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Mildred and Mabel

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sparklingsky · 07/10/2012 15:09

I think Mabel is v cute and works old/young. Need a twin name that works. Is Mildred known as Mills/Red a big no or a maybe??? For my SIL. She is avoiding top 100 (almost impossible IMHO). Thanks.

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saffronwblue · 12/10/2012 00:45

Love Mabel. Mildred is awful. I think the less matching the better for twins.
Mabel and Pearl
Mabel and Helen
Mabel and Alice
Mabel and Alexandra

Firewall · 12/10/2012 00:22

Oh no, mabel is maybe do-able but if I were a twin I'd prefer to be the 'other one' as long as its not Mildred...
Sorry.

schroedingersdodo · 12/10/2012 00:13

Same initials and same date of birth sound like a bad idea to me.

Metronomy · 11/10/2012 09:45

I love Mabel. It was on my list but two friends now have baby Mabels. Mildred is a bit fusty still. Margot? Mabel and Margot :)

PorkyandBess · 10/10/2012 21:27

I'm sorry, but I think they're both very ugly names.

lovenshoes · 10/10/2012 21:20

My grandma was Mabel and her sister Gladys. I also think Elsie goes well with Mabel tho :)

Mildred always reminds me of 'the worst witch' book.......

BeatTheClock · 10/10/2012 20:54

Matchy twins names sound gimmicky to me. I have dts and they like to be seen as individuals rather that as a pair.

Sorry don't like old lady chic names in general but Mildred esp so.

PoohBearsHole · 10/10/2012 20:52

Love Mabel, Or Amabelle, yes with an M! Not sure of mildred, would prefer Millicent? Bells and Milly?
Love Cordelia, Cora, Isadora, Iris, Venetia

As you were.

DeekeyDoo · 10/10/2012 20:47

I love both of them and I think they go really well together.

DeekeyDoo · 10/10/2012 20:46

I love both of them and I think they go really well together.

socksandoos · 10/10/2012 13:45

I too thought of "The Worst Witch".... but I prefer Mildred to Mabel (slightly less granny-ish to my mind).

How about names which are anagrams of each other rather than alliterative?
Celia / Alice...? Are there any more?

TubbyDuffs · 10/10/2012 12:08

Bleurgh to granny chic. Both horrible names in my opinion! (just adding my twopenneth)

nappyaddict · 10/10/2012 12:05

Love them both. Other similar names are:

Sylvie, Jeannie, Ana, Patricia, June, Cynthia, Rosemary, Rita, Lillian, Wendy, Tulip, Gillian, Darrell, Sally, Gwendoline, Mavis, Minnie, Maggie, Judith/Jude, Janey, Clara, Anastasia, Rosa, Audrey, Miriam (Mimi), Hazel, Dorothy, Jenna, Stefya, Peggy, Alison (Ally), Margot, Frances, Betty, Angelina, Angelica, Maree, Teresa (Tessa/Tessie), Natalia, Belinda, Millicent, Tatiana, Loretta, Enid, Bessie, Bethan, Lispeth, Esther, Elsa, Elise, Elodie, Louisa, Luisa, Annabella, Cora, Pansy, Flora, Rowan, Delilah, Deliah, Carlotta, Nancy, Claudia, Henrietta, Harrietta, Etta, Daphne, Diana, Penelope, Nell, Beatrice, Beatrix, Vera, Susannah, Edith, Olive, Seraphina, Sefarina, Julietta, Josephina, Ethel, Petula, Dixie, Phoenix, Elvira, Miranda, Hilda, Barbara, Pearl, Hillary, Tabitha, Opal, Emmelina, Isadora, Theadora, Kitty, Genevieve, Helena, Lillith, Rosalind, Cordelia, Lisbet, Arabella, Claribel, Clementine, Norah, Evelina, Lucinda.

pinkandyellowbutterfly · 09/10/2012 22:02

Mildred is the name of the 'worst witch' character in jill murray's stories. Not a great connataion, combined with the old-lady-name-but-not-in-a-good-way thing. A young Mildred could be bullied copiously.

Yika · 09/10/2012 20:49

I meant 'urgh' not 'urge'!!!

Yika · 09/10/2012 20:48

Urge. Hate both but Mildred is just horrifically hideous. How about Marion? I find it do pretty (and young) in French. I also like Muriel.

bluewisteria · 09/10/2012 20:29

... Love Mabel!!!

My daughter is called Macushla... wonderful song sung by John McCormack, with Irish connections though...

Just in the pot to consider???

baskingseals · 09/10/2012 17:56

don't really like either.

if she is in love with Mabel, what about Marianne?

Pasiphae · 09/10/2012 13:56

I like both, and I like the nicknames for both too.
But Mildred is very marmite.
Mabel and Myriam? Margot? Myrtle (but that very Mildred), Mirza, Milla, Minerva, Marguerite, Maeve?

Gwennan · 09/10/2012 11:12

For me, Mabel is a bit granny chic. Mildred, on the other hand, is frumpy.

I'd avoid two names beginning with the same letter for twins too.

shoppingtrolley · 09/10/2012 10:51

I don't like either but have lots of friends who love Mabel.
I reckon don't call them matching names.
Mabel and Denise?
Mabel and Una?
Mabel and Caroline?

ruby22 · 09/10/2012 10:30

Love Mabel, I know a small one, sister called Florence but shortened to Flossie. personally I would go with Mabel and Maude, sound like spinsterly old aunts.

Pixieonthemoor · 08/10/2012 18:36

Both are hideous. Why on earth would anyone inflict these on their newborn daughters is beyond me.

HeffalumpsAndGoldenWoozles · 07/10/2012 23:53

I have a cat called Mabel & a tarantula called Mildred. Agree with other posters I don't think either make nice girl's names anymore.

Mildred would also remind me of the Jill Murphy 'Worst Witch' books.

giraffesCantGoGuisingAsZebras · 07/10/2012 23:46

I like Mabel because of