WARNING Nerds naming a baby...

Pigeons and doves form the bird family Columbidae, and the names 'pigeon' and 'dove' are used pretty much interchangeably for species in that family, though the smaller, longer-tailed species tend to be called 'doves' and the bigger ones 'pigeons'. The wild bird that domestic and street pigeons descend from is called the rock dove. The birds we call 'white doves' (this kind of thing) are just white-plumaged domestic pigeons.

Doves and pigeons are basically the same thing though!
Really? To me, dove suggests peace, pigeon suggest flying street rat

I have non ID boy twins, it was when I found their dad going through the Silmarillion looking for names that I panicked.

Names that made it on to our shortlist included:
Boys:

• Fenris (see Norse mythology)....DS1 was soo nearly this, it was delivery suite decision that he's called something else.
• Athelstan (a saxon king)
• Victor
• Ivan
• Bhaskar

Girls;

• Lyra
• Katya

I agree with the others to avoid the direct GoT names.
Good luck.

Azazel also means scapegoat. Not a name I'd be wanting to land on a child.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel

Like everyone else I really like Paloma.

Prefer Thomas and Stanley of the boys' names. I like Merlin (to me it is the bird rather than the beardy wizard) but thought I'd mention that my nephew (age 13) has the middle name Merlin and he HATES it with a burning passion.

Please only give them names which are names first and foremost, and not made-up names or ones that are so identified with the 'character' that it's obvious where they came from. It's not cool, or even 'nerdy cool', it's just ridiculous. It's the kind of thing a teenager would do - utterly naff and immature, as if you identify so strongly with a set of made up characters that you don't have opinions and personalities of your own! I imagine teen dungeons and dragons players grumpily lurching their way to school while in their head, they're fighting trolls on the Hills of Munplunkio or something else utterly cringeworthy. And as far as your children go, it will simply end up that they have either very dated, very odd or simply not very nice names.

Some of your names are lovely and are pretty names in their own right - go with them, and forget the made up ones:

Minerva and Paloma would be LOVELY for twin girls - totally amazing;

Stanley and Thomas probably the safest for boys - and nice, though neither grab me - Bronn, Remus are ok. Bran (with a long 'a' - Braaaaan) is a good old Welsh name, also Bram?

Circe is pronounced Kir-kee not sur-see as I suspect you are going for.

Khaleesi is ludicrous.

I agree Brandon (Bran) is nice. Or Arwen and Elanor are lovely. Otherwise I like Thomas and I like Sansa best of the girls names. Hate Khaleesi sorry :(

Um azazel means hell..
(Hebrew )

Ronald and Paloma.

My suggestions would be
Ursula or Aurora.

Look, I don't want to sound like a bitch, but your children will be people not personal projects. Please, for the love of God, do not give them silly, embarassing names from some book or TV show. Percy, Wulfric, Rogue... I am sorry, but these names are absolutely frightful.

Thomas, Stanley, Paloma and Sansa are fine.

Remus - not keen
Thomas - really like it
Castiel - quite cool
Bronn - sounds unfinished somehow. Like it should be Bronte but I know that's a girls' name.
Wulfric - not unless you've got some Germanic blood. Sounds odd otherwise.
Ronald - Really don't like it.
Merlin - very cool but I wouldn't quite dare personally
Stanley - don't like it
Rogue - asking for trouble surely! But does sound quite cool
Percy - quite cute for a little kid. Not sure though.
Azazel - no idea how to say this! A-za-zell? Sounds odd. Is it from another culture?

Girls~
Circe - I read a book once where this name was a really evil mythological type character. A witch I think. I don't know if it came from real legend or was pure fiction though. I don't think I like it.
Paloma - quite like it
Sansa - never heard this before. It's ok.
Minerva - not keen
Khaleesi - never heard this before and not very sure how to say it (Carl-ee-see?) Kind of pretty.

It's quite hard for me to pin down your 'type' as some of these names are pretty different from each other. Ummm, how about:

Adrian, Brandon, Crispin, Cole, Carter, Damien, Euan, Ethan, Fergus, Felix, Gregory, Garth, Hunter, Harvey, Hadrian, Ivan, Jude, Jared, Kurt, Larry, Milo, Milan, Merrick, Nico, Orlando, Owen, Pippin, Phoenix, Quentin, Roland, Roger, Saul, Seth, Solomon, Titus, Teo, Thor, Wilfred, Zane.

Aria, Anoushka, Arianna, Ariadne, Autumn, Bronte, Cerys, Cassidy, Carmen, Calista, Cornelia, Dakota, Delilah, Emery, Emiliana, Ebony, Effie, Fareedah, Genesis, Giselle, Georgina, Hadleigh, Hattie, Isadora, Imelda, Juliana, Jocelyn, Karenza, Kiki, Kia, Lux, Lorelai, Mariana, Melinda, Nikita, Octavia, Pandora, Posy, Reagan, Rosalie, Seren, Sienna, Sierra, Savannah, Sorcha, Shona, Tegan, Trixie, Vivienne, Zia, Zillah, Zelda

First of all, congratulations on expecting twins and very best wishes.
Secondly, your babies, your (and your SO's) choice of names.

What follows is just my opinion. Obviously, you can take it or leave it.

Like earlier posters, I don't really like made-up names from TV/films/games and agree that they can seem rather naff. I would worry that they might prejudice some people against a child, or even lead to bullying. And they will date. If you really love them, what about using them as middle names - that way, you and your children have more options.

Among your boys' names, Remus, Thomas, Ronald, Stanley (popular), Bronn (means 'wells' (for water) in Norwegian) and Wulfric (cool nn Wulf?) would all be fine. Cassiel is an alternative name for an obscure angel and has a hidden religious meaning; I would avoid for that reason. I know of a dog called Rogue. Percy has an unfortunate slang meaning (the same as Paloma in Latin America, as mentioned above).

Most of your 'real' girls' names are connected with birds. Is this coincidental?
Circe meant 'bird' in ancient Greek, and was pronounced Kirkay, though it is now more often 'Sir-see'; as has been said, Paloma means dove or pigeon in Spanish; the Roman/Etruscan goddess Minerva was accompanied (and symbolised) by an owl. I think Paloma or Minerva would be fine, though Circe - a cruel druggy/poisoning witch - might raise a few eyebrows.

Sansa sounds rather like the Scots word 'sonsie', which means 'plump and bonnie' and is traditionally used to describe a haggis. As to Khaleesi, as others have said, would you really want to call a child 'princess'?

Remus or Merlin for a boy. I know two small Merlins. Or Stanley, although it's a bit too fashionable. Wulfric is fine, too. Paloma or Minerva for a girl. Not Khaleesi. My favourite geek names are Ada and Linus.

Percy is also a colloquialism for dick, of course...

There's a lot of scope in Doctor Who:
Aridian
Astra
Atraxi
Axos
Bazima
Berenice
Boe
Borusa
Cassandra
Compassion
C'rizz
Dulcian
Evelina
Fitz
Fenric
Hath
Kaled
Kinda
Leela
Lilith
Mara
Megara
Nyssa
Peladon
Peri
River
Romana
Rutan
Shakri
Sirian
Taran
Thal
Tharil
Xeron

Or you could go for one of the more normal ones, where you know the derivation, but it's not obvious, like Tegan, Vicki, Barbara, Jamie, Katarina, Ian.

If you're into your science fiction/literary names -

Kara, Cally, Ellen, Tori, (Battlestar Galactica)
River, Kaylee, Zoe, Inara, Saffron, YoSaffBridge (Firefly)
Lyra, Tris, Hermione, Annabeth, Holly (various books)

And for boys

Gaius, Galen, Brendan, Lee, Felix - BSG
Malcom, Simon - Firefly
Remus, Gale, Tobias (more literature)

Nerd names don't always have to be outrageous and obvious - DD has a fairly subtle Nerd name.

Which of these would you like to be called yourself? Really, truly, honestly, deed poll is over there and your Christmas gift is a new name time - would you like to walk into a new job and say you are called Wulfric or Rogue?

If what you want to do is display your nerdiness, name a pet, name a tree, buy a dolly and name that, write a story and name your characters...

You're naming a baby. It's not supposed to be a "spot the parents' favourite fandoms" contest, and that's what almost every name on your list is. Great character names, some great fun series there. Truly awful for an actual person.

From your list I like Remus and Paloma, unusual but real names. I know one of each and they're both great and made me love the names.

I agree with earlier comments about thinking seriously before using names from current popular TV or books...

Oh please use Castiel! Supernatural fan? It's one of my favourite boys' names!

DD2's dad wanted her middle name to be Amidala, but I put my foot down as I don't like names from fiction. Also I have a cousin called Adric (Dr Who).

Ooh, further investigation seems to suggest it's Latin American Spanish speakers that use it but I'm sure it wouldn't be too much of an issue in the UK!

I quite like Wulfric and Percy (although not together). Less sure about your girls names - Circe and Paloma are OK.

How about:
Lyra, Trinity, Eowyn,
Arthur, Hal, Orion

or I quite like Erasmus and Isambard

good ahh that's good to hear! I googled it when someone said the meaning wasn't nice and that came up! The other meaning was dove which I thought was quite lovely!

I love the Percy Jackson books but think Percy is an awful awful name in the UK. Thalia or Annabeth would be nice though.

Arwen and Elanor both nice nerd-friendly names. Agree that Arya and Brienne are the pick of the GOT options. Khaleesi isn't wrong as a name exactly, it's a bit like Princess which is an accepted name (if you're Katie Price) but I think it's naff.

Boys are more difficult. I also have a soft spot for Athelstan, I'm sure it's due a comeback after a millennium out of fashion.