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Sebastian & ?

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pixieloux · 20/10/2018 12:30

We’ve pretty much decided on Sebastian for our boy, although Elijah & Zachary aren’t 100% out of the equation yet.

Which name do you think fits best for his twin sister: Beatrix, Cecily or Penelope? We are still discussing Edith, Frances, Margot & something a little more ‘unusual’ - Hermione, too.

We aren’t wanting anything matchy which is why these are looking likely to be our top picks (Sebastian, Beatrix, Cecily & Penelope) but nothing is set in stone yet.

Older siblings are Aurora, Violet & Theo(dore - but is always Theo) Thanks!

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pixieloux · 24/10/2018 18:35

Yeah... Being a mum of a six year old called Aurora, the Disney thing is a bit boring now! I didn’t think it would bother me when we were first naming her but boy was I wrong lol. I don’t think we’ll be keeping Sebastian on the list now.

Cecilia was on our list but we vetoed it - It reminds DH too much of the song plus we needed to narrow things down A LOT and got rid of all the names that shared the same ending as our other DCs.

Thanks for your help ladies and gents but we’re going back to the drawing board with girl names as we’ve stopped considering Sebastian now... Definitely don’t want to highlight the Disney name thing any further! I love Aurora’s name more than any other out there but that is the association most people have when hearing her name.

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MadisonAvenue · 24/10/2018 08:25

I see Belle has already been suggested a few times

Polkasq · 24/10/2018 08:18

Love Hermione! Really like Frances and Cecilia, rather than Cecily.

motortroll · 24/10/2018 07:09

My girl is Frances, it's a great name!!she totally owns it too!

I love Cecily and Francesca and agree with pp that Cecilia is also lovely (on my list for my imaginary future babies along with Juliet)

I think Seb and Cece might sound matchy though if you don't want matchy (although I actually LOVE this)

Frances flows best "Sebastian and Frances" the others sound a bit wordy or tongue twisting "Sebastian and cecily"

Sophronia · 24/10/2018 06:18

Sebastian and Penelope!

moredoll · 23/10/2018 00:20

Frances and Sebastian work very well together imo.
Also really like Cecily.

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pixieloux · 22/10/2018 19:07

Thanks, @TatianaLarina! Not that it really bothers me lol. My little ladies are far from twee and helpless... Rora outsmarts us all on a regular basis and despite being the youngest, Letty is most definitely the leader of the pack lol. I’m quite glad that Theo is getting a brother to help him in a house of some very headstrong women... Letty has definitely knocked him down a peg or two lol.

Thanks, @KiplingAngelCake - I do love Margot and if it wasn’t too close to Theo (or even had a clear diminutive so it would be Theodore & Margot aka Theo and X) then my personal top pick would be it and Zachary. I think those two names fit so well together and are also keeping in style of A, T and V’s names. Sebastian & Penelope or Hermione are pairings I love too... If I can get over the Disney/Harry Potter things with each ot them lol.

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KiplingAngelCake · 22/10/2018 14:33

Fabulous names - including your other DC names

Penelope and Hermione both great. Love Margot too.

How about Clara or Mary?

TatianaLarina · 22/10/2018 14:16

I don’t agree that any of your other names are twee - Aurora is lovely and I don’t think Letty as a nn is particularly twee - certainly no more than any other.

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pixieloux · 22/10/2018 12:11

We are going to rethink our list though as I just don’t seem to like any of these when paired together. It feels like we’re taking one step forward and two steps back as of now.

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pixieloux · 22/10/2018 12:07

Twee seems to be our style lol. I’ve seen Aurora described as twee a lot over the years and Letty which is Violet’s NN.

Felicity and Imogen are two names we love but just can’t stand the diminutives for and I know they’ll get shortened as with our other children. NNs weren’t something we thought of with DD1 but soon learnt to consider them after having her... Our family called her all sorts when he was little but she’s just Aurora or Rora now - by request lol.

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OutPinked · 22/10/2018 10:05

Beatrix and Sebastian sounds great.

TatianaLarina · 22/10/2018 09:55

Sebastian is great.

Out of all your kids I think Beatrix would get the short straw as it’s not a particularly nice name. If your husband is unpersuadable on Beatrice I’d go with Imogen from your old list, personally. Or Cecilia. Cecily is a bit twee.

Kilpitlees · 21/10/2018 21:12

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Enko · 21/10/2018 21:05

I love Sebastian & Edith together its just so lovely. Also think Edith goes well with the rest of your childrens names.

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pixieloux · 21/10/2018 20:55

If we were only having one (as planned lol) then I’d probably have fought for Zachary to be our boy name - I have fallen in love with it since we were trying to conceive BUT it rhymes with all our joint favourite girl names lol. Frances is the only name we can really ‘pair’ it with. I love it, it was from my list, but it just seems a little too unisex with A & V’s names which are very feminine or as some would say, frilly.

Elijah & Penelope (Penny/Nell) aren’t rhymey to my ear. I think we could use that as a possible pairing? Elijah and Beatrix or Elijah and Cece/Cecily sound too much to me however.

I really struggle with boy’s names. When we were naming DS I had a grand total of two names on my list that I put to DH and we ended up using one of them lol. Apart from Arthur and Elwood - which we can’t use, these three are the only names I would want to name my DS. I’ve always had my concerns with Sebastian having an Aurora though... It’s definitely more difficult naming children the more you have lol.

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himym · 21/10/2018 20:14

Frances, Hermione are Penelope are all lovely.
Sebastian is okay but I do prefer Elijah!

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pixieloux · 21/10/2018 19:48

It’ll be between Beatrix, Cecily, Frances, Hermione or Penelope - although Frances and Hermione are still maybes. That’s if we go with Sebastian. We’ve kind of gone back to the drawing board to see if there are any other names we like with Elijah and Zachary.

We’ve decided against Edith and Margot now - DH has said Edith is probably too old fashioned with our DDs’ names so it’s our and Margot is too close to Theo especially as it doesn’t have a natural diminutive to use with it.

We really don’t want anything matchy with their names which is why we’re wary of using Beatrix, Cecily, Hermione or Penelope with Elijah & Zachary. We also don’t want to initial share... They’re already going to share so much.