Twin girls on the way!

We had a sonogram today, and found out we have twin girls coming in [name]April[/name]! We already have a daughter, [name]Juno[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Elizabeth[/name] was my grandmother’s name), and I’ve just started thinking about names. My husband is an English teacher and I’m a literature professor, so we love classical/mythological and literary names. I also have a soft spot for Irish names, and my husband’s background is Eastern European, so he might like to consider a few from that tradition, too. I’d really love to see any suggestions you might have. Thank you!

Congrats! I love the name [name]Appolonia[/name]. [name]Flora[/name] and [name]Luna[/name] are also nice choices and would make a good twin set. Good luck- what an exciting time for your family!

Congrats on your twins! An opportunity to name twin girls would be a Nameberry gift from [name]Heaven[/name]! :slight_smile:

[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Rhiannon[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Estella[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Aida[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]/[name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Sabrina[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Nerissa[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Morgana[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]/[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Milena[/name]/[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Daria[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Renata[/name]
[name]Sonia[/name]
[name]Xenia[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Lara[/name]/[name]Larissa[/name]
[name]Hana[/name]
[name]Anoushka[/name]/[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Danica[/name]
[name]Coraline[/name]
[name]Mirabel[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]

[name]Ophelia[/name] (Greek & literary)
[name]Muriel[/name] (Celtic & literary)
[name]Flannery[/name] (Irish & literary)
[name]Phaedra[/name] (Mythological)
[name]Iris[/name] (Mythological)
[name]Dione[/name] (Mythological)
[name]Bronte[/name] (Literary)
[name]Thisbe[/name] (Mythological & literary)
[name]Louisa[/name] (Literary)
[name]Saskia[/name] (European & literary)
[name]Apollonia[/name] (Greek & mythological) -> cute nickname could be [name]Pola[/name]

Congratulations.

[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Cecelia[/name]/[name]Celia[/name]/[name]Cecily[/name]/[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Yolanda[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]/a
[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Ianthe[/name]
[name]Evadne[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Polly[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Gretel[/name]/[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Liesel[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Meadow[/name]

Thank you! I like a lot of these, especially [name]Penelope[/name] (was thinking about that one), [name]Rhiannon[/name], [name]Willa[/name], [name]Miranda[/name], and [name]Thisbe[/name]. It’s so different naming two at once, but it’ll be a lot of fun, I think.

I like [name]Penelope[/name] and [name]Willa[/name] together.

[name]Thisbe[/name] is pretty but might be difficult to pair up with another girl name. although [name]Thisbe[/name] and [name]Juno[/name] go well together.

what about [name]Thisbe[/name] and [name]Phoebe[/name] or [name]Thisbe[/name] and [name]Phaedra[/name]

[name]Daisy[/name] and [name]Penelope[/name] would be an adorable twin set.

congrats and good luck!