Alice or Theodora?

[Eliza17]

Hello! We have a baby girl due in a matter of weeks and I have two names I love.

Which do you prefer? She would be Alice Theodora Pearl or Theodora Olivia Pearl. Thoughts?

I have a Theodora who is nearly 9. Obviously I am biased and I worried a LOT when we gave it to her as a baby. So I thought I would give you my perspective having lived with the decision for nearly a decade! I still think it’s a gorgeous name and I couldn’t be more pleased we went with it. She receives lots of compliments about it. I thought we would use Thea but since she was 2 she’s insisted on her full name. We call her Thea at home. Her cousins call her Dora. The rest of the world calls her Theodora. It’s neither fussy nor dated on her. It’s a cool and poised name on a fab kid. Alice is nice too. But if you are leaning towards Theodora I’d say go for it. Also whilst we have only met one other Theodora it doesn’t stick out because she is in a class full of Matildas, Amelias and Francescas (state primary). She’s never been picked on or teased about it. Hope that helps and good luck with your little one

@MockCroc

Thank you so much for your reply! I love the name too. It's wonderful to hear your little one is 9 and still loves her name. That's terrific people use the full name - we thought it would be shortened to Thea if we went for the name.

I think I've decided I want to meet our little girl first and see what suits her - although maybe they grow into a name?!

Alice is classic and lovely.

Frankly Theodora is a bit much for me.

Thank you so much everyone for your thoughts so far! No baby girl yet, we hopefully still have a week or two. Can't wait to meet her and see what name she looks like!

Both nice names. Which name do you prefer regarding nicknames?

Theodora: Theo, Dora, Teddy.

Alice: Ally, Lissy.