What do you think?

[SamanthaF1233]

Me and partner discussing girls name and the following two have been put in the mix;

Astrid Aliana
Astrid Esme

Is it slightly too out there? We already have a Jenna which we love her name as it isnt very common.

Astrid Aliana too many Ahhhs
Astrid Esme, like both nlt sure about that pairing
Out of interest how are you pronouncing Aliana I’d say Ali-Anna
Esme as EzMay rhymes with Ray

Jenna is a really lovely name

I dont like the name Astrid. Sorry.

I know a few adult Jennas...

Not really out there imo. I quite like Astrid but am not sure about the middle names unless of course they are family names.

Jenna isn’t that unusual. To be honest if my name was Jenna I’d feel quite short changed having a sister named Astrid. That’s just me though.

I quite like Astrid Aliana. However I think it will always be mistaken for Astrid Alana or Alina.

Love Astrid - goes really well with Jenna.
Esme is ok, but feels a bit “wet” next to Astrid.
Astrid Merryn
Astrid Clara

Astrid Merryn Yes that’s a nice combo

It would be pronounced a-Lee-nah so maybe a different spelling would be needed?

Any suggestions on middle names for Astrid? We like Jodie as a second choice for her name (if we have a girl as we dont know) but feel Astrid is a bit more unique.

I’d have never guessed a-Lee-nah from Aliana, that’s not what it’s written as?

if your set on that pronunciation I’d get different spelling

LOVE Astrid. Also quite like Aliana but pronounced how it looks - so a-lee-a-na. A-Lee-na would have to be Alina surely?

Going to be controversial perhaps, but middle names I really think require some meaning - so family names, named for a close friend, godparent, someone who passed away etc etc - otherwise what’s the point? Neither of my two have middle names that I would have considered for a first name, but have real sentimental value..

I like Astrid merryn as suggested

So our Jenna carries her late great grandma name of Ann thought about then carrying on my partners other grandmas name if we have another girl but her name is Geraldine so it's very difficult to pair we find.

We have very limited family/sentimental names female wise so are struggling with that. I did query the spelling and would change it to Alena/Alina if we did go with that.

I quite like Clara but OH now likes Clara Astrid - typical haha! I do quite like Astrid next to Jenna think it goes quite well.

Astrid Aliana. Esme, although nice, is such common filler name

How are you saying Esme? EzMay to rhyme with Ray?

I like Astrid Esme

Clara is lovely too! I can't use it, or else it would be on my list for any (completely hypothetical) future dd.

Yeah would be EzMay if we decided to go with that.

I do like Clara, feels it goes well with Astrid! But OH like that combination the other way round and I would prefer to have Astrid as the first name.

My partner is quite likes unusual spellings - his suggestion to be spelt that way however I do get that it would need to be spelt differently to then be pronounced how we want it to be!

Love Astrid, also really like Clara but Astrid more unusual. Don't like Jodie.

I think Astrid Esme is fine, or Astrid Clara (or Clara Astrid!), but I think Astrid Geraldine is fine if you want the family name - or Astrid Clara Geraldine come to that

Unusual spellings? Problem is if it fundamentally changes the phonetics of the name you an be as unusual with spelling as you want but no one else will get it

Jodie was also a 50/50 - I think we'll defo be going with Astrid just need to finalise the middle name. We'll spend ages choosing and then have a boy 😅 thank you for all your suggestions/help.

Yes, I do understand that and the reason it was also spelt like that to begin with was because we was deciding how we would say it but with how we want it to be said it would be spelt Alena.

Astrid is a good name
Astrid Mae
Astrid Rae
Astrid Isabelle

Astrid Esme is lovely!

Astrid Esme is better than Astrid Aliana, but I like Astrid Alina more than Astrid Esme.
It sounds like your partner gets to call the name shots. Make sure you get to veto his too, and demand the spelling you want.... 'I would prefer Astrid as the first name' - well then stick to that then...

Astrid Geraldine then surely?