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being induced tomorrow - having a little wobble on my boy's name!!

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Nancy54 · 24/09/2012 08:01

hi everyone,

i'm being induced tomorrow and i'm having boy / girl twins.

i'm english but live in france with dp who is french.

The little girl is gonna be called ella (known but not really common in france) and until this v early morning (as i laid in bed thinking about it!!), the little boy is going to be samuel.

just having a little wobble on samuel, not really sure why but not hundred percent sure.

so i thought i'd ask for any other suggestions, just in case!! it has to be a name that sounds ok in both french and english, and if possible isn't prononced totally differently in the two languages.

thanks!!!

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delilah88 · 24/09/2012 16:54

p.s. Also will force you into good feminist practice of saying your daughter's name first ;-)

delilah88 · 24/09/2012 16:54

no, don't worry about it at all! Someone on another thread pointed out (correctly) that Amelia is the medical term for a birth defect where the baby is missing limbs -- that hasn't stopped it becoming no.1 name in England.
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Nancy54 · 24/09/2012 16:51

oh bloody hell, starting to wish i hadn't asked actually as ignorance would been bliss!! lol

have asked french people and have been reassured that this is really not an issue in french. now just need to decide if the fact that it is in england bothers me. bearing in mind that they will go to school in france and just have holidays etc in england.

what do you think?

there is also the added prob that in france you have a max of 3 days to declare birth and name after birth so we need to be pretty quick deciding!!! Confused

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MelodyPondering · 24/09/2012 15:33

Oh yes, I'd probably step away from Samuel if you are also having an Ella!

I like Joseph, what about these:

Jacob
Benjamin
Daniel
Jude
Leo

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Nancy54 · 24/09/2012 13:35

oh shit, hadn't thought of the salmonella thing!!! Shock

i don't think it'll matter in france cos it isn't exactly the same, plus they don't tend to shorten names so samuel will stay samuel.

however, i'm gonna have to think about when we go in hol to englad, their english familly etc.

do have a couple of back up boys names. dp is completely set on ella.

joseph and louie were the other boy's names we liked but joseph is a bit old manish in france and louis is in the top 3 of names given here at the mo

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YouMayLogOut · 24/09/2012 09:55

"Sam and Ella" does sound like "salmonella".

Ella and...

Thomas
Hugo
Ethan
William
David
Gabriel
Tristan

CachuHwch · 24/09/2012 09:26

I know of Sam and Ella twins, and I'm afraid they get Shock looks all the time. In fact, the mother had to go into school to tell the teachers to refer to them as Ella and Sam. The mother did notice the salmonella thing before, but never thought it would be the big issue it has become. Sorry. :(
I'd go for Ben.

scaevola · 24/09/2012 08:35

Samuel is a lovely name.

If Sam and Ella together making Salmonella is off putting, how about Daniel?

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 24/09/2012 08:32

Its the Sam and Ella thing that would put me off.

Eva, Emma, Tom, Jack

PiratesKnittingTreasure · 24/09/2012 08:22

I wouldn't cos of the salmonella connotations!

Both lovely names but I wouldn't use them together.

Good luck!

Natnat29 · 24/09/2012 08:18

Agree with poster, do you have any back up named for either?

boyfallingoutofthesky · 24/09/2012 08:05

Samuel is a lovely name.

The only thing I would worry about is if they are going to be referred to as Sam and Ella...I guess you could make sure from the beginning you always say Ella and Sam!

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