Hello berries! I am currently pregnant with b/g twins, due at the beginning of [name_u]November[/name_u]. DH and I would like to get names picked out (two for each, so we can decide which suits the child better at birth) at least a couple weeks before, so we don’t have a last-minute rush to figure something out.
We (thankfully) have fairly similar name styles, and we are both big literary nerds, so a lot of the names we like have literary connections
. We’d like to get some thoughts, opinions, and suggestions on our current lists before we decide, though.
We’ve come up with a few combos that we both like so far, but most of our favorites are just single names at the moment.
These are the names that we both agree on so far:
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Boys-
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] (loo-ee) Isildur
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]/[name_m]Rodney[/name_m] [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] (unsure about [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] . . . I like it, but I would prefer a name with a nickname, though it isn’t necessary.)
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Merlin[/name_m] (nn would be [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] or [name_u]Andy[/name_u], whichever suited him better)
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m] (nn [name_u]Jules[/name_u])
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]/[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] (I would prefer this as a middle, but DH likes it as a first)
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Rodney[/name_m]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m] (DH really likes this, I don’t love it, but it has been growing on me)
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Girls-
[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] (nn would probably be [name_f]Flo[/name_f], but possibly [name_f]Lore[/name_f] or [name_f]Lori[/name_f])
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] (I like this, but again, I hesitate because it lacks nicknames)
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] (I love [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f], but DH thinks it is just okay, and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] has no nn that we like)
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] [name_f]Honor[/name_f] (we both love [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f], nn [name_f]Gwen[/name_f], but we aren’t entirely sure about [name_f]Honor[/name_f] as the middle name)
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] (DH would prefer it as a nn, but I don’t like [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] or [name_f]Coralie[/name_f]/[name_f]Coraline[/name_f])
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f] (we both love this, but cant come up with a middle that we like)
Please tell us what you think of our lists. Which do you think would be best as siblings? Any name or combo suggestions? Thank you in advance!
I think these pairs work really well and the bolded ones are my favourites:
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] & [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] & [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] & [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_m]Rodney[/name_m] & [name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] & [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] & [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] & [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_m]Errol[/name_m] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
Thank you so much, @Opheliaflora! I especially love these combos:
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] & [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] & [name_f]Willow[/name_f]
Thanks again for all the great suggestions!
I love [name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] and [name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m]!!! So sweet together.
[name_f]Willow[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Merlin[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] ([name_u]Andy[/name_u] & [name_u]Nori[/name_u]?)
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] ([name_u]Andy[/name_u] & [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] are really cute together too)
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] & [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] & [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] & [name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] & [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] & [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] ([name_m]Duke[/name_m] & [name_f]Gwen[/name_f]?)
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]