Oh my god, it’s two boys!

Okay, so after being SURE that there was at least one girl inside me, and two ultrasounds where they confirmed one girl and one boy, there was a sneak penis attack at the last one and there’s now TWO BOYS. I mean, I don’t really care about the sexes, but the naming. Oh, the naming. It. Is. Impossible.

The problem is that when we thought there was one of each, I got really attached to the name A.jax E.vander for the boy. And I still want that for that twin. But what to name the other? We have a two year old boy named A.tlas I.ver. How am I supposed to find a THIRD name that I like just as much?

So- help me name twin boy number two?

The list:
Eik (pronounced like Ike, means Oak in Danish and Norwegian. Which we are).
Orion (I love it, and it probably is the best match in style, but my partner really doesn’t like it. That can change though, he sometimes needs time to get used to something.)
Or we can take Evander from the other twin and find new middles?

I would love to honour my mom Laila in some way, seeing as both Iver and Evander are spin- honours, but I need help finding a way to do it.

As you can see, the third boy doesn’t need to keep the letter A- trend going, nor the Greek theme, but I would like it to have the same vibe. Like. Feel just as magical.

Any takers? :grimacing:

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It seems you really like [name_m]Ajax[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]. How about [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] for the other twin? Has a similarly magical and mythical vibe without sharing initials, and begins with the same sound as [name_f]Laila[/name_f] (assuming it’s LIE-la?)

[name_m]Ajax[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and [name_m]Evander[/name_m] Eik?

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Of your options, I like the idea of [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and [name_m]Evander[/name_m]! Eik is pretty cool too!

Nods to [name_f]Laila[/name_f]:

Eik [name_u]Leander[/name_u]
Eik [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] / Eik Lisander
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Laith[/name_m]
Eik [name_u]Layton[/name_u]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_u]Lael[/name_u]
Eik [name_m]Orpheus[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Laertes[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Lyall[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Lyall[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_u]Layton[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Laius[/name_m]

With A.jax, and based on your choices, I’d add in the suggestions of:

[name_m]Ragnar[/name_m]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_m]Espen[/name_m]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
Torleif
[name_u]Storm[/name_u]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]

I think [name_m]Evander[/name_m] and [name_u]Orion[/name_u] work best.
Maybe [name_u]Mars[/name_u] or Ares/Aries?

Congrats on your twins!

I would move [name_m]Evander[/name_m], or go with [name_u]Orion[/name_u]!

Other ideas: [name_u]Ares[/name_u] [name_u]Ace[/name_u] [name_m]Apollo[/name_m] [name_m]Alaric[/name_m] [name_u]Lior[/name_u] [name_m]Castor[/name_m] [name_m]Xander[/name_m] [name_m]Eros[/name_m] [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m] [name_u]Mars[/name_u] [name_m]Upton[/name_m]

I know you said you don’t need to keep the A- trend going, but as someone who likes that, I’m going to suggest A names. You can ignore this completely if you wish.

[name_f]Aidin[/name_f]
[name_u]Andy[/name_u]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Arvid[/name_m]

Huge congratulations!

A.tlas and A.jax feel a little close in sound for me but certainly doable and not necessarily a big issue. [name_m]Just[/name_m] something to think about.

I like A.tlas and [name_m]Evander[/name_m], Eik, or [name_u]Orion[/name_u] as a brother set. [name_m]Evander[/name_m] and [name_u]Orion[/name_u], or [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and Eik as the twin set go really well.

[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Emil[/name_m]
Eik [name_m]Soren[/name_m]
Eik [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_u]Orion[/name_u] [name_m]Markus[/name_m]

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Congratulations! :sunny:This is so sweet news :smiling_face:

I love A.tlas I.ver. and A.jax E.vander together! Really magical/ whimsical, yet masculine and handsome :heart_eyes: I personally love the suggestion Lysander, but it’s super rhymey with E.vander, so I wouldn’t use it. My mother has a twin sister and she has always told me how she struggled that my grandmother dressed them the same and wanted their names to be super similar etc, etc.

I love Eik and Orion, I think they share the vibe, but are different enough.

Some more ideas (names that in my opinion have something ethereal or lyrical about them. Some are softer like a woodland elf and some are more stronger like a hero in a storybook :smiling_face:):

Alaric, Alasdair/ Alastor/Alistair, Ares, Aurelion, Archeron, Auberon, Ademir, Asterion, Atticus, Azarius, Aslan, Ambrose
Caius, Cornelius, Celestin, Casimir, Cassius, Caspian, Cirrus/ Kiur, Cedric/ Cedar
Daphnis, Dominic
Elidor, Eldarion, Evren (a bit too similar to Evander tho), Erion, Elvar, Ethealdred (maybe too much? :sweat_smile:)
Freyr, Florian/ Florizel
Griffin/ Griffith
Hawthorne
Isidor, Ingmar
Jasper/ Jaspen
Knox, Kaiea
Lucian, Leodegrance, Leonidas, Leland (perhaps the most similar one to Laila), Lorchlan/ Lochlan, Layton
Murtagh, Melchior
Nathaniel, Noctis, Neleus
Octavian, Oaken, Odin, Osias, Orson , Oceanus, Otis, Oberon
Peregrin, Polaris, Percival
Rowan, Rhys (Rhysand is so handsome, but maybe too much of a character name?), Raphael, Rhodes
Sylvan, Stellan, Sterling, Sonder, Silas, Stark
Thorin/ Thoreau, Tristan
Uriel, Ulric, Uther, Ulysses, Urs
Viridian/ Viridius
Winslow
Zephyr

With [name_u]Atlas[/name_u] [name_m]Iver[/name_m] and A.j@x [name_m]Evander[/name_m] I think you should consider

[name_u]Arrow[/name_u] / [name_m]Aero[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Arland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ashe[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
Oswald/ [name_m]Osborne[/name_m]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u]

Eik is a really great choice!!

And I think [name_u]Orion[/name_u] has a similar meaning to [name_f]Laila[/name_f]. That would be a cute way to honor her.

[name_u]Onyx[/name_u]
[name_m]Zander[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavian[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_u]Elton[/name_u]
[name_m]Altair[/name_m]
[name_u]Axton[/name_u]
[name_m]Calix[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Kaius[/name_m]

With A.tlas & A.jax, seems to me like [name_m]Apollo[/name_m] is your best choice! If you’re going to have two boys with greek god/mythology names, both of which start with A, that’s a pretty strong theme.

Between Eik, [name_u]Orion[/name_u], and [name_m]Evander[/name_m] as first name options, I like [name_u]Orion[/name_u]! Eik is a bit too unusual for me, and [name_m]Evander[/name_m] is too long for my tastes next to brothers (plus I like the A.jax E.vander combo a lot!)

Also, I loveeee the name [name_u]Atlas[/name_u]!

I don’t think I have any new ideas beyond the comments above, but best of luck!

I howled at this wording :rofl: But I am sorry for your last minute boy name dilemma!
A.tlas I.ver and A.jax E.vander are fantastic names. Is A.jax Orion and Eik E.vander an option?

Two possible honours for Laila are Lyle and Helge.
A.jax Lyle and E.vander Eik?
A.jax E.vander and Eik Helge?

Completely unrelated

but I’ve been puzzling over your profile picture. May I ask what it is?

A.tlas, A.jax and…

[name_u]Asher[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Axel[/name_u]
[name_m]Adonis[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]

[name_u]Ziggy[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]

I’m glad you liked it! It was literally what it felt like. [name_f]My[/name_f] partner told people by saying “everything was fine, except there was one problem with the girl…”, which made more than one person at risk for a heart attack. He thought it was super funny, though.

Basically everything, every combo and all names are up for debate at this point. I have thought about both [name_m]Ajax[/name_m] [name_u]Orion[/name_u] and Eik [name_m]Evander[/name_m], but I think I’m at that point where I’ve thought about it so much that nothing seems good anymore? Like when [name_m]Ted[/name_m] from How I Met Your Mother keeps saying “bowl”.

(Haha, my profile pic is a really (really, really) old picture of me drinking from an inflatable flamingo cup- thingy upside down. :see_no_evil::joy:)

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