Amelia or Grace?

[Mamajules43]

Thoughts?

I really like Grace.

Much prefer Grace.

Done to death in my opinion, and Amelia Grace would be even worse.

Alternatives......Anna, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca, Laura, Helen.

I love both.

Actually think Amelia Grace is a lovely name and you get to use both!

Neither, both too popular.

Are you aware how popular they are? They are the Sarah and Claire of this generation. Fine if you are fine with that

Even if its popular though it's a minuscule amount of the population. And I have a child with an unpopular name and there are two at nursery of her name, one Amelia and no graces. So call her what you love, not what's popular or not.

So call her what you love, not what's popular or not.

Some people prefer to have a less common name, a name that they don't share with others at school or the office, a name that doesn't date them to a particular time period.

@FedNlanders

I prefer grace just because Amelia is a name of a disorder.

A disorder?

@MsTSwift

Are you aware how popular they are? They are the Sarah and Claire of this generation. Fine if you are fine with that

Grace is a classic name and has been around for generations

@MsTSwift

Are you aware how popular they are? They are the Sarah and Claire of this generation. Fine if you are fine with that

What would your suggestions of a name be?

@tuttifuckinfruity

Done to death in my opinion, and Amelia Grace would be even worse.

Alternatives......Anna, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca, Laura, Helen.

Love Anna and Elizabeth!

I think Amelia and Grace are quite classic names that happen to be very popular - so more like the Laura and Sarah of the 80's, than the Gemma and Nicola for example. I suspect they'll still be used in reasonable numbers 30 years from now , even if/when they fall out of the top 100 so I wouldn't panic too much about them dating imo.

But OP if you want a first name less overused currently- instead of Amelia consider Aurelia, Amara, Julia, Lydia, Victoria, Celia, Cecilia, Cordelia, Lilia, Claudia etc. Instead of Grace - Greta, Rose, Maeve, Eve, May, Faye, Hope, Faith, Verity, Felicity etc (some of these are top 100 but no where near as popular as Amelia and Grace).

Amelia is a birth defect of lacking one (or more) limbs afaik. Or having a shrunken/deformed limb.

Tbh I think they're both very generic names. That can be good or bad...an Amelia Smith is far harder to find online than a Paizylinn Smith or a Petunia Smith, I suppose. I'd put Anna in the generic box too personally. They wouldn't be for me but I can see how the anonymity element might be nice.

Felicity Rose would make a lovely name from list above.

Elizabeth is better. Various ways of shortening it.

Whatever you do, don't spell it this way! It hurts my brain.

@Tempusfudgeit

Whatever you do, don't spell it this way! It hurts my brain.

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@IamnotwhouthinkIam

I think Amelia and Grace are quite classic names that happen to be very popular - so more like the Laura and Sarah of the 80's, than the Gemma and Nicola for example. I suspect they'll still be used in reasonable numbers 30 years from now , even if/when they fall out of the top 100 so I wouldn't panic too much about them dating imo.

But OP if you want a first name less overused currently- instead of Amelia consider Aurelia, Amara, Julia, Lydia, Victoria, Celia, Cecilia, Cordelia, Lilia, Claudia etc. Instead of Grace - Greta, Rose, Maeve, Eve, May, Faye, Hope, Faith, Verity, Felicity etc (some of these are top 100 but no where near as popular as Amelia and Grace).

These are great names! Thank you for your suggestions.

@SionnachRua

Amelia is a birth defect of lacking one (or more) limbs afaik. Or having a shrunken/deformed limb.

Tbh I think they're both very generic names. That can be good or bad...an Amelia Smith is far harder to find online than a Paizylinn Smith or a Petunia Smith, I suppose. I'd put Anna in the generic box too personally. They wouldn't be for me but I can see how the anonymity element might be nice.

Tetra-Amelia?

Grace

I think they are both lovely but bear in mind that they are both sooo popular right now (and for the last several years) so she may end up being 'Amelia C' or 'Grace T' for her school years if you do choose one of them.

Amelia/Emilia in particular I hear all the time.

I love both.

I love both names... we are considering Amelie Grace for our baby if it’s a girl. Personally I love the meaning of grace and prefer it as a middle name. I don’t care that it’s a popular middle name, it’s lovely.

Tetra-Amelia?

No idea personally, I've just seen it on MN and then looked it up myself. I can't imagine many people know about the Amelia = limb defect thing tbf.