Grace, Scarlett, Greer or Sydney?

bos2415 · September 2016

Hi everyone! Trying to sort through our final 4 names for our daughter and would love feedback and opinions. Thanks!

bbiutmcph · September 2016

Grace no question.

Scarlett is super trendy
Syndey is just bleh I prefer Sidney on a boy
Greer is random surnamey

leighry · September 2016

The only name I don't like is Sydney. I like Grace and Greer the best.

Bringmemylongswordho · September 2016

Grace is the only non trendy option.

thatcma · September 2016

I voted for Grace. Scarlett is super popular but if you are OK with that it would be my second choice.

Greer to me sounds like a boys name, also agree it is surnamey.
I am just not a fan of Sydney.

SmrBrd2012 · September 2016

I'm not a huge fan of any of them $:\$ If I had to choose, Grace.

Greer - I just really dislike this name. I don't think it sounds nice or feminine.
Scarlett - okay but it reminds me of the Scarlet letter or Gone with the Wind.
Sydney - Masculine to me. Prefer Sidney spelling
Grace - A really nice name but more of a MN to me

KaLikeAWind · September 2016

Grace is also my only option. Followed by Scarlett, then Sydney.

Greer is an option to name a girl? What the?

ashleyandely · September 2016

Grace or Scarlett. Prefer Grace, it's lovely.

Throw the other two far, far away.

cgss11 · September 2016

I'm having a Scarlett Grace so my preferences are there lol. I know Scarlett is becoming more popular, but not at all in my area. Grace however is popular where I am.

Sydney is just eh to me. Don't love it or hate it. Greer is a hate it for me.

LastMango · September 2016

I'll be the odd one out and say I really like Scarlett.

I also know a little girl named Greer and strange as it is, it totally works on her. It was a family for sure.

kmvisioli · September 2016

Scarlett, Grace, and Sydney are all fine. Greer gets a huge thumbs down.

oneblessedmess · September 2016

Grace and Scarlett are both nice. Do you have a middle name in mind?

Sydney is ok, kind of blah. Greer is bad.

neverblushed · September 2016

Tough vote.

Grace is a 100% acceptable name, but it's just "blah" to me. I can't get behind naming yet another little girl Grace, so I just couldn't vote for it. But if you name your child Grace, no one will give it the side-eye.

Scarlett seems very trendy now.

Greer is bad, IMO. It's masculine and seems like a surname. It's hard to pronounce.

I voted for Sydney.

ShadeofGreen816 · September 2016

neverblushed said:

Tough vote.

Grace is a 100% acceptable name, but it's just "blah" to me. I can't get behind naming yet another little girl Grace, so I just couldn't vote for it. But if you name your child Grace, no one will give it the side-eye.

Scarlett seems very trendy now.

Greer is bad, IMO. It's masculine and seems like a surname. It's hard to pronounce.

I voted for Sydney.

Basically I could have written this. I know a Sydney thats a DD of a good friend of mine and shes adorable. So that probably helps me like Sydney better.

satuttle1014 · September 2016

I like Greer and Sydney. I know a Greer but the only one and I like it more than I thought recently. I have always liked Sydney, I don't hear it often. Grace is pretty but way too common for fn or mn

AlyLynn07 · September 2016

I actually love Grace as a first name! It's classic and beautiful. Scarlett is too trendy. Greer is a no, and Sydney is just ok.

LoveLee85 · September 2016

Scarlett is so trendy right now. I know tons all under age 3!

bos2415 · September 2016

Thank you for all the opinions! We want something that is solid, not too easy to nickname and not very frilly. Appreciate all the feedback!

Everycol0r · September 2016

Greer is a big nope for me. I'm an avid reader and have a horrible name association with a character from the Black Jewel Trilogy. While it's more of an obscure series, I'm sure most people won't have the same connotation I still vote no.

I happen to love Scarlett but definitely growing in popularity. Nothing wrong with a classic name becoming trendy vs a youneek name becoming trendy.

TheMcC3 · September 2016

I'd go with Scarlett Grace, myself. Sydney is NMS and Greer is.....even more NMS. Good luck and God bless your little girl!

lm45678 · September 2016

I may be in the minority but I really don't like Scarlett- I think of harlot and the scarlet letter. I also don't think it lends itself to any natural nicknames.

Greer- I actually like (Brooke Sheilds named her daughter this and I always liked it after I heard it)

Sydney- fine name, just NMS

Grace- may be a little "plain" to some but I love it. My niece is Grace and I think it's a great name, she's 4 and generally goes by Gracie

**ETA I voted for Grace

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bbiutmcph said:

Grace no question.

Scarlett is super trendy
Syndey is just bleh I prefer Sidney on a boy
Greer is random surnamey

HoosOnFirst · September 2016

I must be the only person who finds Grace boring and trendy... And I love Sydney!

hey&june · September 2016

I like Grace and Scarlett equally. I see some people are saying Scarlett is trendy.
I'm in the South where it has been used for many generations, maybe because of Scarlett O'Hara circa 1936. I know several of all different ages. It is ranked 22 in the US where Grace is ranked 19.

I don't care for Greer or Sydney unless they are family names or meant to honor someone special.

bbiutmcph · September 2016

The reason people say Scarlett is trendy is it went from the 900's in 2000 to 22.

Grace is and has been popular being 19 in 2000 moving slightly then being 19 in 2015. Grace is popular not trendy.

Bringmemylongswordho · September 2016

I'm stealing screen caps from this site to help illustrate the difference between a trendy name (fad) and popular name.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/12/how-to-name-baby.html

Trendy names shoot up and drop off fast, whereas popular names tend to travel in more gradual waves.

AlyLynn07 · September 2016

Bringmemylongswordho said:

I'm stealing screen caps from this site to help illustrate the difference between a trendy name (fad) and popular name.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/12/how-to-name-baby.html

Trendy names shoot up and drop off fast, whereas popular names tend to travel in more gradual waves.

I

charts (and math in general), so this is beautiful

HoosOnFirst · September 2016

Love these graphs. So I'll rephrase - I find Grace popular but still boring (to me). YMMV!

alyssa0714 · September 2016

Sydney or Scarlett. Grace is boring to me, but better than Greer which is the only one that I truly dislike from your list!

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