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Twin girls - Holly & Ivy

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Notyetamummy · 27/10/2010 14:42

My friend is expecting twin girls. They are due on Christmas day.

She wants to name them:

Holly Grace

Ivy Rose

Grace & Rose are the names of her two grandmothers.

What does everyone think?

Individually I like the names, but for twin girls

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poorbuthappy · 28/10/2010 21:48

When I was booked in for my section with my girl/girl twins for the 16th December, we had a week of the Holly and Ivy joke...the first time we talked about it I seem to recall I wet myself a little bit cos I laughed too hard...[hblush]

Ah well...could be a lot worse!

Mitchymum · 28/10/2010 21:43

If she must use Christmas names, I would go for Holly and Robyn.

Queenofthehill · 28/10/2010 20:49

I'm an Ivy. Yay for Ivys! My primary-school nemesis was a Holly. Boo to Hollys! Just kidding about the boo btw

SlaughteredSheep · 28/10/2010 20:22

Yes as others have said, please point out to her that the song says "of all the trees that are in the wood the Holly bears the throne" so Ivy will always feel like Holly is the favourite!

They are pretty names individually but not together! Holly and Noelle sounds lovely!

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 28/10/2010 20:11

I used to have toads called January, February and March
I was an odd child

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 28/10/2010 20:11

"It's nearly as bad as the twin girls at my niece's school called Peace and Love. Bad enough in itself but ther surname is Love too!!!"

so one is called Love Love??

biglips · 28/10/2010 20:10

my g pigs were called Holly and Ivy!!

ProfessorLaytonIsMyZombieSlave · 28/10/2010 20:08

My previous comments notwithstanding, she could do a lot worse. At least here both are nice sensible names individually, rather than some random concoction of letters or names that rhyme, or some other offence against naming decency. I still think it's a bad idea, but I've heard much worse ideas.

MiasmARGGG · 28/10/2010 19:31

I like them :)

mathanxiety · 28/10/2010 19:25

hoe, dang autocorrect.

mathanxiety · 28/10/2010 19:25

She needs to do a little reading about the need of twins to be seen as individuals and not a matching pair. Beginning with their names. A lot of twins hate the matchy matchy approach.

Good luck to her though -- 17 and having twins. Gosh. Not an easy row to how.

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Notyetamummy · 28/10/2010 18:41

Apparently she loves these names and thinks it's lovely that they match

I'm just hoping that as she has some time left that she'll change her mind. She's only 17 (my younger cousin) and I'm not sure that the full reality of them being REAL people has hit her yet.

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StarExpat · 28/10/2010 13:48

I'm such a nerd. I'm ROFL at ProfessorLayton.

Sidge · 28/10/2010 13:05

She should call them Mistletoe and Wine.

That would be MUCH better.

StewieGriffinsMom · 28/10/2010 12:50

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ProfessorLaytonIsMyZombieSlave · 28/10/2010 12:49

That is a good point, actually -- "The Holly and the Ivy" is largely a song to the effect of "There are Holly and Ivy, and Holly is really cool whereas Ivy is a bit crap really". And as they will be hearing that song a lot it will only take Ivy a couple of years to twig that...

(Ha! Twig! See what I did there...)

DanceOnTheDarkSide · 28/10/2010 12:47

I do like the names actually. But not for twins and not around christmas.

LittleRedPumpkin · 28/10/2010 12:46

She will thank you later if you persuade her out of it now.

Btw, imagine going through life called Ivy when your sister is Holly - there's a whole song about Holly and Ivy gets one line! (I am petty but if I was 5, that would have occurred to me! )

StarExpat · 28/10/2010 12:44

I like the names. yes, they are twins, but they are individuals and both names are lovely and not at all out of the ordinary.

Why do people care so much? If she likes the names, she should use them :)

I know a few people with christmas-y names with birthdays around xmas and it's not been a problem for them.

Longtalljosie · 28/10/2010 12:43

Oh, whatever. There are worse names. Although they'll get lots of the older generation singing about "when they are both full grown"

StewieGriffinsMom · 28/10/2010 12:40

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BuntyPenfold · 28/10/2010 12:38

ayjayjay really???
Peace Love and Love Love?

ProfessorLaytonIsMyZombieSlave · 28/10/2010 12:37

Individually lovely; far too twee together. Is she concerned about popularity? You could point out that Holly is the #1 name for girls born in December (or it was in 2009, anyway).

foreverastudent · 28/10/2010 12:28

Natalia and Noella are also Christmassy.

ayjayjay · 28/10/2010 06:27

Individually lovely names but you're right they don't really work for twins and at Christmas.

It's nearly as bad as the twin girls at my niece's school called Peace and Love. Bad enough in itself but ther surname is Love too!!!

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