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Deakin and Avey for twin boys?

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 10:48

Me and my partner are in the process of adopting two twin boys who have not yet been born and are trying to come up with two unusual names for them. We have 2 children already, Dexter Julian Carter (DJ) who is 5 and Violet Noelle Tuesday (Vi)
We want the names to have meaning and we both love the band animal collective and were thinking of maybe called them Deakin and Avey after 2 of the band members.
The middles names would be Kody Vincent and James Tate.
Honest opinions? I feel like they're not too odd and have meaning but obviously are a little odd.

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Cosmoa · 03/06/2018 11:13

@Judestarc haha yeah Panda Bear would be great 😂 I'm wondering who else you like for name inspiration!

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 11:11

@scattycharly Yeah Cody is better in my opinion but my partner has a best made called Kody which is why we were thinking of it. Another name we likes was Corey but I'm not sure if Corey and K/Cody would be too cheesy, aha. Sound like surfers from a beach movie

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Cosmoa · 03/06/2018 11:10

Why don't you have...

Avey/Avery Kody Vincent
Tate James Deakin

I really like Deakin as a first name though to be honest!

Juanbablo · 03/06/2018 11:10

I think Deacon and Avery or Aubrey would sound and look better.

BabiesDontNeedDaddies · 03/06/2018 11:10

I totally miss read them as Deacon and Avery

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 03/06/2018 11:09

I actually like that they would have a connecting middle initial!! Blush

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 11:08

@Cosmoa finally someone else! Maybe i should've chosen Geologist and Panda instead 😂

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 11:07

If I chose Tate and Avery, would it be too odd to give them both middle names with J so they'd be TJ and AJ? Then I'd have DJ TJ and AJ and Vi which I'm not sure go well but do love names shortend like that aha

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ScattyCharly · 03/06/2018 11:06

Dexter and Violet are great names. However I think your twin boy names are kind of odd, sorry. Easy to misread as Avery and Deacon.

Kody is also nice but I much prefer it as Cody.

Cosmoa · 03/06/2018 11:06

*collective!

Cosmoa · 03/06/2018 11:05

@Judestarc as another Animal Collection fan I'm going to have to say a big fat yes!!

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 03/06/2018 11:05

Deacon and Avery? Yes.
The other spellings, no!

DJ, Vi, Deacon and Avery. Not my taste but they sound good together. Agree with previous poster re. Tate - lovely name and works well with Avery.

DJ, Vi, Tate and Avery.

Done!

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 11:01

Actually they really do go nice together. Maybe Deakin as a middle name or nick name perhaps.

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 11:00

Thank you! And obviously they are not gonna be to a lot of people's taste. You should have heard the rows my mother in law had with me over Dexter, haha. I always found once you introduce a child, it becomes their name even if it is weird.

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swimmerlab · 03/06/2018 10:58

I like Avey but really don't like Deakin. I love Tate, use it as a first name instead! Avey and Tate go well together.

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Judestarc · 03/06/2018 10:58

I do like Kody as a first name but not sure about James as there are quite a few in the family which is why it's a middle name.

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KellyBailey · 03/06/2018 10:55

I misread Avey as Avery at first, might be something to be aware of. I like Kody and James, I'd make them the first names.

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 03/06/2018 10:52

Sorry DC's names

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 03/06/2018 10:52

They are not to my taste, but they have meaning for you & are in keeping with your older DV's names. You will always have a mixed response on unusual names. Congratulations on your future arrivals