? Also open to new suggestions, thanks x
I personally think Freya Grace (Grace as the middle name) is the best combination of your choices 😊 very pretty.
YoniAndGuy · 29/12/2020 12:19

Grace is the most ubiquitous and boring middle name there is. You may as well call her Child653467. It is literally meaningless as a middle name and sounds like you just couldn't think of anything else.

But as a first name it's far more unusual and is actually lovely.

Freya is really overused now and will definitely start becoming unfashionable - it'll be a Gemma-type name in ten years' time: actually pretty, but totally naff.

Alice is a perennial classic. I hate it, think it sounds utterly prissy and humourless for some reason, and really dislike Al as a nickname for a girl. But you can't actually go wrong with it.

I'd probably choose Grace.

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