Amelia or Grace?

[Mamajules43]

Thoughts?

What about Emily?

Both really pretty and classic names. They are popular, yes, but they are popular for good reason!
If I had to choose one I would go for Amelia, but I think Amelia Grace is a lovely combination together.

They are fine but honestly so so over used. I have two girls so many of their peers are called:
Amelia
Grace
Lily
Eve
Grace
Olivia
Isabel type names.

Yes they are nice but why does everyone choose the same few names until we are sick to death of them?! Why not say Miranda Zoe Jessica Mary Anna anything but the above listed!

Grace.

I know soo many girls named Amelia, Emilia, Emily, Grace, Evie, Ellie etc... unfortunately they have become a little dull from overuse.

They may be 'classic' as in 'old' names but they've been super fashionable recently and will soon sound dated imo.

They are popular, yes, but they are popular for good reason!

Unfortunately anything very popular inevitably falls out of favour and becomes unpopular/old fashioned.

So yes, these names became popular because they used to sound fresh and interesting.

They are popular, yes, but they are popular for good reason!
because the parents have no imagination?

I have an Amelia. Yes it's became very popular but who cares, it's a gorgeous name, I had a dolly I named Amelia when I was a wee girl and always said one day I'll have a daughter called Amelia and it always stuck 🥰

It is odd how particular generations are drawn to the same few names. When I got pregnant with dd1 in 2006 my list was Lily / Emily / Olivia until thankfully I realised everyone else was drawn to the same few names! I picked something more interesting at the last minute just before she was born. The first baby class I went to there were 3 other Olivias the mums were all 🙄 as they hadn’t realised how popular it was.

With trendy names there's usually a celebrity connection.

For example, Harry wasn't particularly popular until a prince was named it.

Sebastian is more popular recently, as is Jenson.

Ezra - George.

Cora - Downton

Keira/Ciara - Knightley

There are few Olivias, Chloes, Freyas, Amelias etc my age.

@KirstenBlest

They are popular, yes, but they are popular for good reason! because the parents have no imagination?

It's not a case of having no imagination. You should name your child something you love, regardless of anyone else. I have a name that's very popular, I often meet others with the same name, I was at school with several, I work with a few, and that has literally no impact on my life.

Grace for sure , far too many Amelias as common as Olivia .

Grace

@StressedTired, "It's not a case of having no imagination. You should name your child something you love, regardless of anyone else. "

Out of all the names in the world, a parent chooses the name Amelia Grace or Olivia Rose - it does seem unimaginative.

I might love the name Dorabella or Amberlynn, it doesn't mean I should use it.

@LittleTiger007

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.

Love Amelie, that's gorgeous!

@KirstenBlest

They are popular, yes, but they are popular for good reason! because the parents have no imagination?

That's a bit mean, Grace is to be named after my Grandmother and also my Grandmothers, Mother. It's a family name.

@KirstenBlest

With trendy names there's usually a celebrity connection.

For example, Harry wasn't particularly popular until a prince was named it.

Sebastian is more popular recently, as is Jenson.

Ezra - George.

Cora - Downton

Keira/Ciara - Knightley

There are few Olivias, Chloes, Freyas, Amelias etc my age.

I'd love to know what names you might suggest?

It's always posters on here that rip into the names you like but can never provide any alternatives. Funny that...

If you are using Grace after a family member, then fair enough, but most Graces or Something Graces won't have been named after a relative. It has become a filler middle name, along with Rose and May - just like Anne or Jane were when I was born.

I'm not keen on Amelia at all. Amelie is nice in a french accent but meh in a UK accent. It became extremely popular after the film came out.

Olivia, Amelia and Grace were not much used before the 1990s. Were they not as lovely before then? I see the names as the Sarahs and Clares of their generation.

Alternatives could be any name that doesn't start with a vowel, and that has more than consonant that isn't L or V in.

How about Tamsin or Melissa?

It's always posters on here that rip into the names you like but can never provide any alternatives. Funny that...

You asked for opinions on two very popular names and many of us are saying that we find them overused and a little dull as a result.

As for alternatives, if you are looking for them, have a look at the ONS list of baby girl names used, most of those outside the top 100 will be more interesting and more memorable than Grace or Amelia.

Grace is my favourite, I'm not as keen on Amelia but I love Emily and Milly.

I gave a few alternatives. There are stacks of lovely traditional girls names outside the top ten. Off top of head

Miranda
Zoe
Helen
Mary
Anna
Honor
Hester

Would all sound soooo refreshing after the Amelia/Grace/Lily/Eve/Isabel/Olivia thing. Having two older girls all those names are wallpaper to me now as almost every girl is called one of these names...

I have two very young DDs. I vaguely know one Amelia who is 6 and no Graces. So I don't see them as overly popular names personally. Choose a name you love OP. I have a name that is very popular in my generation and it has never bothered me, I love my name.

Also, have you considered Alice? It's a bit of a mix of the two names you like I think.

Grace.

I love Grace. It always seems to elegant.

I know it’s not that rare but there are no other names like Grace whereas Amelia, already more popular than Grace to start with, sounds like so many other popular names that they all blur into one.