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Alice or Astrid?
by chrssosp
10/6/2023, 2:00 AM
Which one?

This message was edited 10/27/2023, 12:05 AM

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- Manipura (glaucous)
10/8/2023, 1:55 PM
Astrid.Aly is ok, but I never liked Alice. Maybe it sounds too proper-English? I associate tea parties and Alistair. Astrid just sounds spacey/dynamic like astro and Estrella or Astraea, plus tidy and ordinary like Ingrid.

This message was edited 10/8/2023, 2:04 PM

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- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)
10/7/2023, 4:41 PM
Alice. I never understood why so many people got obsessed with Astrid all of a sudden.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)   +4
10/7/2023, 6:52 AM
Alice.Astrid is nice, but it's seems like the kind of name someone would choose to sound much cooler than they are.Plus, Allie is a MUCH better nickname than Assy.
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- kingdom_of_daydreams   +3
10/7/2023, 8:32 AM
Why would anyone want to shorten a name as beautiful as Astrid? (It's not like there are a lot of good nicknames, but I do like Asta.) I think I get what you're saying about it being... what's the word you're looking for, pretentious? I love Alice, too, but maybe it's a bit overdone.

This message was edited 10/7/2023, 8:33 AM

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- Pickles (C.M.S.)   +2
10/7/2023, 8:34 AM
I was being funny. Or trying, anyway.
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- kingdom_of_daydreams   +1
10/7/2023, 8:41 AM
Oh, sorry. I have a problem with taking things literally.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)
10/7/2023, 9:13 AM
You're fine.
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- Pink Princess
10/7/2023, 4:54 AM
Both are lovely, but I think I’d prefer Astrid. It’s just so underrated and not a name you hear often, I like that. I’ve actually liked it since I was a kid, it was a friend’s mums name.
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- ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧ (PrincessZ)
10/6/2023, 2:12 PM
A personal association of mine leads me to associate Alice with the smell of rotting oranges. I think the association has tainted the name forever.I like Astrid a lot though
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- mirfak
10/6/2023, 12:12 PM
Astrid. I worked with a gal called Astrid once. It's a cool name!
I don't care for the look of Alice. It looks prissy and dusty.
I like it spelled Alys, though.
If it were Alys vs. Astrid I might call it a tie.

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- kingdom_of_daydreams   +3
10/6/2023, 10:08 AM
I prefer Astrid. It seems less overdone than Alice, with its uncommonly mystical vibe. And this really has nothing to do with the name itself, but the sound makes it seem icy-blue -- the color is more pleasing to the eye than Alice's red-wine tint.
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- ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧ (PrincessZ)   +2
10/6/2023, 2:09 PM
Odd - I associate Alice with blue more than Astrid. It's too heavily associated with Alice in Wonderland for it not to be. Where did you get red?
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- kingdom_of_daydreams   +1
10/6/2023, 2:34 PM
I was thinking of the book, not the movie. My copy of the book had a leather cover with a high sheen -- it was the color of red wine and has since turned brown with age. When I read it, I automatically thought the name Alice must be the color of wine, as were many names that were commonly associated with fairy tales and old literature.
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- ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧ (PrincessZ)
10/7/2023, 1:26 AM
Ah I see, that's fair
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- Wordsmith
10/6/2023, 9:38 AM
Astrid is more interesting, but Alice is prettier. I would choose Ingrid or Sigrid over Alice, though.
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- Realisticmind379   +1
10/6/2023, 7:29 AM
Alice by a wide margin. I don't care for Astrid at all.
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- KayEmAy
10/6/2023, 8:39 AM
My feeling exactly
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- sprout
10/6/2023, 7:05 AM
Alice
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- ari.
10/6/2023, 6:25 AM
Alice.
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- Anneza
10/6/2023, 5:55 AM
I love Alice and would use it happily IRL. Astrid has a lovely meaning; pity about the first syllable in English. Of all the -rid names commonly used in English, Astrid comes third, after Sigrid and Ingrid.
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- aussiechic04
10/6/2023, 4:00 AM
Astrid.More interesting/spunky/unexpected.
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- Canielle
10/6/2023, 3:06 AM
Alice though I also like Astrid
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- Kerilyntaryn21
10/6/2023, 2:15 AM
Alice
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