Alessia? But we’re not Italian

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Looking at girls names for my fourth, we don’t know the sex. We heard the name Alessia when watching a free diving documentary a few years ago and have toyed with it. Baby will be ethnically Chinese/ Irish mixed and raised in England

Yes lovely

I think it's a lovely name. I don't think it's a big deal that you don't have Italian heritage. Francesca and Gemma are Italian names too and that didn't stop Irish and British parents in the 1980s/90s from giving those names to their daughters. Italian names are not unknown in the Irish community because of religious connections anyway. My own name is technically Italian too but commonly used in English - Italians I meet sometimes tell me that I have an Italian name, which is nice!

Yes, we found our daughter’s name on my family tree. My nanna’s aunt was Marcella and she was Irish. We figured it must have been a religious choice.

We have an Alessia in my husband's family and also a male second cousin Alessio, they are both called Ale for short ( like Alex without the x) which is the usual way to shorten it in Italy. It's a lovely name, so why not use it!