Sebastian & ?

Ah, I don’t know about that @gilmoregal - I don’t mind admitting that I’m anxious about having twins and how we’re doing to juggle everything! We had everything worked out with four in mind when TTC lol.

We’ll be fine though. We’ve been here with Letty... I was happily done with two and couldn’t imagine having another when I fell pregnant with her but everything was and is fine. We soon adapted to a new routine plus we were blessed with the most easy going baby in the world with her... Hopefully these two will be the same lol. DH is used to being surrounded by a big family so loves it... He was the one who suggested trying for number four lol.

It makes me secretly pleased when people associate Aurora with the Borealis over the princess especially as she was our rainbow baby.

We’ve decided against Frances now - Just to update.

Oh, our children are called all sorts for their NNs lol. I just like to think of the diminutives that can come from the names themselves as I figure people that’s what people from outside of the family will make NNs from.

I get a similar vibe from Sebastian as Theodore too... I keep saying that we need to get a tank of fish to use all the names that don’t make it and that we won’t get a chance to anymore lol.

We did worry that Frances seems too unisex against Aurora and Violet. Aurora has that potential with Rory and Violet has Vi which isn’t overly frilly, IMO where as neither Frances and Fran are overly feminine which wouldn’t be a problem if the girls’ names weren’t. I do love it though lol.

Francis was also on my boy’s list too but it just makes me think of House of Cards / Kevin Spacey now.

@gilmoregal They’ve always been my personal favourite pairing but we ended up nixing Margot w/ Theo but I think we could go with something like Mari as a NN and make it work lol.

That’s all I was coming up with too and I thought we’d get away with that lol. Oh well, it’s off the list now anyway 😂 It’s between Zachary & Quintin/Quentin now.

We kind of overlooked the latter as Quinn rhymes with Theo’s middle name... We vetoed Quinn as a middle name option as I think it’ll be obvious to have two middle names rhyme but I think a nickname is less so. I’m feeling good about our two choices :) I think they fit really well with A, T & V’s style too. So it’ll be either...

Zachary w/ either Frances or Margot (as we love it so much that the matching Os w/ Theo doesn’t seem to matter much lol... We will find a NN for her once she’s here too - We did with the others)

Or

Quintin/Quentin w/ either Beatrix, Cecily or Penelope

I’ve never seen it! I was drawing blanks lol. All I was getting from my Google searches was a band lol.

After a bit of a wobble from me, we’ve decided on this as our shortlist now...

Aurora (Rora), Violet (Letty), Theo(dore),

Elijah Rafferty, Rowan or Tadhg (Tige) &
Frances Clíodhna (Clee-Uh-Na)
Hermione Cara or Saoirse (Seer-Sha)

Quentin Rafferty or Tadhg &
Beatrix Róisín (Ro-Sheen)
Cecily Róisín
Hermione Cara or Saoirse
Penelope Cara or Róisín

Zachary Tadhg &
Frances Clíodhna
Margot Clíodhna

We’ve officially taken Sebastian out of the equation.

I honesty have no idea who/what Belle and Sebastian are... What am I not making a connection with? 😂 I was assuming Belle was another Disney joke b/c I’m being so hyper aware of them lol.

I’m also aware that I’m coming off as a moaning myrtle. I love my daughter’s name and wouldn’t change it for the world but I’m just so done with this naming process lol. I just didn’t foresee myself having to consider whether a name was too Disney or not when naming her lol.

I’ve loved this stage with every pregnancy but it’s so difficult this time around... There seems to be a fault with every name we like. Tip: Don’t have more than 4 children - naming becomes near to impossible lol. This is probably because I just feel so unprepared for twins therefore also have this need to be organised.

Anyway, therapy session aside... Sebastian is off the table lol. Thanks for the help everyone!

@TatianaLarina

It’s not that we get it constantly but if we meet anyone we usually get “Aurora... Like the princess?” That doesn’t really bother me though - I watched Disney growing up as do the LOs so we know the association.

She was always “princess Aurora” at nursery and although she loved it - being 3/4 years old, I didn’t. She shares a name with one character - not a whole personality and traits lol. It’s more the association, some have with the name, because of the Disney princess that bothers me when people say “like Disney?”; helpless, hapless - just waiting for a prince to come and scoop her up so she can live happily ever after.

I think having more than one child with a ‘Disney name’ makes us look like fans and as if we’re fully into princess culture when we’re not - all our children are given the same opportunities and are equal. It’s just not the image I want to help create for us. I’m actually quite pleased that Aurora is rising in popularity too as I hope it’ll be seen as a name in it’s own right - away from Disney and the princess.

I don’t personally connect Sebastian with Disney straight away but clearly others do. I do feel quite deflated going back to square one again but I’d rather hear it. I mean the jokes are a bit annoying when you first read them lol but they are actually helpful as you get a view into people’s minds upon first hearing/seeing something.