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Twins! Name to go with Sienna please?

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Jenniferb21 · 05/11/2017 22:06

Hello

Just found out I’m having identical twins! We have boy names ready and decided upon we love Sienna for a little girl but need a name for the other baby if they are girls.

We like Savannah but aren’t sure if it’s too similar. We also like Sophia but I’m not sure if either are quite right for us.

Our surname is Brown so quite boring!

Thank you all x

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closetmonster · 14/11/2017 18:18

S and Grace
S and Louise
S and Collette
S and Marley
S and Charlotte
S and Melanie

Sophronia · 12/11/2017 13:11

Eliza and Imogen
Eliza and Felicity
Eliza and Annabel
Eliza and Clara
Eliza and Sophia
Eliza and Susanna
Eliza and Tabitha
Eliza and Ivy
Eliza and Isadora

zeebeedee · 11/11/2017 23:21

Elijah and Ezekiel seem quite similar, but if they end up being Eli and Zeke (quite likely, I think) they go together, but aren't overly matchy.

Eliza and Isobel or Sienna and Savannah don't seem to have any room for manoeuvre to make them less matchy if the twins want more individuality - Liz and Iz? Lizzy and Izzy?, Sie and Sav? (don't really know what shortenings would be possible for those), so maybe one from each pair would work better - Eliza and Savannah?

Buntysoven · 11/11/2017 22:43

Eliza and Savannah. Simples!

holidayqueriwifi · 11/11/2017 21:20

Or Eliza and India?
Eliza and Stella

holidayqueriwifi · 11/11/2017 21:18

You do know that Isobel whilst a nice name has been done to the point of boredom and beyond for years now? We have 8 variations in our close circle. Maybe India to go with Siena if you're doing place names?

Yika · 11/11/2017 20:51

I actually think Sienna and Savannah together are fine. As are Eliza and Isobel. They may have a common etymology but they are quite distinct names now. (But I see I'm in a minority.)

Elijah and Ezekiel are also lovely, please don't doubt them, they are not matchy.

What about Isolde, Iseult instead of Isobel?

Eliza and Cassandra
Eliza and Serena
Eliza and Imogen

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Jenniferb21 · 11/11/2017 16:50

I’m more lost than ever I didn’t know Isobel was from Elizabeth Grin what an idiot I am. I also didn’t think Elijah and Ezekiel were too match’s apart from the E I thought they were both individually strong biblical names. I love them equally I duno what one id drop.

For girls maybe I need a new name for Isobel nothing too old school I quite like unusual names or not that common should I say because my name is unusual x

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Yika · 11/11/2017 10:17

Savannah and Raven
Eliza and Stella
Isobel and Edith

Misslemon01 · 11/11/2017 09:45

I love Sienna and Savannah, but I think that’s a celebrity pair of sisters. If you’re not bothered by that, definitely go for it! Or what about Sophia, or Irish Saoirse

SoMuchToBits · 11/11/2017 09:44

Don't do the matchy thing! I speak as an identical twin with a sister who has a name beginning with the same letter as mine.

It's hard enough for people to treat you as individuals anyway, and much harder if you have "matchy" names!

Crunchymum · 11/11/2017 09:40

Sienna Miller's sister is Savannah.

They are just about doable as sibling names but way ott for twins. I think your boys names are very 'matchy / try too hard' as well. Sorry.

I think identical twins need a little bit of individuality, considering they will spend their whole childhood as "the twins" and be treated as one person by lots (think joint gifts etc....)

Give them their own names.

Themummy76 · 09/11/2017 18:46

Ps not is!

Themummy76 · 09/11/2017 18:45

Is Siena and Isobel are nice together

Themummy76 · 09/11/2017 18:44

Please don’t go for the same initials - it’ll be a lifetime of confusion over post, registers, banks, doctors etc
Mr e brown and mr e brown
Miss S brown and miss S brown

You couldn’t even initial their clothes like other parents could ‘EB’ and ‘EB2’?!

HettyB · 09/11/2017 18:26

I wouldn’t go for Sienna with brown.

I also wouldn’t pair Isobel and Eliza together as they’re both derivatives of Elizabeth.

What about:
Eliza and May
Eliza and Kate
Eliza and Beatrice
Eliza and Imogen
Eliza and Annabel

Isobel and Naomi
Isobel and Jemima
Isobel and Beatrice
Isobel and Florence
Isobel and Felicity
Isobel and Saskia

beepboopbeep · 06/11/2017 23:35

Sienna Miller's sister is called Savannah

ilovevenice · 06/11/2017 23:34

How about Siena with a single n instead, ie after the beautiful city in Italy? I have a friend with a daughter called that.
You could then call the other twin Florence Wink

Tiredofallthisnow · 06/11/2017 23:31

I like Aurora as a P.O. mentioned it was my first thought!
Or Aria

allegretto · 06/11/2017 23:28

I think Eliza and Isobel are too similar and twins really need different names.

daisypond · 06/11/2017 20:33

Eliza and Isobel are very nice. But I think they're both actually forms of the same name - Elizabeth - although they do seem very different names to us nowadays, just in case it could bother you.

EleanorXx · 06/11/2017 20:18

Eliza and Isobel are gorgeous!

Growuphelen · 06/11/2017 20:03

Eliza and Isobel are gorgeous together

LovelyBranches · 06/11/2017 19:59

Glad you’ve changed your mind about Sienna, the first thing I thought of was the colour and I’m certainly not a painter.

Isobel and Eliza are beautiful names that go really well with your surname.

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Jenniferb21 · 06/11/2017 15:49

Thanks everyone for all your amazing advice some lovely suggestions and valid points about them sounding too similar and I think I’m going to have to forget Sienna because of the colour link now.

So glad I posted Smile

Current fave is Eliza and Isobel I think.

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