Opinions Needed! Last 2 Girl Names

ECT2012

Going back and forth between two names - due in 3 weeks! Any opinions? We had a hard time finding names we both liked but I have little problems with the last two. Big sister's name is Julia. Grace, the middle name listed below, is after DH's grandmother who passed away a few months ago.

1. Alexandra Grace - I have a friend of a friend who recently named her baby Alexandra (they don't live locally), not sure if they are close enough of a connection to make me say Alexandra is already taken?

2. Elena Grace - DH has a cousin named Juliette (similar to our daughter Julia) and her sister's name is Elena. Is that weird to name our girls so similarly to his cousins?

TIA!

bbiutmcph

Alexandra it's beautiful.
I like Elena but depending where you live people will say it differently and I wouldn't want to deal with that.

erinnlou

I would go with Alexandra. I don't really think it matters that a friend of a friend has a kid with the same name. I think Elena would be weird just because your sib set would be so matchy with your DH cousin.

MamaWren919

I like Alexandra better and think it pairs better with Julia. Both lovely names!

wassuphoes

Alexandra. The cousin thing would be weird, and I personally prefer Elaine and Elaina over Elena, though some of that could be regional dialect clustercuss contributing to that.

kimikimi

I love Alexandra Grace. Nice choices both but I think that the cousin's kids having the same names is a problem.

benmel31

Alexandra. It is a beautiful, classic name. I prefer it over Elena and would avoid having a similar sibset to the cousins.

koriemo

Definitely Alexandra, and the name isn't taken! It my be more obvious that they have the same name if it was something obscure, but with a classic name like Alexandra, I definitely think you can still use it.

4N6s

I like Alexandria Grace more

Jags8

Both are beautiful. Just take both names with you and decide when you see her.

holli0801

Prefer Alexandra Grace. Both are nice.

nurse714

Alexandra Grace.

g8trkim

Definitely Alexandra because people will constantly mispronounce Elena.

MWoodside

Alexandra b/c of the cousin sibset thing.

JMU_Bride09

erinnlou said:

I would go with Alexandra. I don't really think it matters that a friend of a friend has a kid with the same name. I think Elena would be weird just because your sib set would be so matchy with your DH cousin.

Perfectly stated.

LizWhiz87

Alexandra for sure.

LNic5

I'd go with Alexandra

satuttle1014

Elena is one of my favorite names and out of the two. I just know so many Alexandra's, pretty name but for me it is way too common. I know way too many Alex's for nn.