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Arabella and Everleigh for twin girls?!?

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Miami445 · 12/05/2018 17:45

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Fucketynamechanged · 15/05/2018 20:15

You'll call her Ev for short...

Everyone will think you're calling Hev and can't pronounce your H's or were major eastender fans

DrScully · 15/05/2018 20:02

I suppose a similar pairing would be:

Crispin and Blayden-Lee

DrScully · 15/05/2018 19:56

Agree that Arabella is super posh.
And Everleigh is... well, to avoid the word ‘chavvy’, lets go with ‘not at all posh’

TheOriginalEmu · 15/05/2018 19:45

I like Everleigh. I would also maybe change the spelling to Everley/Everly but its unusual without being stupid.

Anthony Kiedis from the red hot chili peppers has a son called Everly, named for the Everly Brothers.

HennaTattoo · 15/05/2018 19:11

Everleigh just reminds me of an extremely deprived and crime ridden area in Sydney ( Eveleigh Street) so I definately wouldn't go for that being an Aussie myselfHmm

LoveInTokyo · 15/05/2018 08:52

Arabella is a horrible name, I have no idea why it’s suddenly so popular.

But it’s horrible in a sort of, unpopular posh girl in an Enid Blyton boarding school story kind of way, whereas Everleigh is horrible in a made up American name sort of way.

They are an odd pairing.

Glaciferous · 14/05/2018 16:21

Poor Everleigh, I feel sorry for her. Arabella is getting the good end of this deal.

CaptainCabinets · 14/05/2018 15:45

Go with*, sorry!

CaptainCabinets · 14/05/2018 15:40

Arabella is okay, very ‘rah’.

Everleigh doesn’t go without Arabella at all, plus it’s just not very nice.

HappyLollipop · 14/05/2018 15:17

Arabella is fine but Everleigh is terrible. What about Evelyn? that goes well with Arabella.

TatianaLarina · 14/05/2018 15:10

Everleigh is hell no. Unless you live in Essex in which case it will fit in well.

Arabella is fine trad English name. Why not go for another similar?

Otherwise one gets the posh name the other gets the chav name, which isn’t really fair.

Pemba · 14/05/2018 13:29

Arabella is nice, and quite unusual. Everleigh is daft, however you spell it, and sounds too much like Beverley (yuck), as pps said. Completely different styles of name, they don't seem to go together at all.

MammieBear · 13/05/2018 15:41

Perhaps not Everliegh with Arabella how about Sienna, Havana, Genevieve...

TheVanguardSix · 13/05/2018 13:57

Everley is a much nicer spelling.

PandaCat · 13/05/2018 13:52

Not keen on the spelling of Everleigh, but don't mind the sound of it. Arabella is nice.

thetriangleisarealinstrument · 13/05/2018 12:54

I live Arabella... not so keen on Everleigh. Maybe Evelyn? or Beverly?

chezmk1988 · 13/05/2018 12:52

Arabella is nice. I like Everleigh but don't like the spelling. I'd spell it Everly

CarysMa · 13/05/2018 09:50

What an odd pairing.

I would put Arabella with Evelyn

That seems to go better.

I like the sound of Beverley. It's dated yes but I prefer it to Everleigh.

DwangelaForever · 13/05/2018 09:48

Everleigh is horrible. As is everly. Sorry jmo.

ferrier · 13/05/2018 09:39

Agree with pp.
Plus I would assume Everleigh was a boy.

Pompom42 · 13/05/2018 09:38

I like the names although I think they are a bit of a mouthful.
I know a girl named Arabella she just gets called Bella

KirstenRaymonde · 13/05/2018 09:29

One old school traditional name, with one Americanised surname masquerading as a first name. Odd combination. Everleigh/Everly, however you spell it, just awful.

SoupDragon · 13/05/2018 09:27

I bet not many Beverly's are recorded in 2018 Confused

Probably similar to the number of Everleighs. However, Beverley is a known name.

SuburbanRhonda · 13/05/2018 09:25

Everleigh would forever be resentful that you gave her sister an actual girl’s name and her the name of a village.

RedDwarves · 13/05/2018 09:22

Arabella is lovely. Everleigh (and every possible spelling of it) is awful.