B/G twins on the way

my husband and I just found out the genders of our IVF twins due in [name_u]March[/name_u], and we are expecting one of each gender! I’ve been lurking on the forums collecting names but didn’t want to join until we knew the genders, and now we know, I really want to get the names all sorted!

We like uncommon names and we are looking for something fairly uncommon for our babies :slight_smile:

For a girl:
Julisabel - A family name, pronounced Ju-liss-a-belle. Too weird?
Julip/Julep - Another name with meaning for us.
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Timothea[/name_f] NN [name_u]Timmie[/name_u] or [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
[name_m]Cobie[/name_m]

For boys:
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u])
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m]

As you can tell our lists are all over the place, and my well is running fairly dry. I feel like I need some new name ideas! So does anyone have any suggestions? I would be extremely happy to hear them!

My current personal favourites:

Girl: [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Cassia[/name_f]
Boy: [name_m]Heath[/name_m], [name_m]Conan[/name_m], [name_m]Eamon[/name_m]

All over the place as well… ahaha

[name_m]Just[/name_m] thought I would post since we have some favorite names in common :slight_smile:

Julisabel - sorry, not a fan, but there aren’t many names that end in -bel that I do like. I like [name_f]Julisa[/name_f]…
Julip/Julep - I like it! It did make me think of the mint julep drink, but also of tulips.
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] - love! [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Eternal[/name_f] [name_f]Sunshine[/name_f] of a Spotless Mind!
[name_f]Timothea[/name_f] NN [name_u]Timmie[/name_u] or [name_f]Thea[/name_f] - not a fan, but I love [name_f]Thea[/name_f]!
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f] - beautiful!
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] - makes me think of [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] Hepburn :slight_smile:
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f] - nice and unique :slight_smile:
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f] - not my fav. I did know someone named [name_f]Marcelle[/name_f]. [name_f]Marcella[/name_f] is nice too.
[name_m]Cobie[/name_m] - it’s cute and unexpected, but your other names are much better, I think. Could make a good mn.

For boys:
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m] - love!!
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] - also love! [name_u]Love[/name_u] the meaning and that it is unusual but sounds familiar!
[name_m]Soren[/name_m] - I like, but don’t like the meaning.
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] - love! Makes me think of Alias. :slight_smile:
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] - I do love the meaning but it is nms, maybe could be a mn? I like it better for a girl.
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] - nice, but I like your more unusual names better.
[name_m]Percival[/name_m] ([name_u]Percy[/name_u]) - love the [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] pimpernel! I wish I loved this name, but it is nms. Also like it better for a girl.
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m] - okay, I like your others better.

Some ideas:
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]/[name_m]Ander[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_u]Galen[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Leland[/name_u]
[name_m]Westley[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]

[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Valencia[/name_f]
[name_u]Wendell[/name_u]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]/[name_f]Athene[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sojourner[/name_f]
[name_f]Aveline[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Annaliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenyth[/name_f]/[name_f]Gwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]

My favorites from your lists are [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Timothea[/name_f], [name_f]Sabrina[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], and [name_f]Marceline[/name_f] for a girl; and [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Soren[/name_m], [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m], [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] and [name_m]Percival[/name_m] for a boy. I’d use Julisabel or Julip/Julep as a mn-- although maybe [name_f]Julisa[/name_f] as a fn. [name_m]Cobie[/name_m] doesn’t seem to fit with your other names, so maybe consider it for a mn too? On the boy side, maybe [name_m]Anderson[/name_m] as a mn?

Some other possibilities:

[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Emeraude[/name_f]
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Ghislaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Majorie[/name_f]/[name_f]Marjolaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]/[name_f]Sybilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveca[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]

[name_m]Alban[/name_m]
[name_m]Amaury[/name_m]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Caedmon[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Dwight[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurent[/name_m]/[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Lucian[/name_m]/[name_m]Lucius[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
[name_m]Nestor[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]/[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Tristram[/name_m]
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
Wythe
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Zander[/name_m]

Oh wow - congratulations! [name_m]How[/name_m] exciting to be expecting one of each.

I love [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] and [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] on your girl list and would use [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] or [name_f]Iseult[/name_f] myself if OH hadn’t vetoed. If you’re after less common then I’d choose [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] over [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] as the latter seems to be on an exponential rise over here (UK). Would you consider [name_f]Clemency[/name_f] as an alternative? I really like Julep too but would avoid Julisabel; a bit ‘creative’ for my tastes and (I think) hard to match in a sibset.

Again, if I had my druthers my next big would be [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]… But I don’t so he shan’t be. Please use it ”. [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] and [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] is pretty much my perfect combo…