Sisters Elliot & Harriet - Lottie & Hattie

Twin girls due 2016 -

[name_m]Just[/name_m] wanting to get ideas on middle names for [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriett[/name_f].

Also other names with the nicknames [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] & [name_f]Hattie[/name_f].

:slight_smile:

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] sound like brother and sister.

If you like the nickname [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], perhaps you’d like [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]? [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] compliment each other nicely.

I don’t mind [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] on a girl, but I agree with @casilda that it sounds like a brother/sister set. Therefore I added more feminine middles, but if you want more gender-neutral suggestions you can just let me know.

[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] ([name_f]Katherine[/name_f]?) & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f]

“[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]”: [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_f]Loretta[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], [name_f]Carlotta[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (stretch)
“[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]”: [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_u]Hadley[/name_u], [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] (it’s a bit of a stretch, but ‘addie’ and ‘hattie’ sound quite similar).

I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]LOTTIE[/name_f] AND [name_f]HATTIE[/name_f] :slight_smile:
I also love the idea of [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] Being a nickname for [name_u]Elliott[/name_u].
Usually [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] is a nn for [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] ,but I think [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] is a great modern twist.

I agree that [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] needs a Feminine middle name.
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]

[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Eileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]Logan[/name_u]-I like the idea of [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] having a more masculine middle name
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]

Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m] hope this helps!

[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriett[/name_f] seem like completely different styles to me, but that may not matter to you. I think [name_f]Harriett[/name_f] and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] are better matched, or [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and [name_u]Hadley[/name_u] or [name_u]Addison[/name_u]. But then you lose the matchy endings, which I’m guessing is what you’re after as well as matching nicknames.

I do like pp’s suggestion of having a more feminine middle with [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and a more masculine middle with [name_f]Harriett[/name_f] to balance things out.

Thanks so much for the replies!

I am very much into gender bending names and love [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] on a girl. I am less sold on the name [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] but love the nn [name_f]Hattie[/name_f].

I am so glad someone suggested the name [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u] as this is my favourite !

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_f]Jayne[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u] is what I was thinking with the same masculine feminine thing in mind.

I also like the idea of using [name_f]Eve[/name_f] and [name_f]Ava[/name_f] together as they are like sounding.

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_f]Eve[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Ava[/name_f].

[name_u]Love[/name_u] the suggestions :slight_smile:

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Lettie[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Lottie[/name_f]? You could have [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Winslet[/name_f].

[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] needs a feminine middle name. [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]? [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_u]Dove[/name_u]?
[name_f]Harriett[/name_f] could go with [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_u]Vale[/name_u], [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] is a boy’s name. [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] would be cute for boy/girl twins, but on a set of girl/girl twins they’re extremely mismatched.

I’m absolutely sold on [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] for a girl. As I said gender bending names is what I love.

Popular tv show ‘scrubs’ use the name for dr [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] read (female) and I just love it.

Loving [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] eve !

You do realize that she was only named Elliot because her parents expected a son, right?

If you like gender benders, what about these? They are more stylistically even:

Elliot and James
Elliot and Drew
Elliot and Blake
Elliot and Reese
Elliot and Bryce
Elliot and Cameron
Elliot and Hayden
Elliot and Jayden
Elliot and Leighton
Elliot and Parker

I would avoid Ava and Eve since they’re practically identical names (Ava is just a variant of Eve)… but you could go with two names from different roots that have similar/the same meanings. Eve and Asha would be nice. Both mean “life or to live” but have different origins. Or even Eve/Ava and Zoe.

I [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
As Someone with a unisex name I sometimes get called a guy by people who don’t know me and it really doesn’t bother me.When someone actually sees your little girl it will be obvious that she is in fact a girl.
You don’t seem as in love with [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] as you are with [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and I am having a hard time finding First names to go with [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]. [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] and [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] are the only two I can think of. I prefer [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] over [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f].
I like how [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] flow with out being matchy matchy.
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Jane[/name_f](I prefer this spelling) And [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u] is perfetct :slight_smile:

You’re right I’m not as in love with [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] as a name but I do love it paired with [name_u]James[/name_u] to make it more modern.

The spelling of [name_f]Jayne[/name_f] is the Same as my sister and like that it is a bit matchup to [name_u]James[/name_u].

I didn’t know that. But still
Absolutely in love with [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] as a girls name.

You’re right about eve and Avaamd not a good fit for my girls.

[name_m]How[/name_m] would you feel about:

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] & [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]?

I still Prefer [name_f]Jayne[/name_f] and [name_u]James[/name_u].
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] isn’t bad, but I don’t like [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] maybe because they both start with vowels.

They wanted a son…

[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] is a boy name and people would think she is a boy all her life. So maybe you don’t mind, but what about your kid? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think she would like to get letters to “Mister XXX [name_u]Elliot[/name_u]”, hear “Hello Sir” or “your parents wanted a boy like in Scrubs?”, get a boy gown for her graduation?

I would write it Elliette, which is a girl name.
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f] & [name_f]Hattie[/name_f] is cute. [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is lovely, Elliette [name_f]Anne[/name_f] would also be very lovely. I don’t like [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] [name_f]Anne[/name_f].