Hope Maria

[Judygiraffe]

Hi, what do you think of this as a first and middle name ? We really like it.

We also like Destiny Grace.

Hope Maria for me instantly creates an ear worm of the sone "Gimme Hope Joanna" by Eddy Grant, which was to do with apartheid in South Africa.

I like Grace, not keen on Destiny, personally.

It sounds like an unfinished sentence. Hope Maria does what?
Maria Hope is better. Or Maria Grace.
Destiny Grace is awful.

Love Hope Maria. Beautiful. I'm not as keen on Destiny but your baby, your choice.

*song

It's ver biblical sounding. I don't mind it. I hate destiny. I also hate grace as a middle name. It's so common and very unoriginal. Filler.

It made me think of a name for a boat initially but actually I do really like it. It’s fresh and feminine.

I don’t care for Destiny but Grace is pretty

I love it. It's beautiful.
I quite like Destiny.

I think it's absolutely gorgeous.

Way nicer than Destiny Grace who sounds like a middle aged new ager who has renamed herself and opened an aromatherapy stall on the local market.

I think Maria is absolutely beautiful and underused!

@IsabellesMissingSock

Hope Maria for me instantly creates an ear worm of the sone "Gimme Hope Joanna" by Eddy Grant, which was to do with apartheid in South Africa.

I like Grace, not keen on Destiny, personally.

Yes this is what I thought too.

I like Hope, but I think it needs a longer middle name or it doesn’t sound right.

@IsabellesMissingSock

Hope Maria for me instantly creates an ear worm of the sone "Gimme Hope Joanna" by Eddy Grant, which was to do with apartheid in South Africa.

I like Grace, not keen on Destiny, personally.

Me too, I'll be singing that song all day today!

Hope Maria is fine. Destiny is not nice. Grace is nice, but not as a middle name.

I like Hope, but I think it needs a longer middle name or it doesn’t sound right.

I agree with this comment.

What about Hope Marianne?

Don’t like Hope - but I do like Grace and Faith.

I think Hope Maria is nice. I also like the rhythm of Hope Marie.

Not so keen on Destiny. Sounds a bit '90s.

Hope Maria ............. does what? Sounds like the start of a sentence.

Not Destiny.

Destiny gives me stripper or new age hippy vibes. Not keen at all.

Maria Hope sounds better than Hope Maria imo
Grace is a lovely name too.

People saying “hope Maria does what?” But i think the same about “may” hope-may... may what exactly?! But seems to be a very popular combination and I frequently hear parents shouting “ivy may” “lily may” in the playground! Always what to say “what may they do?” But hasn’t stopped people using it to I don’t think hope Maria will stand out for that reason

Hope and Destiny are cheesy and well... a bit tacky, particularly Destiny.

Maria is a nice name, Hope as a middle name if you must use it. Grace is one of those overused filler names for about a decade now, along with May/Mae/Rose. Destiny is a terrible word to choose as a name 😄

Hope Maria is very pretty.
I like it much better than Destiny or Grace.
Another nice name would be Hope Sophia (Sophia means wisdom).

Hope is OK and I like Maria, but not together. I'd prefer Hope as a middle name.

I really don't like Destiny.