Grace or Gracie?
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Grace or Gracie?
| Sat, 05-20-2006 - 1:31pm |
My husband and I really love the name Grace Marie. We also love Gracie Marie. I know there's not too much of a difference, but we can't decide between them. She would be called by both names (ie: Grace Marie or Gracie Marie)...a double name I guess you would call it. Which one do you like? Also I have a good friend who's daughters middle name is Grace, is that too weird to use Grace as my baby's first name?

I would go with Grace Marie. Most likely, you will call her Gracie as a little girl (and probably forever as her mom and dad!), but as she gets older, she will probably like the option of using simply Grace.
And the fact that your friend's daughter has the middle name Grace shouldn't be an issue...unless they call her Grace. My daughter's middle name is Elizabeth and I wouldn't care if my sisters or brothers used it as a first name at all.
Grace Marie is a lovely name!!
I agree with many of the pps ... Gracie is a cute nn for a little girl, but it's just that -- a nickname. By naming her Grace, you give her the option of using either her formal, adult-sounding name or the nn you choose to call her by, KWIM? That way, she won't end up a senior citizen always explaining that, no, she does not have a more formal name, her parents simply named her Gracie. Options are nice. ;)
~Kelli
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And, not weird at all that your friend has Grace as a middle name. Go for it!