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Alice or Ava

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Baby20221113 · 14/11/2022 19:53

Hi, I just gave birth to a beautiful girl and we can’t decide on a name. We are choosing between Alice an Ava. We have a boy named Hudson at home. Last name starts with A. Please vote!

Alice or Ava
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fairycupcakes · 14/11/2022 21:46

Congratulations, she is lovely. Another vote for Alice but I actually agree with a PP saying she looks like an Ada!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/11/2022 22:10

I was going to say Alice on preference but She's got the name Ava written all over her. She's a beauty Congratulations

Penguinsaregreat · 14/11/2022 22:12

I’m going to say Alice simply because your surname starts with the letter A and I think Ava could be a mouthful.

PurpleButterflyWings · 14/11/2022 22:16

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww little chuchy face Grin Lovely little girl @Baby20221113

Would have to be Ava for me - as I still think of 'who the f*ck is Alice' from the late 1990s - sorry. Blush

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Baby20221113 · 14/11/2022 22:53

Thank you everyone for the comments!

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AnneShirleysNewDress · 14/11/2022 22:54

She's absolutely Alice. Congratulations!

caitlinrose · 15/11/2022 01:38

She's definitely an Alice.

Very cute, congrats!

urbanbuddha · 15/11/2022 01:41

I like both names but your baby looks like an Ava to me. And I prefer the sound of, say, Ava Andrews to the sound of Alice Andrews.

Luredbyapomegranate · 15/11/2022 02:26

Alice, they are both very popular but Alice more of a classic in the UK

She’s lovely!

GoldIsMyChosenMetal · 15/11/2022 02:27

Alice

HuntingoftheSnark · 15/11/2022 05:39

Alice. And many congratulations!

Theoldwoman · 15/11/2022 05:56

I love Alice, or Eva over Ava. However, if your surname starts with an A, I would avoid the AA initials.

Congratulations, she’s beautiful.

GlassDeli · 15/11/2022 07:02

Ava

ElizaSkye · 15/11/2022 07:09

She’s gorgeous! Another for for Alice and I like the repeating of the A

FayCarew · 15/11/2022 08:31

Congratulations! What a beauty. Alice is lovely. Not keen on Ava at all

katielou987 · 25/11/2022 00:25

I love Alice it’s elegant and timeless. Congratulations she’s beautiful 💕

ScaSca · 25/11/2022 00:28

Definitely Ava, a lot more unique, and she deserves a beautiful name. Congratulations

KirstenBlest · 25/11/2022 09:22

Ava is hardly unique, @ScaSca . Thousands of girls have been named Ava in England & Wales every year for about 15 years names.darkgreener.com/#ava. Not to mention that it is similar to Eva, Eve, Evie, Ivy, Ada, Ayla, etc.
You can't have degrees of uniqueness.
I don't even like it.

ScaSca · 25/11/2022 09:32

Good for you. Isn’t it great that we’re all different, otherwise we’d all have children called Alice or Olivia 😊

BlueSuffragette · 25/11/2022 09:34

Alice. 😍

KirstenBlest · 25/11/2022 09:41

@ScaSca , instead of Ava and Sophia, you mean?

RuthW · 25/11/2022 12:35

Alice.

fairycupcakes · 25/11/2022 13:06

Baby20221113 · 14/11/2022 22:53

Thank you everyone for the comments!

What did you go for in the end OP? Hope you and baby and family are all doing really well x

applecharlotte12 · 25/11/2022 13:06

Alice!

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Baby20221113 · 25/11/2022 17:56

We named her Alice Maria 💖

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