I like Grace. It is very simple and classic. For my daughter I found it easier to look at family names for both the first and the middle. She has a more complex first name with a simple middle name- Elethra Jane. Since Grace is a simple first name maybe look at family names that are more complex, Grace Elizabeth, Grace Janelle, or Grace Nevaeh. My great grandmother was Elethra Calista and I always like Elethra, we call her Ellie for short. Good Luck!
Congrats on your baby girl, motherhood is just amazing! I just had my first baby in July, a boy Cade. My bestfriend named her little girl Gracie Madeline I love it!! She went through the same issue Grace or Gracie, but they decided if they called her Grace they would end up calling her Gracie anyway. Good Luck!!
I like Jocelyn and dislike all the other names, especially Nevaeh. If you are going with Grace/Gracie I would name her Grace and call her Gracie if you wish. When she is an adult she may not like the little girl sound of Gracie. How about Grace Katherine, Gracie Kate for short?
If you go with Grace, I would just use Gracie as a nickname. That's my personal opinion.
I think you should name her Grace and nickname her Gracie. I have a friend who named her daughter Grace Katheryn and they call her Gracey....she is the only one I know who spells it that way...Gracey...I usually see it spelled Gracie. I think you should have a middle name with more than one syllable. I like Grace McKenna the best. Congrats on your baby! Best of luck with the naming!
For sure Grace. I deal with people all the time that I have to use their real, full given name. There was a time in the 50's and early 60's when men were named Ricky, Bobby, Billy etc. None of them are happy about it as adults. Also, I have a personal deep seeded hatred for the name Nevaeh. I think it is trendy and kind of awful. Again, remember some day this kid is going to be an adult. When she is applying for jobs do you want her to have to deal with being named Heaven spelled backwards??
I would go with Grace. Gracie is cute for a child. But if she wants to be a board room exec then Gracie doesn't sound to commanding. We're adults longer than we are children.
Have you thought about Gracelyn? A friend of mine was going to name her daughter Grace, but couldn't find a middle name she liked with it. I haven't talked to her in awhile and I forgot what middle name she used but her are some of my own ideas below. Oh and they did call her Gracie as a nickname, but she has that more adult name for when she's older. Oh, not a big fan of the spelling of MaKenna.
Gracelyn Paige
Gracelyn Kate
Gracelyn Marie
Gracelyn Roxanne (Ha!)
I would go for Grace. Gracie for nick name.
I also like Faith.
My rule of thumb for names is this:
I envision a name on a resume and I ask myself "would I stop and read it or would I dump it"? If it has a 'made up name' or a traditional name that's spelled crazy/ phonetically - it goes in the dump it category.
We have to remember that in school and as an adult your name is often the first introduction you have to someone and you need to make it a positive, not a head scratching introduction.
One more thing and I'll step down from my soap box....
No one should give a child a name that AUTOMATICALLY makes a person ask them to explain it/ the story behind it, etc. I once knew a girl who was a twin and her brother died prior to birth... her mother named her Michael Anne (the names she had picked out for them. Lucky her.. she gets to spend the rest of her life telling people she is named after her dead twin.
If you like those as your favorite (which are very nice!) I would name her Grace and call her Gracie as a nicname. You could even use something like Gracyn and use both as nicnames. I would pick a middle name with more than one syllable I think. You could use one of the other names you like for a middle name, like Makenna (which by the way, Iwould not make the K a capital so it doesn't look like a last name). But what I would really suggest is using a family name for the middle name. Then you could continue on this tradition with your other children by using family names from either side for each middle name. Actually, Rachel would be perfect sounding, and it would make her feel special. Grace Rachel. Very nice.
Name her Grace, call her Gracie...she will appreciate it when she is an adult, especially depeding on what career she goes into. Also, as another person posted, I like Grace Rachel!!
In order I like them Grace, Faith, Jocelyn...dont care for MaKenna or Neveah...too trendy.
Grace is beautiful & classy!
I like:
Mckenna Grace
Grace Abigail
Grace Elizabeth.
Great baby name book.
Baby Name Wizard!
by Laura Wattenberg
I love the format of it
We have a Grace (3 yr old) and call her Gracie much of the time - her full name is Grace Elizabeth...I am so glad we chose it! good luck!
I know you've already gotten all the advice you're looking for, but I just thought I'd add. We also loved the name Gracie, but wanted something different from Grace. So, we named our daughter Graycen and call her Graycie all the time. Her middle name is Elizabeth.
p.s. congrats!
Thank you EVERYONE for all your great responses!!! I agree Grace is better on the birth ceretificate and Gracie as a nickname. My husband and I both love Grace the most out of all the names, so that is probably what we will go with, if it’s a girl! Now I have to come up with a middle name and think of boy names…this is harder than I thought! 