I cannot make up my mind.

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I posted the other day about the name Nora Grace. I got really good feedback, but I am thinking that it is probably not the best name to use here in Holland (I am American, living in Holland with my Dutch hubby), after thinking about it some more. Plus, I do love Grace but it is so common and trendy right now, even here I just recently heard it, again. So, maybe that is not the best route. I have been thinking something Dutch, but nothing way out there.

I think I might go with Anouk (ah-nook) Elice. Anouk is a very Dutch name, sounds the same in English and when said with the Dutch accents and it is not too common here in Holland, though I have heard it once or twice. Is Elice the normal spelling? If so, that is how I want to go. I don't like all the 'unique' spellings. People want to be different but give commonish names. Just cause you spell it different does not make the name unique, in my opinion. I have seen it Elyce as well.

Do you think Anouk Elice goes together well? We really like Elice and it is pronounced El-ee-za in Holland. I cannot think of anything else that flows well with Anouk.

Comments

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

I don't like Anouk. It sounds weird.
Elice sounds nice, I don't know what the most common spelling of it is but I've seen it spelled Alise before to. Elyce looks nicer though. Elice makes me think of lice when I look it because I automatically find the word in a word.

[tearsmist.livejournal.com]

I am not too fond of Anouk.. but I love the name Elice.. I had a friend actually named that in high school her name was spelled Elise. I always thought it was pretty.

[tearsmist.livejournal.com]

As for other names how about..

ANIKA
ELSA (Elza)
KARINA (it means dear little one!)
KIERSTEN
SONJA
ARABELLA
Kalie

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Hmmm I like Elsa! The others do not grow on me. Plus my mom's girlfriend's name is Sonja, somehow I doubt my dad would appreciate that, lol.

[tearsmist.livejournal.com]

*L* I am sure your dad wouldn't like that! *L*

I added you to my friends list. I use to read your diary all the time.. and loved hearing all your updates on you and Pieter! :)

I actually even contacted you once a long time ago about becoming pen pals! I met my ex online and we were in a webring together.

I am still intersted in being pen pals if you still want one..;)

and I hope you do not mind that I added you.

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Did I not reply to your e-mail? I am terrible with e-mails, great with letters, lol.

We could be pen pals. If you mean via e-mail, I can make an effort, lol. If you mean via snail mail, of course.

I will add you to my friends list in return. Of course I do not mind. The more the merrier.

I kinda remember you! :)

[tearsmist.livejournal.com]

you responded to my email.. *L* but I was having a hard time at that time and never got around to writing you! :( I know.. bad me.. *L*

Snail mail.. works fine! I love writing letters.. *L*..

:)

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Sure! You can send me your address via e-mail sealedwithmyhug @ yahoo dot com. :)

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I think Anouk is a lovely and interesting name. I've usually seen it spelled "Elise," but if Elice is the more Dutch spelling, you can obviously go for that too. I think it's a great name overall.

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think Alisa is the way it is spelled in Holland, but my hubby does not like that way. So Elisa would be best.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Anouk, and I think Anouk Elice sounds fine. I like the name!

[amarins.livejournal.com]

Anouk is common here in Holland. Every school I've been to there always was an Anouk or Anouke in my class.

Why would Nora be a problem here? You can abbreviate it to Noortje, that's a cool name.

Dutchies wouldn't know how to pronounce Elice (elies probably, or elietsje. Friends of my husband and I named their girl Zoë Eliza. Maybe that's an idea?

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Oh, I did not think it was so common. :( If we move to America though, it would not be common at all.

Hmmm Eliza sounds nice. I will consider that.

Heh, I am not even pregnant yet and still fretting over names. LOL!

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

I don't care for the Dutch first name, but that's just me. I think the middle name is spelled here as Elise or Elyse. I liked Elice at first glance, because my middle name is Alice, but on second thought, I think of lice, which is not so pleasant.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Anouk. All these naysayers need to rent the movie Chocolat and see what a great name it is on a little girl! Sometimes a name doesn't seem real until you see it in use, and unfortunately it's an unheard of name in the U.S.

I think it's usually Elise or Elyse. Sounds fine with Anouk to me.

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Aww thanks! I also fell in love with it from the movie, I LOVE that movie.

I also fell in love with the name Rivers from My Dog Skip, lol.

[sherball.livejournal.com]

I am not fond of Anouk. It just looks strange (the letters next to each other). Elice is ok, don't love it, don't hate it. :) Only thing I have to offer in a suggestion is that if you are going to stay in holland then the names are probably fine! :) But if you come back to the states, noone will be able to pronoucne the name correctly. It's just something to consider :) Maybe something that would fit both places would work better? :)

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I need to find something that does fit both places better, as I am not sure how long we will stay after a baby we have is born. :( I want to go back to Ohio, lol.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

How else would Americans pronounce Anouk, though? It really sounds like it's spelled.

[sherball.livejournal.com]

anything that isn't 'normal' gets mangled. At least that's been my experience :)It's like they don't know how phonics works.. at all :)

[babyhoyt.livejournal.com]

how is Elice pronounced? I had a friend in school with that name. Her mother was Dutch. She said it Ellis, like Ellis island in NY.
I agree with the previous poster, will you guys come back to the states? Or do you want her to have any of your heritage?

[sealedwithmyhug.livejournal.com]

My husband pronounces it El-eec-a or El-ee-za.

We will probably come back to the States and I do want her/him to have roots to the Dutch and American cultures.

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I honestly think Anouk Grace would sound really good together. Even if it's trendy, its a very pretty name. To me, Grace is one of those classic names you can't go wrong with.

I also like Anouk Elice, even Elice Grace sounds good to me.

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

I love Anouk, i think it's very pretty and it's really not that difficult to pronouce! I prefer Elise to Elice but Elisa is really nice too.