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Twin name help!

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TillyLucille · 20/02/2018 17:32

Hi! Our twin girls could make an appearance anyday now and we are still struggling on finalising their names! I've posted on a couple of other sites but we need all the help we can get lol.

We will be naming one of our girls Violet but we're still undecided on her sister's name. It will either be Darcey/Darcy or Penelope. Nicknames will be LettY (Violet), Cece (Darcey) and Penny or Poppy (Penelope)

We then have these full name options to chose from...

Violet Cecilia Terese & Penelope Margot Kate, Penelope Beatrix Kate or Penelope Winter Kate

Violet Cecilia Kate & Penelope Hazel Terese

Violet Penelope Kate & Darcey Ophelia Terese

Violet Penelope Terese & Darcey Aurora Kate or Darcey Aurora Caitlin

Which do you prefer; Darcey or Penelope? Also, which full names would you go with? We're not wanting matchy names for our girls but we would prefer for them to sound nice together and be similar in style.

A bit of background: We're using two middle names; one of our choice and our honor names, Kate and Terese. Using two middle names is set. Our surname is short, one syllable and begins with Y. Our surname has been very difficult to work with! We had settled on Violet and Aurora for first names since finding out we were having two girls, we then realised Aurora sounded awful with our surname. We then went through a very long list of potential names and decided on Cecilia to again have to give it up because of our surname. That left us with Penelope which we love and couldn't imagine not using somewhere now. Losing Cecilia, with the nickname Cece, was really tough however so we decided to play around with our other options and decided to either use it as Violet's middle name or debated using Felicity (Cici) or Darcey instead of Penelope. We recently gave up Felicity as it didn't work for us and with our other options. Ophelia is the middle name we always thought we'd use with Violet but bumped it for Cecilia when we couldn't use it as a first.

Sorry for that long winded post! Thank you so much for all your help.

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MikeUniformMike · 21/02/2018 12:08

Bye!

starkid · 21/02/2018 11:56

Ignoring the nicknames (as they might change once they come) I like:
Violet Cecilia Kate & Penelope Hazel Terese

Egg · 21/02/2018 11:48

It’s no problem as I’ve enjoyed reading some of the responses! It’s a new thing I think as I didn’t know it worked like that either until I got an email. Twins are fab.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 11:46

Sorry to anyone else I've accidentally tagged too... Just ignore me! I'm not going to be on here anyway. It's far too dramatic for my liking lol.

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celticmissey · 21/02/2018 11:44

Don't like Violet - I know a little girl called that whose little friends call her violin!at school and she absolutely hates it - but I really like Penelope Kate and Darcie Aurora. Love the grandmother's names being used.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 11:39

@egg Sorry, I had no idea it actually tagged people. I was just trying to save time replying to all the crap on here plus I'm not used to this site. I find the others I use much easier to use than this which is good as they're the ones I'll be sticking to lol.

Thanks

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Egg · 21/02/2018 11:11

Just to let you know when you tag someone with the @ sign you need to do their full posting name or random people like me get messages from Mumsnet saying we’ve been tagged in a thread that we’ve not even been involved in.

I do have twins however, they were born at 37 weeks so I feel your pain. One of them even has TWO middle names. Good luck with everything.

Jammycustard · 21/02/2018 10:30

And then whatever the third name is.

Jammycustard · 21/02/2018 10:30

Violet Cecelia and Penelope Beatrix is great.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 10:09

@Penny and @Matha

I've literally been through everything in terms of what works and what doesn't; flow, initials, trying to shorten it, etc. Those examples above weren't thought out because they were off the top of my head. I'm looking back and seeing the faults of them myself.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 10:05

@Elmo Clearly it does matter a lot to some people 😂

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 10:02

I'm not saying that can't do by anything other than those nicknames. What a ridiculous assumption 🙄 Honestly 😂

I didn't ask an opinion on nicknames or the FACT we are using two middle names. You can get your panties in a twist about things all you like. People use two middle names. People also discuss what nicknames naturally form from their children's first names. If that upsets and offends you then maybe you shouldn't be on a site like this. If you're going to call people pretentious and ridiculous while acting like a child who doesn't get their own way then you've got more than a problem than I have.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 09:52

@egg Where have I said that? I believe I said that they will chose what they go by when they're older and that their opinions/wants outrank ours. Parents kind of choose what names and nicknames their children have when they're young because you know they can't tell you what they'd prefer.

The nickname thing really isn't that big of a deal. If you're losing sleep over it than you've got bigger problems than me being pretentious.

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TillyLucille · 21/02/2018 09:49

@Catlin Oh honey, the three middle name thing was clearly a JOKE! You're right, your radar is kuput! 🙄

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sexyegg · 21/02/2018 09:33

Are you for real 😂 You may be the most pretentious person I've ever encountered on mumsnet, or anywhere else!

You don't get control over what nicknames your children end up with - kids at school will decide that. I bet my mum didn't envisage all the hundreds of sexual nickname possibilities I ended up with by the boys at school when she gave me my name!

catiinbo0ts · 21/02/2018 09:29

Oh just saw your last post about a third middle name. Yeah right Hmm

My radar must be kaput. I don't usually get sucked in by these ridiculous baby names threads (and why is it always twins?)

Cockmagic · 21/02/2018 09:26

I'd calm down with all the middle name business. They rarely get used anyway. Focus on the first names.

catiinbo0ts · 21/02/2018 09:25

Darcey is just awful now BTW

catiinbo0ts · 21/02/2018 09:24

Violet Terese (Letty) and

Penelope Kate (Penny)

All the other completed names and nicknames are just a bit, well, much.

Don't get silly and showy.

17caterpillars1mouse · 21/02/2018 09:19

I prefer Penelope nn Poppy, though I also like Nelle

I like Violet Cecilia Terese and Penelope Beatrix Late best

NC1990 · 21/02/2018 09:10

Penelope is not my cup of tea but I prefer it to Darcey. I think Violet is pretty.

Both my DH and my DF have two middle names and it's never caused them any issues, however the second middle name always gets dropped in daily life (such as on credit cards and letters etc.), so I would put the middle name that you prefer first in the order IYSWIM.

I wouldn't worry about nicknames just yet, they will likely develop over time once the babies arrive and you see what they look like (or you might find you use nicknames that aren't even diminutives of their names!).

Elmo303 · 21/02/2018 07:09

I think the middle names are important to you and as such you shouldn’t mess with the family names too much as they will lose that important meaning. And ultimately you won’t be calling them by all three names everyday so as previous posters have said it doesn’t matter too much. You just need to find a way to incorporate all the names you like without losing the beauty of the first names. Just wondering if this combo might work for you as it keeps the names immediately after the first name short so they don’t crowd the first names, but enables you to include your family and favourite names:

Violet Hazel Terese
Penelope Kate Cecelia

By having the shorter, less syllabled (just made up a word!) names after Violet and Penelope, it lets them shine a bit more.

Pennywhistle · 21/02/2018 04:20

I have twins.

It doesn’t matter about middle names, pick whatever you like (just make sure the initials are ok).

For the first names, stand at the back door and yell them together several times and check that it’s easy to do.

Check that they don’t merge or blur.

Check that the first name and surname reads well and sounds nice.

Best wishes for your babies. Twins are hard work but amazing.

HuskyMcClusky · 21/02/2018 04:16

Violet Penelope Terese & Darcey Aurora Kate

I strongly dislike the name Penelope.

mathanxiety · 21/02/2018 04:11

Penelope Margot Tess gives you initials PMT.

Penelope Cecelia Tess (or Thérèse) might be nicer.
Then Violet Margot Katherine.

I like long names paired with short surnames, and I love two middle names.

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