[name_f]Twila[/name_f] was my favorite name for many years. I don’t know if she is still THE favorite, but I do love her so.
I was a dancer growing up (and still a dancer at heart and I dabble and move daily), and [name_f]Twyla[/name_f] Tharp was a major inspiration to me. I’ve mentioned before that ambiguous etymology bothers me, but with [name_f]Twila[/name_f] I love every interpretation I’ve seen. The three main meanings being “star” via étoile; or “double-woven,” as in twill fabric, or “twilight.” I tend to pull on any one of these meanings more than the others depending on what I pair it with in the moment. No matter what, I love how simultaneously sparkly and light, carefree, yet rich and emotive she is (just like Tharp’s choreography). I tend to prefer the sleek simplicity of [name_f]Twila[/name_f], but I can sometimes be won over by a [name_f]Twyla[/name_f] combo when the y seems expressive.
[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite combo hands down for a couple years was:
[name_f]Twyla[/name_f] [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f]
Then, when my mom told me she loved [name_u]Lemon[/name_u] on a girl and wanted to meet one, I started loving the idea of
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Lemon[/name_u], which is all sparkle and zest.
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Lemon[/name_u] morphed over time to [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Lumen[/name_u], which just twinkles irridescent, imo…
But my partner has never been a fan. It is one of my deepest naming sadnesses that he hasn’t loved [name_f]Twila[/name_f] in the past. But he is one to be won over by the equation:
Exposure + dashing combo = pictures it on the little girl in his mind and falls in love and starts using the name at every instance in an annoying-but-endearing proto-babytalk.
It took me a LOOONG time to find something I loved as much as the combos above but I finally found
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
That was last year and when I mentioned it to him he said, “You know… I actually like that. Maybe you’re finally winning me over.”
I know -a endings to A beginnings can grate on some, but the slight melding here actually enhances my enjoyment of the combo. I LOVE how [name_f]Twila[/name_f] brings out the jaunty spunk of [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], which I usually see as a more buttoned-up yet cosmopolitan name on her own. [name_f]Twila[/name_f] lets [name_f]Antigone[/name_f]'s hair down, while [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] draws out the sophisticate in [name_f]Twila[/name_f] in turn.
[name_u]Jule[/name_u] was as the family honor name for my side, but now with this TAM project to honor his mom and her side of the family, I think [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] became an excellent candidate for an M promotion. Problem is, to what? In terms of winning over my husband to the cause, [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] can do no wrong. He is obsessed with [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]. I love [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], too, but struggle to say she is the one for me. [name_f]Minerva[/name_f] is always hard for me to let go and I LOVE the weaving connection. Menodora would be perfect with just a little less length, but is length usually a barrier for me? [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] checks a lot of boxes (including honoring my two grandmas [name_u]Marie[/name_u] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f]), but while I love her in most combos, I’m not convinced she is perfect here (please convince me!) Idk…
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Maxima[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] Menae
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] Menodora
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Madelief[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Margrid[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Mina[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] Maëlys
- [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
Please give your best suggestions and spew all the opinions at me.
If you don’t love [name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], what would you pair with [name_f]Twila[/name_f]?
TAM
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] Menodora
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Moira[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Alcie[/name_f] Menodora
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Alcie[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] Athenaïs Menodora
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Macy[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Arianell[/name_f] [name_f]Margrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] [name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Audre[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Aisling[/name_f] Menodora
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Araceli[/name_f] Menodora
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Agate[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Aisling[/name_f] [name_f]Muse[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] Athenaïs [name_f]Margrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Agathe[/name_f]-Maëlys
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] [name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] Maëlys
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Asterope[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] [name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] Menodora
[name_m]Just[/name_m] the A
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Amethyst[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Apricot[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] Antiope
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Ayelet[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] Arietty
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_f]Alcione[/name_f]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Twila[/name_f] Athenaïs
Please help! Thanks, Berries! You all are the best and thanks so much for making it through the TOP T for TAM TEN with me!