Should I name my daughter Alpha?

[paulinesmithson]

first time poster, bit new to all this!
Recently my beloved grandfather Alfie passed and the entire family were devastated. About a month later we found out we were expecting our second child and I new right away that I wanted to name it after him. A few weeks ago we discovered that I am having a darling baby girl and after researching some names, I fell in love with the name Alpha. It's a greek name meaning new beginnings and it's so similar to my grandfather's name that it seemed perfect to me.

However my DH and a few other friends disagree and think that she will be bullied for this unconventional name and that I should consider something else. I want a name my husband and I can agree on but I can't think of any more fitting name than Alpha. I came on here to ask for other opinions on this?

Or maybe Alfiette

No

Gently but you are letting your emotions around your grandad have too much sway here. Your naming an actual person and I'm sorry to say but a person who will not have that level of connection to a great granddad who they won't have met. Can you name all your great grandparents? It wouldn't be such an issue is it was an easier name to wear.
And really it's not fair to try to convince (guilt?) your husband into it.

Awful name. It's not a name, it's a Greek letter. And it'll be shortened to Alfie, so she'll be teased for having a boy's name.
If you are desperate to honour your grandad, then give her Alfreda as a middle name.

What about just Alfie? Pared with something like Olivia? (I'm hopeless at pairing names!)

Not keen on Alpha. Just makes me think of the letter or pack leader. And tbh I don't naturally link it to be homage to Alfie.

What about Alfreda? And nn Alfie?

Have you seen The Walking Dead? She is grotesque. I couldn't see past that.

Aurelia
Amelie
Aphra
Asha

How about Alpaca?

I have to admit this made me laugh 😂

Go for it OP. Its a name that has a special meaning to you💕

anagram of Alfie is Fiela which is a girls name , I would add another L and spell it Fiella.

Not keen OP, there are so many lovely girls names Alpha isn’t one of them,

Isn't Alphia a name? Or some different spelling? I'm sure I've heard it before.

And ugh, can you imagine the immature sex jokes teens and young douche-y men would fling at her? “Does that mean you’re alpha in bed?” 🙄

You can’t do that to the poor darling!

How about Alvie? It's gender neutral, similar meaning to Alfred, not popular but not younique.

Could call her Vie for short, means life in French which is also nice.

If use the beautiful name Aphra

Late 1970s pop song called Up Town Top Ranking, sung by Alfia and Donna - at least that's how I remembered it and thought it would be written, but I've just Googled it and discovered it was actually Althea 🤯

I would just call her Alfie, I have a female relative in her 20's called Alfie, so you wouldn't be the first.

kid at my kids school is called Althea, sounds the same

Alphonsine nn Alphie.

I know a female Alfia

It may mean that in Greek but it is also widely used here and here it means eg alpha male & you could be setting her up for a world of grief.

How about Alfae (pronounced Alfay) or Alfreda?

I love it, because of the reason you chose it.I'd go for it.

Althea doesn't sound the same - it's got a 'th' in in rather than an 'f'.

Alpha immediately makes me think Alpha male. I think it would be mean to land a child with that name, it's ok for you who loves it but really nor fair on them.