Alice?

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Any thoughts on the name Alice? Our DS has a classic English name and hoping this will match? Alice didn't immediately spring out at me but it's really, really grown on me recently. Classic, not twee, hopefully won't date like the resurgence in 'old lady names' (Ivy, Edie etc) and hopefully not too overused?

I'm aware there's a song people don't like but I'd honestly never heard of it until looking at baby name boards so wondering if it's quite an old song?

I really wanted to call my daughter Alice I love it

We have one si unsurprisingly I love it

@bumblingalonghappily I love love love Alice! My husbands called Alex, so we wouldn't ever be able to use it, but it's so beautiful x

It’s lovely
I work with children and it’s not very common

Alice is a good classic name. There are quite a few of them though.

Yes there is another one AFAIK in my Alice's school but that's it

Love it! Wanted to use it but dh wasnt as keen as me. Go for it op it's a beautiful name.

It's my DD's name, so I'm slightly biased... She's the only one in her school atm, and she has told me many times before that she loves her name.

Oh these are all lovely responses, thank you

There are two songs come to mind ....

Alice the camel

&

Alice, Alice, who the fuck is Alice?

I've never heard an Alice song!! 😂 I just love it so much, I do not think it's twee at all, I think it's beautiful

I too can only ever think of the song,but it is a lovely name and if you like it, go for it.

It is my name, and has served me well for 5 decades. People largely know how to sirloin abs pronounce it, it’s clearly a girls name, short enough to fit on forms. I was named after Alice in Wonderland.

The “who the ” song has been a monitor irritation for around 15 mins collectively in that time.

“ Alice the Camel” has played a bigger part in my life, particularly as a Cub leader, but it’s a completely in offensive, slightly funny song. Even as a geeky 8 year old Brownie no one teased me about it, and I was the child that go teased and bullied about everything.

I did marry someone with the same surname as a very famous man whose stage name is Alice. I didn’t initially change my name (for professional reasons, rather than rockstar reasons), but even when I did it wasn’t really a “thing”. A slightly amusing/boring comment occasionally and a few CDs for wedding presents!

Abbreviations are rare, Al or Ali, in equal measure, but my long standing nicknames have been based on other aspects of me.

It was not a well used name when I was a child, and I’ve probably only ever met 5-10 around my age. It’s nice to see it rising in popularity.

• sirloin = spell!

I think it’s a good name. Who cares about the song?! Would be a silly reason not to pick the name. I know a lot of Alice’s my age, not sure how popular it is now though

Yeah I like it . Go for it op!

It's a great name. Never heard either of those songs. Alice in Wonderland is the association most people would have and as that is a timeless classic, like the name, that will last a lot longer than an obscure pop song.

It's a lovely name, I had it on my list too but I found that I couldn't get past that bloody song it's not the sort of thing anyone normal would even sing or quote, especially at a baby/little girl, seems more of a drunk idiot thing, so I wouldn't worry about it.

My name and I agree wholeheartedly with @BikeRunSki. Easy to spell, well known but not overused (I’m one of two in an organisation of over 1,000 people) but used across all ages.

🙌 waves @DelurkingAJ, I’ve just checked my work Outlook contacts list. 25 Alice’s out of 12,0000 employees. There were only 3 of us when I started, 16 years ago. Shows how it has gained popularity.

Love this name, it’s my middle name and I always wished it was my first name.

My almost two 2 year old was so very nearly Alice. We went with Alba, but I do love Alice.

Anyone over 25 would think of the chubby brown song

I love it. It is growing popularity though. It’s not as unique as I thought when I picked it!

It's really nice.

Yes there is that who the f is Alice song but it's not hugely well known and wouldn't be the same as calling her Roxanne (put on your red light) for example.