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WDYT of our current top pairings?

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pixieloux · 05/09/2018 08:28

We currently don't know what we're having but we're trying to narrow down our huge girl's list! WDYT of our current 'top' pairings?

G/G:
Beatrix & Cecily
Edith & Frances
Florence & Primrose or Willow
Margot & Penelope

G/B:
Beatrix & Zachary
Emmeline & Zachary
Felicity & Sebastian
Penelope & Sebastian

B/B:
Elias & Zachary
Elijah & Zachary

Please feel free to add suggestions/mix and match from our list - we need the help lol. This was supposed to be our last baby which turned out to be our last babies so I feel torn, knowing this will be our last chance to use my/our favourite names lol.

B: Elias, Elijah, Sebastian & Zachary
G: Beatrix, Cecily, Edith, Elodie, Emmeline, Esmée, Felicity, Florence, Frances, Imogen, Margot, Penelope, Phoebe, Primrose, Willow*

*are still maybes. Thanks!

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/09/2018 09:25

I like Primrose and Willow and Zachary and Sebastian.
Emmeline and Zachary, are lovely together.

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pixieloux · 05/09/2018 09:20

@Lancelottie I've honestly never seen it lol. I just love the two names, both separately and together.

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Lancelottie · 05/09/2018 09:18

Not Margot with Penelope. Too reminiscent of The Good Life!

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pixieloux · 05/09/2018 09:18

3 out of 4 boy's names pretty much mean the same thing as our son's name* - They are grouped together in that they're religious names, not that we're religious. We just seem to have a style lol.

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sickmumma · 05/09/2018 09:18

B/B - Elijah and Zachary

G/B. - Beatrix and Zachary

G/G - Beatrix and Cecily

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pixieloux · 05/09/2018 09:15

@UghNoWay - Yeah, we're not doing initial sharing or similar names so no Elias & Edith or Zachary and Penelope, for example. I've always thought that it must be confusing with the post with initial sharing lol.

Pairing them up is what is helping us narrow things down as we're going nowhere individually lol. All our children have 3 syllable names so I was thinking of maybe sticking with that if we go with Elias, Elijah or Zachary which narrows down the girl's names a lot. If we go with Sebastian then maybe a subtle connection with shared syllables which narrows it down to 2 names. Both our girls have word names so we could stick with that unintentional theme which narrows it down especially as 3 out of 4 of our boy's names pretty much mean the same thing. We're going to have to be nit picky to narrow things down, I think.

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UghNoWay · 05/09/2018 09:08

I think it might help you decide if you stopped looking at the names as 'pairs' of names. Just try to find you top two favourite individual names and chose them regardless of how they sound together.
Obviously you need to check they don't sound bad together and don't rhyme or whatever but other than that trying to 'pair' names is unnecessary.

Personally I'd also avoid having two children with the same names that start with the same initial. We did it by accident with two of our kids and it's surprising how often we get post and don't know who it's for. It's not relevant when they are little but is when they are teens and adults.

Peachbubble · 05/09/2018 09:02

From your boys' list, I like Elias, possibly Elijah.
For the girls, I like Beatrix, Edith, Elodie, Felicity, Margot, Primrose and Willow.

abbiejasminee · 05/09/2018 08:53

Out of your boys names I love both Elias and Elijah,
Out of your girls names I love Esmée, Florence, Imogen, Penelope.

I think Florence and Willow would be cute out of your current potential pairings :)

I think Elias and Esmée would be cute for a G/B pairing!

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