What's wrong w/ Gracie???

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What's wrong w/ Gracie???
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 11:55am

Okay girls, it's me agian. Still discussing girl names and DH keeps going back to Gracie!!! Last night, the quetion came...What's wrong w/ Gracie? All I could say at the moment was it is sooo popular. His comeback, not really...we don't know any. So, could you help give me a list of other wrongs w/ Gracie??

The other name he said he liked was Rory (I have always said if my daughter is born w/ red hair this would be her name...don't ask me why?) He said it was unique and different. He does know a woman at work that has a grown son named Rory though. Of course, he wants Rory Grace. Which I am okay w/ this b/c Rory is a unisex name which I normally do not like. But Rory sounds girlie to me?

Any other name suggestions are welcomed as well!
Thanks so much!!!

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 12:37pm

Gracie and Rory are both nicknames, not full formal names.

 
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 1:33pm

Two things come to mind: Gracie is a fairly popular dog name (at least near me) and it reminds me of Gracie Allen (George Burns' wife/stage partner - acted very ditzy while in character, but I don't think she was in real life). I happen to love the name, though.

Rory is girly to me as well. I like it.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 1:34pm
Ooh, Aurora is gorgeous. I vote for that!

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:33pm

I love Rory, I find it so spunky. It could be a nn for Lorelei or Aurora, but I also like it on its own. HOWEVER I wouldn't use Grace as a mn. It has become such a filler mn and just takes away from the name as a whole. Rory Grace sounds common, but what do you think of these combos? To me, they have much more spunk and sparkle:

Rory Violet

Rory Celeste

Rory Matilda

Rory Annalise

Rory Charlotte

Rory Eliza

Rory Calista

Rory Adele

Rory Audra

Rory Genevieve

As for Gracie... it is SO cutesy. Grace is better, but it IS popular. Maybe not in your area, but eventually she will move and be in a mass of Grace's. It is quickly losing its appeal.

-Nikki


                             
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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 4:38pm

Since you're looking for points to use against it:



  • Gracie is too "cute" for a CEO or a member of the Supreme Court.

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Wed, 11-22-2006 - 8:01pm

I'm sure this has all been mentioned (so sorry for repeating LOL), but I'd tell him that Gracie is a nn, first of all. Can you imagine voting for Presidential-hopeful Gracie Lou Freebush (to use a cutesy character name LOL)?! At least Grace itself sounds more formal, and obviously he could call her Gracie (which is cute on a little girl, don't get me wrong ... just not so much on a forty-year-old, KWIM?).

You may also want to point out to him how word names -- especially virtue names -- have a tendency to become ironic. In other words, what if "Gracie" is anything but graceful? Definite teasing potential if and when she goes through an awkward stage.

Moving on to Rory ...

This name actually makes perfect sense on a redheaded child. It's an Anglicized version of the masculine name Ruadhri, a combination of the Gaelic words ruadh, meaning red(head), and ri, meaning king. So literally "red king/redheaded king." A great name or nn for a boy, but I'd never use it as a given name for a girl, FWIW. It's no more unisex than Ryan, which has a similar origin, but I do like it as a nn for a girl. You could use a feminine name like Aurora, Lorelei, Rowena, etc., nn Rory. Just some suggestions! ;)

Scarlet(t), Ruby and Rowan also have "red" meanings.

HTH

~Kelli


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Fri, 11-24-2006 - 12:12am

Gracie, to me, is a little girls name--adorable as can be on the playground, but how about the boardroom KWIM?

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Fri, 11-24-2006 - 3:41am
I forgot about the dogs named Gracie!
 
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Fri, 11-24-2006 - 7:40am

As someone who grew up with a 'different' first name -- not completely unusual but no one else around me was named Tanya -- PLEASE do not subject your child to a kooky sounding name like Aurora (Which was a name of a car model, wasn't it?). Even Lorelei is difficult for little children (and some adults) to pronounce.

I agree that Gracie sounds a little childish -- but probably not any worse than Katie or Kristy or Nicki or anything like that.

Rory is the name of Bobby & Ethel Kennedy's last daughter. So if it's good enough for the Kennedys... :) I've actually always really liked that name too. Is it any better or worse than the millions of women named "Lori" or "Laurie"? Should they have been named Lorraine, Laura or Lauren just to sound more 'formal'? Give me a break.

If you both like the name Rory Grace, go for it! Your daughter will grow into the name and will have all the confidence that you instill in her -- no matter what her name is! (Trust me, my brother is named "Kenric" and he's the only person I know who could pull it off without appearing to be an oddball!:))

Good luck, Tanya


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Registered: 12-09-2005
Fri, 11-24-2006 - 8:00am

These days, names like Aurora and Lorelei really aren't unusual at all, mnstlgirl. A large percent of parents are looking towards more unique names for their kids, so in a crowd of Madisyn's, Nevaeh's, and Shaelyn's, Aurora and Lorelei are nice. I do think Rory could stand on its own though, but Aurora and Lorelei are not horrible choices!

-Nikki


                             

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