4/5 weeks left Max! Still can't decide on Identical Twins- Octavia & ?

Girl Names
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We are having a tough time. [name_m]Just[/name_m] when I think we have settled on names, one of us changes our mind.

We are sure on [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] ([name_u]Baby[/name_u] B and 8th member of the family)

[name_u]Baby[/name_u] A we really can’t decide. We know the middle name will be [name_f]Opal[/name_f].

I thought we were going to name her [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] ([name_m]Cor[/name_m]-rin-ah) [name_f]Opal[/name_f] nickname [name_f]Cora[/name_f] but husband thinks the two together is too much of a mouthful. He wants to name her [name_f]Carys[/name_f] which I like but it reminds me of the word caress and that would be bad with our last name that is closely related to a woman’s body part. I don’t want her to be teased her whole life.

Other names that we sorta like but have been crossed out:
Iyla (Too Popular)
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]- Doesn’t go with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] (I like he hates)

Please help! We have a [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] so the -iana names are out. Thanks!!!

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What about just [name_f]Corrine[/name_f] (kuh/koh-RINN)?
Or another name that could be nn’d [name_f]Cora[/name_f], like [name_f]Coralie[/name_f], [name_f]Coraline[/name_f], [name_f]Coretta[/name_f], Corenelia, [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]?

[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] & …

[name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] & [name_f]Adele[/name_f]/[name_f]Adela[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Alessia[/name_f], [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Analise[/name_f]/[name_f]Analisa[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Angeline[/name_f], [name_f]Annona[/name_f], [name_f]Astoria[/name_f], [name_f]Audrina[/name_f], [name_f]Aveline[/name_f], [name_f]Avalon[/name_f], Avonlea
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]/[name_f]Calixta[/name_f], [name_f]Camilla[/name_f]/[name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Catalina[/name_f]/[name_f]Katalina[/name_f], [name_f]Caterina[/name_f]/[name_f]Katerina[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Catriona[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestina[/name_f], [name_f]Clarissa[/name_f], [name_f]Clarinda[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], [name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Danica[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f], [name_u]Eloise[/name_u], [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], [name_f]Estrella[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f], [name_f]Isobel[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]/Liandra, [name_f]Lenora[/name_f]/[name_f]Lenore[/name_f], Liara, [name_f]Lilith[/name_f], [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
Marcelline, [name_f]Margo[/name_f], [name_f]Maribel[/name_f]/[name_f]Mirabel[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Melinda[/name_f], [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_f]Mildred[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f], [name_f]Renata[/name_f], [name_f]Renee[/name_f], [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f], [name_f]Rosaline[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Roslyn[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]/[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_u]Simone[/name_u], [name_f]Sonya[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f], [name_f]Zarina[/name_f], [name_f]Zella[/name_f], [name_f]Zilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Winona[/name_f]

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I actually think [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] goes well with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]. [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] sounds really pretty too!

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Why not [name_f]Carina[/name_f]? It’s like a middle ground between [name_f]Carys[/name_f] and [name_f]Corinna[/name_f], no? Feels “lighter” than [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] (thus less mouthful) and doesn’t sound like caress. AND it means beloved.

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Well now im dying to know what your last name is!

From your list, I think [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] goes very well with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f].

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I think [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] is lovely and goes perfectly with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]! [name_f]Carys[/name_f] is also beautiful, and I don’t think it has a tendency to be picked on. I also think that @whiteteaandginger’s suggestion of [name_f]Corrine[/name_f] is great too.

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I actually think [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] go together very well! I like [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] just fine, too. I’d say one of those is the winner :).

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Have you considered [name_f]Karenza[/name_f]? Or Corenza? I love it and the bonus for you here us that with the v in [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] and the z in [name_f]Karenza[/name_f] I think they both have a sort of wow factor…at least in Scrabble! (Ha ha ha). [name_f]Karenza[/name_f] could have the nn [name_u]Wren[/name_u] or [name_f]Kizzy[/name_f] or even Ko ([name_f]Karenza[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f]) which is a Native American word for water. Well, I m really smitten by those two - I think they’re swoony!
If not [name_f]Corrina[/name_f] there’s [name_f]Karenna[/name_f], Karelia, [name_f]Keziah[/name_f], Corinthia, I think they’re all really regal and pretty with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]. And [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] seems great as well - different but complimentary, [name_f]IMO[/name_f]! Good luck! .

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about Carrissa [name_f]Opal[/name_f] or [name_f]Clarion[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f]

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This made me laugh. It really is a challenging last name when it comes to picking the perfect name.

Thanks for all the help. My husband and I just feel like [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] is too trendy/new compared to [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] which is so much older/classic.

What does everyone think Of [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]/[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]? My husband prefers the [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] spelling while I like the Latin [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] spelling but since I picked [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] I think I’d have to give in to his spelling preference.

[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] & [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] nicknames [name_f]Viv[/name_f] or [name_f]Vivi[/name_f] and [name_u]Tavi[/name_u] or [name_f]Tavia[/name_f]?

This is sooo hard!!!

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[name_m]Just[/name_m] saw that [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] is in the top 100 and [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] is in the 200s. That might be a deal breaker. I don’t know if I want one twin to have a more unusual name while the other has a more popular one.

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I disagree with most here because I don’t think [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] goes well with [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] at all. They have such a different style and feel that they don’t complement each other. Both being 3+ syllables, modern/trendy and starting with vowels is not enough to make them well matched. I feel [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]/[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] makes a better pair in that they both have a kind of cool clunkiness. I prefer the [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] spelling, like [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] [name_u]Leigh[/name_u].

Something with a strong presence like [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] which I see has already been suggested would go well. [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] works.