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Help us name our little girl!

sbn11sbn11 member
edited March 2016 in Baby Names
We have a 4-syllable last name that begins with an N. We are also open to suggestions.

Help us name our little girl! 128 votes

Alivia Cate (Livi or Liv)
4% 6 votes
Alivia Claire (Livi or Liv)
14% 19 votes
Alivia Sloan (Livi or Liv)
0% 1 vote
Elle Catherine
79% 102 votes
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  • virginiaunicorn11virginiaunicorn11 member
    I'm a supporter of creative names and usually dislike the term "misspelling" for a name... but Alivia looks like a misspelling to me. Really not a fan. 
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  • LizaKate1213LizaKate1213 member
    Olivia Claire. Not Alivia.
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  • SisterMaryNapalmSisterMaryNapalm member
    Unless this is pronounced significantly differently (the "O" in Olivia is a schwa so pronounced similarly to "A" with most accents anyway) or a recognised spelling from another country or culture, I wouldn't misspell Olivia. It's a beautiful name, it won't be any more unique spelled "Alivia".

    I do like Olivia Cate or Olivia Claire
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  • AndiPandi127AndiPandi127 member
    Agree with all pps. She'll be correcting the spelling her whole life. Olivia is a popular name (not necessarily a bad thing, it's a great name), but spelling it differently doesn't make it less popular, just more of a pain for your kid. I like Olivia Claire. 

    As far as Elle goes - that just means "she" in French and sounds incomplete to me. I think it's a great nickname for Eleanor or Eliana or even Danielle. 
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  • BBeninateBBeninate member
    Olivia Claire
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  • lm45678lm45678 member
    Olivia Claire
    Olivia Cate
    Olivia Sloane
    Elle Catherine

    ^^All of these would work


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  • kmvisiolikmvisioli member
    Definitely Olivia rather than Alivia.
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  • jenna8984jenna8984 member
    There's a young actress (under 12) out right now whose name is Alyvia Lind. Fist time I saw that in the credits I was like WTF name is that/ how do you say that/ what nationality is that/ etc. Took me a few minutes to figure out that is was just "Olivia" spelled wrong. You don't want that first reaction when someone sees your child's name.
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  • keri0426keri0426 member
    I know someone whose daughter is Alivia.  I think it is beautiful.  
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  • PhoebeJune1984PhoebeJune1984 member
    edited March 2016
    jenna8984 said:
    There's a young actress (under 12) out right now whose name is Alyvia Lind. Fist time I saw that in the credits I was like WTF name is that/ how do you say that/ what nationality is that/ etc. Took me a few minutes to figure out that is was just "Olivia" spelled wrong. You don't want that first reaction when someone sees your child's name.
    Dude....not only that, her middle name is Alyn. Oh the eyesore!! And the sad part is that her siblings are named like Natalie and Emily or something like that....spelled the correct way. So with Natalie, Emily, and Alyvia....it looks like they were drunk when they named poor Alyvia
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  • PhoebeJune1984PhoebeJune1984 member
    I voted for Elle, because the spelling Alivia is awful. If it was spelled Olivia, my vote would have gone to Olivia Claire
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  • Hdhtk4Hdhtk4 member
    I know 4 Alivia's with an A, so it does not look misspelled to me. I guess I'm used to it. I do like Olivia better, but I think Alivia is fine. All the Alivia's I know are children, so maybe it's the new normal. My vote is Alivia Claire.

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  • BringmemylongswordhoBringmemylongswordho member
    BTN lists Alivia as a modern variant on Olivia. Sooooooo Speashul Snoflaeke.
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  • LiterallyAmyLiterallyAmy member
    PinkLady2015 said:
    Alivia sounds like a drug prescription--- please use Olivia or go with Elle Catherine 
    This!!!
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  • sbn11sbn11 member
    Our intention was not to have a "special" spelling. To us, Olivia is pronounced with the long o and Alivia starts with an "uh". Maybe that's just our regional experience. Thank you for the input so far! 
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  • emoxymooseemoxymoose member
    I always pronounce Olivia with the Uh noise, most people I know do as well unless corrected. Just to throw it out there. 

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  • groovylocksgroovylocks member
    Bringmemylongswordho said:
    Olivia. 
    Oh THAT"S what she was butchering. I honestly had no clue what i was seeing. 
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    virginiaunicorn11 said:
    I'm a supporter of creative names and usually dislike the term "misspelling" for a name... but Alivia looks like a misspelling to me. Really not a fan. 
    I'm a supporter of creative names too. When they are spun up by creative people. 
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  • SisterMaryNapalmSisterMaryNapalm member
    sbn11 said:
    Our intention was not to have a "special" spelling. To us, Olivia is pronounced with the long o and Alivia starts with an "uh". Maybe that's just our regional experience. Thank you for the input so far! 
    If you pronounce it "Uh-livia" then others will too. Its a schwa as I mentioned before so the "a" is unnecessary 
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