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Please vote! Having a wobble

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AlwaysonEtsy · 08/07/2021 15:00

So as suspected I am all over the place today and undecided about Elizabeth Olive! (Little girl born yesterday)

Which do you prefer??

Elizabeth Olive
Olive Elizabeth
Elizabeth Alice

She looks like an Alice but dp chose yesterday to tell me it is friend’s dd’s name and we can’t have that Sad

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Estherlee · 08/07/2021 15:01

Elizabeth Alice then! Elizabeth is a beautiful name, and then you still have Alice in there too 😊

Congratulations!

motogogo · 08/07/2021 15:02

I like Elizabeth Alice too

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AlwaysonEtsy · 08/07/2021 15:02

First dd is Sofia if that helps

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funnyoldonion · 08/07/2021 15:04

Just call her Alice! I was worried about this as a friend had a child with the same name, I messaged her about it and she was happy and her DD was so excited a baby with her name was coming Your! Your DH's friend doesn't own the name and it's not an unusual name!

Ninkanink · 08/07/2021 15:05

Elizabeth Olive.

EllaBlaire · 08/07/2021 15:05

Elizabeth Alice is my favourite… I really don’t like Olive, sorry.

If you really love Alice, maybe you should push for that… how often are you likely to see this friend’s DD?

Sexnotgender · 08/07/2021 15:05

Congratulations!!

Elizabeth Alice is my favourite. I’m not a particular fan of Olive.

AdaColeman · 08/07/2021 15:06

Elizabeth Alice is absolutely lovely.

doorornottodoor · 08/07/2021 15:06

Congratulations! Elizabeth Alice. Perfect 😍

Aquamarine1029 · 08/07/2021 15:06

Elizabeth Alice. Really dislike Olive.

TheBeesKnee · 08/07/2021 15:07

Just go with Alice! I love that name.

I'm the nicest way possible, people come in and of our lives all the time, and this friend might not be around in 5-10-15 years' time.

Yellowcrockpot · 08/07/2021 15:07

Elizabeth Alice

Ninkanink · 08/07/2021 15:07

(But if you love Elizabeth Alice just go for that. It’s really not a problem.)

BunnyRuddington · 08/07/2021 15:08

Elizabeth Alice for me as well. Both beautiful classic names.

Sunnyday321 · 08/07/2021 15:08

Elizabeth Alice is a beautiful name. Congratulations.

DelphiniumBlue · 08/07/2021 15:10

How close a friend is the person who has an Alice already? How old is that child? Because unless it's his bestie forever, it won't matter in a year or so if they have the same name. And is it a new baby - if he only told you yesterday I'm guessing it must be, otherwise you would already have known this.
Anyway, I'd go for Elizabeth Alice, and then you can actually call her Alice if you do so gradually!

KezzabellaB · 08/07/2021 15:10

I really don't like Olive, so Elizabeth Alice for me.
To be fair though, if you like it and she looks like an Alice, I'd just call her that. It doesn't matter if someone else's baby is called it already, surely.
Congratulations by the way!

Twinkie01 · 08/07/2021 15:11

I can't read Olive without thinking of On the Buses!

Alice is lovely.

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AlwaysonEtsy · 08/07/2021 15:12

Well kind of my fault. He was best man at his wedding and has grown up with him. But we don’t see them that often so I forgot they had an Alice!
Majority seem to be going with Elizabeth Alice so far!

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AlwaysonEtsy · 08/07/2021 15:12

And thanks all Flowers

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Seesawmummadaw · 08/07/2021 15:13

I think Elizabeth Olive is beautiful! I love Olive.
Congratulations!

Rothko2929 · 08/07/2021 15:15

Elizabeth Alice

CupOfTPlease · 08/07/2021 15:20

Olive doesn't sound right to me with Elizabeth.

Just go for Alice. So what if his friends daughter has the name. You like Alice the best and she looks like an Alice. I wouldn't sit there and regret Elizabeth as a name choice all because someone else had Alice.

If you do call her Alice I'm sure she'll meet other Alice's.

Congratulations!

SupermanInk · 08/07/2021 15:22

Call her Alice, it’s a friend you don’t see often.

But if you really can’t, then I’d go with Elizabeth Alice. I don’t like Olive at all, sorry.

Congratulations! 👶

SirSamuelVimes · 08/07/2021 15:22

Alice Elizabeth.

No-one owns a name! You said you don't see them that often so it's not going to matter at all.