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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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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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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
I like Astrid a lot though
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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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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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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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Ah I see, that's fair
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Astrid is more interesting, but Alice is prettier. I would choose Ingrid or Sigrid over Alice, though.
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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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