Since we’re having twins and we don’t know the gender, we’re trying to come up with more names for both boys and girls. The names above are the ones we are likely going to use, but since we only have one boy name and one girl name, it might complicate things if we have two girls or two boys.
Can you help us come up with some more? We tend to go with more traditional, longer names with nickname options ([name]Theo[/name] for [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Rose[/name] for [name]Rosalie[/name]). Some that we are considering:
I like both your fn/mn combinations better as the two fns for gg or bb twins. Is there any way you’d consider [name]Rosalie[/name] and [name]Cecilia[/name] as fns for g-g twins? I think the names are kind of similar, but different enough to be used this way. I’m a little on the fence about [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name] as fn/mn-- something like [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] or [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Helen[/name] work better sound-wise to me. [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Frances[/name]/[name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Constance[/name] and [name]Cecilia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Cecilia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] work well together-- nns [name]Rose[/name]/[name]Rosie[/name] and Ceci. Otherwise, from your list I’d do [name]Rosalie[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name] ([name]Rosie[/name] and [name]Josie[/name]?) or [name]Rosalie[/name] and [name]Lillian[/name] ([name]Rosie[/name] and [name]Lily[/name]).
Some other girls’ names you might like: [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Camilla[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Eleanor[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Juliet[/name], [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Millicent[/name], [name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name]
For a boy-- I’d ask the same question-- any way you’d consider using [name]Theodore[/name] and [name]Andrew[/name] as fns for b-b twins? [name]Theo[/name]/[name]Ted[/name] and [name]Drew[/name] are cute nns. [name]Theodore[/name] [name]William[/name] and [name]Andrew[/name] [name]Christopher[/name] or [name]Andrew[/name] [name]Peter[/name] work well too. I always think [name]Nathaniel[/name] is a good match with [name]Theodore[/name] because they have the same meaning-- [name]Theo[/name]/[name]Ted[/name] and [name]Nate[/name] are good nns too.
Some other boys’ names you might like: [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Charles[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Edmond[/name], [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Gilbert[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Philip[/name], [name]Samuel[/name]
Great names! [name]Love[/name] your boy and girl option. And I would add [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]William[/name] for the extra girl and boy name but really, they’re all lovely
davisellu - [name]Cecilia[/name] and [name]Andrew[/name] are family names, but [name]Rosalie[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name] aren’t. That’s really my only objection - I would want to honor family with both children, if we were going to go that route. Other than that, I do like your suggestions. I hadn’t thought of [name]Nathaniel[/name], but I do like it. For girls, I really like [name]Lillian[/name], but DH is still caught up on the double flower nicknames ([name]Rose[/name] and [name]Lily[/name]).
bellarina - We really like them, too! I do like [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]William[/name], but I’m a little worried about [name]William[/name]'s popularity. We already know a few couples with little [name]Williams[/name]…
emelis - I really like [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Adelaide[/name], and [name]Alexander[/name]. [name]Alexander[/name], too, is a family name, so that one would probably show up in the middle name spot.
Thanks again!
[name]Just[/name] for the record, we are kind of fixated on Catholic saint’s names for middles (we’re pretty traditional). That’s not an absolute must, but it is definitly a big part of the decision.
Are there any other female family names that you would like to use? You could do [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] or [name]Andrea[/name] (for [name]Alexander[/name] or [name]Andrew[/name]) and [name]Josephine[/name]/[name]Lillian[/name]/[name]Francesca[/name]/[name]Emmeline[/name]/[name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Cecilia[/name]. Instead of [name]Lillian[/name]-- maybe [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Lucretia[/name], [name]Luciana[/name], [name]Lucille[/name], [name]Lucilla[/name], or [name]Lucia[/name] with the nn [name]Lucy[/name] (so [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name] instead of [name]Lily[/name]).
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name]/[name]William[/name]/[name]Christopher[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] would work well for b-b twins.
I really like [name]Josephine[/name], but my favorite nickname is [name]Josie[/name], and [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Josie[/name] sounds a little too matchy to me. Am I just being weird?
[name]Emmeline[/name] is nice, but I’m stuck on nickname options. Ideas?
Middles for the second girl could go anywhere. [name]Lucy[/name] or a variant might work, because of St. [name]Lucy[/name]…
We already know a family that has a daughter named [name]Lucy[/name], so I’m not sure if that will work as a first name. All the variants are nice, but when I hear [name]Lucinda[/name] all I can think about is [name]Ella[/name] Enchanted. You know, “That fool of a fairy [name]Lucinda[/name] did not intend to lay a curse on me”…
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] is nice because of the family association, but I really do like [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]…
I also like [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Peter[/name]. It is closer to [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] in length, and [name]Peter[/name] is a family name, too.
[name]Benjamin[/name]/[name]Benedict[/name]/[name]Bennett[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] nn [name]Ben[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] nn [name]Charlie[/name]
and
[name]Lucetta[/name] [name]Marie[/name] nn [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
Thank you! I do like [name]Benjamin[/name] and [name]Charles[/name], especially with the nickname [name]Charlie[/name]. [name]Lucetta[/name] is interesting, but like I said, I don’t think [name]Lucy[/name] is going to work for us as a first name. I love [name]Anna[/name], but we tend to prefer longer names, and I’d like to keep the lengths similar. [name]Margaret[/name] is nice, especially with [name]Maggie[/name] as a possible nickname.
Please keep them coming. Your suggestions are very helpful!
[name]Josephine[/name] is such a lovely name for a girl, but it’s nicknames really bother me (I have never been the big fan of either [name]Josie[/name] or [name]Jo[/name] and the only nickname I like a bit is the Dutch Fietje). [name]Beatrice[/name] (nn [name]Bea[/name]), [name]Adelaide[/name] (nn [name]Ada[/name], [name]Addie[/name] etc.), [name]Arabella[/name] (nn [name]Bella[/name]), [name]Elizabeth[/name] (nn [name]Lilibeth[/name], [name]Beth[/name], [name]Eliza[/name] etc.), [name]Henrietta[/name] (nn [name]Etta[/name]), [name]Matilda[/name] (nn [name]Tilda[/name]) and [name]Margaret[/name] (nn [name]Maggie[/name]) are all very beautiful names.
For a boy, [name]Charles[/name] is wonderful and it goes very well with [name]Rosalie[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name]. Same goes for [name]Alexander[/name].
For some [name]Saint[/name] options (Warning, this is long! Also, some have been suggested already, I’m sure, so sorry if there are repeats.):
Girls:
[name]Therese[/name]/[name]Teresa[/name]
[name]Clare[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Sofia[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Joan[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
Kateri
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Gwen[/name]
[name]Ann[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]/[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Catharine[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Isidore[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Madeleine[/name]
[name]Brigid[/name]/[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]/[name]Adelaide[/name]
Also: love [name]Cecilia[/name] and [name]Rose[/name], which you already plan on using.
Boys:
[name]Lawrence[/name]
[name]Cyril[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Jerome[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Stephen[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Andrew[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Blaise[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
There are so many more male saints names, but my head is starting to spin
I think a lot of these would work well as future fn options, too.
This was the site I checked out for these names: Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
[name]Scarlett[/name] “[name]Carly[/name]” - this would connect with [name]Rosalie[/name] because they both have to do with the color red
[name]Felicity[/name] “[name]Lissie[/name]”
[name]Annabelle[/name] “[name]Anna[/name]/[name]Annie[/name]/[name]Belle[/name]/[name]Bella[/name]”
[name]Cordelia[/name] “[name]Cora[/name]/[name]Delia[/name]”
[name]Corali/namee “[name]Cora[/name]”
[name]Caroline[/name] “[name]Cara[/name]/[name]Callie[/name]”
[name]January[/name] “[name]Janie[/name]/[name]Jan[/name]”
[name]Aurora[/name] “[name]Rory[/name]”
[name]Seraphina[/name] “[name]Sera[/name]”
[name]Eleanor[/name] “[name]Elle[/name]/[name]Ellie[/name]/[name]Ella[/name]/[name]Nora[/name]”
[name]Amelia[/name] “[name]Mia[/name]”
[name]Penelope[/name] “[name]Penny[/name]/[name]Nell[/name]/[name]Ellie[/name]/[name]Poppy[/name]/[name]Posy[/name]”
I think [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Cecelia[/name] & [name]Francesca[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] would be a fabulous twinset! I also thought of [name]Silvia[/name] and [name]Adelaide[/name] with the names you listed.
For boys, I automatically thought of [name]Frederick[/name]. [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] & [name]Frederick[/name] [name]Peter[/name] are so handsome! Also, [name]Benjamin[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name].
shvibziks - I do like [name]Beatrice[/name], especially with [name]Bea[/name] as a possible nickname.
ijustlovenames - I’ve loved [name]Charlotte[/name] for a long time, just like I’ve loved [name]Sophia[/name]. I just think they’re becoming too popular.
klcalder2 - [name]Anastasia[/name], [name]Marguerite[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], and [name]Madeleine[/name] are pretty, and lengthwise they work too. For boys, I think we’re pretty set on [name]Peter[/name] and [name]Andrew[/name] as middle names.
mamabear25 - I like [name]Eleanor[/name] (maybe just because I love the nickname [name]Ella[/name]), and I’ve never heard [name]Posy[/name] as a nickname for [name]Penelope[/name], but I like it!
leonielee - I like [name]Frederick[/name]. I keep hoping that if the Cambridges have a boy, it’ll be a [name]Prince[/name] [name]Freddie[/name], just because I love that nickname! Not sure that DH is totally sold on it, though. I like [name]Francesca[/name] too (nickname [name]Frankie[/name]), but are [name]Frankie[/name] and [name]Rose[/name] a good combo? To me they seem really different.
I think [name]Frankie[/name] and [name]Rose[/name] have very different feels to them, but they could work. Plus if it doesn’t fit, she can always choose another nickname ([name]Fran[/name]/[name]Franny[/name], Cesca, maybe [name]Cece[/name]?).
I love brothers [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] “[name]Theo[/name]” and [name]Archibald[/name] [name]Edward[/name] “[name]Archie[/name]”! I like [name]Edward[/name] because [name]Andrew[/name] and [name]Edward[/name] almost use the same letters … It would be a cute way to tie their names together without going overboard. I also like the suggestion of [name]Benjamin[/name] “[name]Ben[/name]” and [name]Frederick[/name] “[name]Freddy[/name]”!
For [name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Cecelia[/name] “[name]Rose[/name]” and [name]Lillian[/name] [name]Florence[/name] “[name]Lily[/name]”. I think [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Caroline[/name] work well also.
[name]William[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name] [name]Katarina[/name] ([name]Lily[/name] and [name]Rose[/name] would be adorable!)
[name]Francesca[/name] [name]Elise[/name]