What do you think of these names?

Our twin girls will be here in a few months, and we are finding it quite hard to name them. We want them to have an English first name, an Arabic middle name and a [name_m]French[/name_m] middle name.

We are settled on [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs for their [name_m]French[/name_m] names, and are trying to find names we both like in English and Arabic.

So far, this is our English list; [name_f]Alba[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_u]Alva[/name_u], [name_f]Ceil[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Fern[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_u]Vale[/name_u]

And this is our Arabic list; [name_f]Aisha[/name_f], [name_f]Amira[/name_f], Azari, [name_f]Aziza[/name_f], Eesha, [name_f]Iman[/name_f], [name_f]Imara[/name_f], Kafiya, [name_f]Kalila[/name_f], Layali, [name_u]Samar[/name_u], [name_f]Soraya[/name_f], [name_f]Tahira[/name_f]

What do you think of them? What are your favourites and least favourites? [name_m]How[/name_m] would you combine them?

[name_f]Maud[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_u]Samar[/name_u]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Aisha[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_f]Soraya[/name_f]

This was quite hard, actually.

[name_f]Alba[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_u]Alva[/name_u], [name_f]Ceil[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Fern[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_f]Aisha[/name_f], [name_f]Amira[/name_f], Azari, [name_f]Aziza[/name_f], Eesha, [name_f]Iman[/name_f], [name_f]Imara[/name_f], Kafiya, [name_f]Kalila[/name_f], Layali, [name_u]Samar[/name_u], [name_f]Soraya[/name_f], [name_f]Tahira[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs!
My favourite combos would have to be…

[name_f]Alma[/name_f] [name_f]Tahira[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Soraya[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f] Azari [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Aziza[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_u]Samar[/name_u] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Imara[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs

[name_f]Alma[/name_f] Azari [name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]

[name_f]Alba[/name_f] [name_u]Samar[/name_u] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Manon[/name_f]

[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Anais[/name_f]

Of your English names, [name_f]Fern[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], and [name_f]Maud[/name_f] sound a little old for my tastes. I like a lot of the Arabic names, though, and I think a lot of them could work as first names if you didn’t want to pick three names (I really like [name_f]Amira[/name_f], Azari, [name_m]Imari[/name_m], and Layali).

Other first name ideas if you are taking suggestions: [name_f]Neve[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Lana[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Leah[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Ana[/name_f], [name_f]Jade[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], Zoe

I love [name_f]Anais[/name_f] and [name_f]Manon[/name_f]!

My favorites from your English list are: [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Tess[/name_f], and [name_f]Olive[/name_f].

My favorites from your Arabic list include: Layali, [name_f]Soraya[/name_f], [name_f]Amira[/name_f], [name_f]Kalila[/name_f]

Combos:
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Soraya[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Manon[/name_f]

[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Anais[/name_f]

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Soraya[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]

You have some lovely names on your list! If it were my twins that I were naming using your list and criteria I’d probably go with [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_u]Samar[/name_u] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs. If I were to name them myself, still using your criteria but my own list, I would probably go with something like [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Zahra[/name_f] [name_f]Belle[/name_f] and [name_f]Tessa[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Lila[/name_f]. My flow isn’t great, but they’re names I love.

My favorites are [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], and [name_f]Tess[/name_f] for FNs. I love [name_f]Aziza[/name_f] and [name_f]Iman[/name_f] for middles. What about:

I love [name_f]Aziza[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f] for MNs, so my choices would be:

[name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Aziza[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Aziza[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] and [name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f].

I think. You have some really great options, regardless!

Good luck!

Hmmm…perhaps you may like…

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] Eesha

[name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] Kafiya
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Imara[/name_f]

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] Kafiya

[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f]

[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f] Eesha and [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Anais[/name_f] [name_f]Imara[/name_f]

Good luck! Your girls will have lovely names. :slight_smile:

Thanks all! I really like a lot of these and I adore [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Kalila[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Imara[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_f]Iman[/name_f] [name_f]Ana[/name_f]ïs.

[name_f]Thea[/name_f] Layali [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Tahira[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f] [name_f]Imara[/name_f] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]

[name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_f]Amira[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f] [name_u]Samar[/name_u] [name_f]Anais[/name_f]

I have always loved [name_f]Manon[/name_f].
Of the English list, I like [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], and [name_f]Tess[/name_f].
I am not a fan of Arabic names so no point in me commenting :slight_smile: Good luck.