Our Shortlist needs Shortening!

new-life · October 26, 2017, 5:34am

Hiya Berries, so now we know that one of our babies is a boy and we have made considerable progress creating our Shortlist. Problem is, it’s still very long and we could really benefit from outside opinions to trim it down a bit.

The names:

[name_u]Robin[/name_u] (could also work for a girl)
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Angelo[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u] (possible MN)
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m] (possible MN)
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] (possible MN)
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_f]Oriole[/name_f] (possible MN)

Please choose two names that would make great but not overly matchy twin names. FN + MN combos are super welcome! Suggestion of twin sister names would also be great.

books_and_tea · October 26, 2017, 6:03am

I was unsure if you wanted just the “possible MNs” as MNs so I just used any I thought fit.

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] ([name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]; [name_m]Cas[/name_m] & [name_u]Rafe[/name_u])
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] & [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] ([name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] & [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]; [name_u]Bo[/name_u] & [name_m]Ed[/name_m])
[name_m]Forest[/name_m] [name_f]Oriole[/name_f] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_u]August[/name_u] ([name_m]Forest[/name_m] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u])
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] & [name_m]Forest[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] ([name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_m]Forest[/name_m])
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] & [name_u]August[/name_u] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] ([name_m]Timothy[/name_m] & [name_u]August[/name_u]; [name_m]Tim[/name_m] & [name_u]Gus[/name_u])

[name_m]Just[/name_m] FNs:

[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] & [name_m]Angelo[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] & [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] & [name_m]Odysseus[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] & [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] & [name_m]Otto[/name_m]

My favourite pairings would be [name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] & [name_m]Forest[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m], and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] & [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] (or [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] & [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f], with your MNs).

Sky85 · October 26, 2017, 6:06am

I love [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Wren[/name_u] (I prefer the spelling [name_u]Ren[/name_u] on a boy), [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f], [name_u]August[/name_u] & [name_f]Oriole[/name_f].

Twin names: [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]/[name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_u]August[/name_u]/[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_f]Sparrow[/name_f]/[name_f]Sparrow[/name_f] [name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_f]Oriole[/name_f]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

faycosta · October 26, 2017, 8:20am

[name_m]Angelo[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] and [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m]

[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

ashleyjuliette · October 26, 2017, 10:56am

Favorites

[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] as a mn
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]

[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]

boyandgirl · October 26, 2017, 1:28pm

I love:

[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]

saintdollface · October 26, 2017, 4:05pm

[name_u]August[/name_u] & [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]

Greyblue · October 26, 2017, 4:12pm

[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] and [name_m]Otto[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
Or
[name_m]Angelo[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] and [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m]
Or
[name_m]Forest[/name_m] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]

peggylee · October 26, 2017, 4:45pm

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_m]Forest[/name_m] are beyond beautiful, I love the imagery that they bring - youth, running happily in the forest, the sun rays peaking through the leaves of the trees and adventure, of course.

Magenta420 · October 26, 2017, 5:38pm

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_m]Timothy[/name_m] are your two best bets to me.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] could be a girl’s name, too!

new-life · November 3, 2017, 6:35pm

Thank you everyone for the feedback on our list. We still haven’t managed to shorten it and are indecisive as ever. Hoping for a few more comments on our list!

mayday · November 3, 2017, 9:40pm

My favorite individual names are [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], and [name_m]Vincent[/name_m].

For twin sets I like:
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] & [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] & [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u] & [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

I would then use bird middle names to fit the nature/word pattern of your daughters and tie the twins’ names thematically.

Bobcat108 · November 4, 2017, 8:28pm

Maybe…

[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]

Good luck!

ladyofthetower · November 4, 2017, 9:07pm

With your other children’s names I like:

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_m]Alastair[/name_m] & [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_m]Alastair[/name_m] & [name_u]Jude[/name_u] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] & [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] & [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Forest[/name_m] & [name_m]Alastair[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

With any of these boys and your other girls’ names, I like:

[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Swan[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Swan[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] (any of the previous middles)
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] (with previous middles)
Or any of these with an aforementioned middle:
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]/[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Roisin[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliett[/name_f]/[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helped!

ccmrath · November 5, 2017, 1:53pm

Some ideas…

[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] & [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] & [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] & [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]

And for full combos, I really like [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Isidore[/name_m] and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]

Araminty · November 6, 2017, 1:06am

some pairs I like for b/b:

[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] and [name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] and [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] and [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] and [name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] and [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]

I only like [name_u]Robin[/name_u] for a girl, or as a boy’s mn.

Some combos I like:

[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]

Some b/g pairs:

[name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] and [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m] and [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] and [name_u]Vivien[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m] and [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] and [name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] and [name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] and [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] and [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] and [name_f]Florence[/name_f]

You can tell which of your names I like and dislike!