Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Abel? Or Suggestions for twin names

83 replies

SupermarketSally · 26/10/2017 09:13

We are having boy/girl twins and really struggling with boys names.

I’ve posted before as we had chosen Jasper but we’ve both gone off of it now.

Current top runner for girls name is Effie. I dislike ‘matchy’ twin names so don’t want anything that begins in E or ends in the ‘ie/y’ sound.

We already have 3 DD’s and tend to go for slightly uncommon but not unheard of names.

So, thoughts on Abel? Or any other suggestions please? (We can’t have anything beginning or ending in S or X as it clashes with our surname)

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Original poster
SupermarketSally · 26/10/2017 09:23

I’d never heard of Cain and Abel until looking into the name so I don’t think it would be too much of an issue, not one that would put me off anyway.

OP posts:
PickleFish · 26/10/2017 09:20

oh maybe Cain and abel weren't twins, just brothers ,so comments might be less likely. Still the first thing that came to my mind though

Doubletrouble42 · 26/10/2017 09:19

Abels lovely. Never heard of any others either which is nice, to find a nice name that has not become popular.

PickleFish · 26/10/2017 09:18

surely you will still get lots of Cain and Abel comments, even if the other one is a girl? I'd avoid it for that reason.

Is Effie just a nickname - what's the full name going to be?

Caleb, perhaps?

Doubletrouble42 · 26/10/2017 09:17

a bit off topic but only discovered when preg with my twins that Thomas and Thomasina mean "twin". Unfortunatey dss called Thomas already! we had 2 dds anyway!

Original poster
SupermarketSally · 26/10/2017 09:16

Thanks @Doubletrouble42, I’ve been thinking about Arlo this morning funnily enough but it’s very popular where I live which is off putting.

OP posts:
Original poster
SupermarketSally · 26/10/2017 09:15

Just to add - pronunciation A-bel, not Ah-bel.

OP posts:
Doubletrouble42 · 26/10/2017 09:14

I like Abel. Also love Arlo for a boy

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.

Swipe left for the next trending thread