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A name for the twin

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MamaDane · 02/02/2019 09:49

Hello everyone. We recently just found out I'm pregnant with twins at an early scan and we already have names for boy/girl Isaac/Emilia and girl/girl Emilia/Ember, but need a name for boy/boy Isaac/??

Have you got any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

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MissLanesAmericanCousin · 04/02/2019 14:05

Isaac and Aiden!

Congratulations to you! Flowers

Babyboysarenowbig · 03/02/2019 20:27

Soren? (Sorry I don’t know how to change my letters to make it the correct spelling) I love this name.

Smurf123 · 03/02/2019 20:13

We have a lucas. The pronunciation is almost the same.
Although he has a very traditional middle name I won't say as there aren't so many about and is a family name but it does have the æ letter which has thoroughly confused the passport office as they "can't do that letter" even though registry office could put it on his birth certificate 🙈

MerryMarigold · 03/02/2019 11:46

I know a Danish/ English couple in UK who have Marcus and Alexander. The pronunciation is basically the same. On the other hand I know another couple (neither are English) whose son is Matthias and it's pronounced the European way by both parents and at school etc. I think it's unusual enough that many English people don't actually know the English pronunciation!

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MamaDane · 03/02/2019 10:04

Thank you, @starkid Grin Those two are also my DP and I's favourites. We're definitely leaning towards Alexander especially.

Thank you, I'm glad someone also loves the name 😍.

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starkid · 03/02/2019 10:00

From the suggestions which you've liked so far, my favourites are Alexander and Samuel :)
Congratulations by the way!! Ember is especially lovely.

jcq17 · 03/02/2019 08:24

Isaac and quinn

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MamaDane · 03/02/2019 08:17

@Marcipex it doesn't matter about the same initials, Ember is Ehm-ber while Emilia is closer to Ee-mee-lee-a (the Danish e sounds somewhere between a and ee) , so they don't sound like they have the same vowel in their first name. Initials aren't important in Denmark.

@Smurf What did you name your son? If I can ask? 🙂

@ISmellBabies Zachary is probably too difficult to pronounce. Also I don't think we would use a nickname for the girls, at least not Ember as it's such a short name (same with Isaac really). If we did Emilia would probably be Mili or Milla.

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ISmellBabies · 03/02/2019 00:14

So the girls would be Em and Em? Ok then, what about Zac and Zac - Isaac and Zachary?

Whoops75 · 03/02/2019 00:03

For a boy
Stefan
Noah
Sam
Ezra
Xander

Amber is nicer than Ember or maybe
Emer (ee-mer)
Ester

junebirthdaygirl · 02/02/2019 23:33

I know a boy called Ember which l love.
So Isaac and Ember

Marcipex · 02/02/2019 23:29

I would choose different initials.
Emilia and Amber.
Amelia and Ember.

Bumblebeesmum · 02/02/2019 23:06

I had close friends at school who were twins & they desperately tried to be different with everything from food choices to clothes etc - it’s hard being a young girl without having a twin in the same class with practically the same name.... think it might be cute / twee for the parents just like matching dresses etc but not sure they’ll have the same enjoyment

Smurf123 · 02/02/2019 22:48

I'm sure it will be different if they are used to hearing their name 2 ways from the beginning anyway.
We chose a name that is supposed to sound the same in both languages.. Although I still hear a difference when I listen to my husband talk to our son in Danish when he is talking English he pronounces it the same way as me though.
I prefer the Danish pronunciation of Emilia, it was one of our favourites as a girls name 🙂

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MamaDane · 02/02/2019 20:28

@Smurf I do but only because DP is British (expat)
Yup Jacob is yakub. Isaac for example is ee-sahk not eye-sack. But seeing as how DP will call him Eye-sack and I will call him Ee-sahk he will be used to it from the beginning.
Emilia would also not be eh-mee-lee-a but closer to ee-mee-lee-a.

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Smurf123 · 02/02/2019 20:11

Do you speak English in Denmark?
My husband is Danish although we live in UK he is a Jacob but doesn't like how it sounds in English when people try to pronounce it the Danish way (yakub as his parents call him)
When our son was born he was adamant it had to be a name that was pronounced the same in English as in Danish.
I like Mikkel, Lucas, Finn, Thomas

JiltedJohnsJulie · 02/02/2019 19:42

Josiah

Hazlenutpie · 02/02/2019 19:38

Isaac and Jonah

tararabumdeay · 02/02/2019 19:36

Fabian. I wanted Isaac but it was a it out there when DS was born.

2isabella2 · 02/02/2019 19:34

Ben(jamin)
James
William
Henry

I also like Alexander and Samuel.

Newlife1987 · 02/02/2019 19:25

Noah?

villainousbroodmare · 02/02/2019 19:22

I would also try to avoid similar-sounding names and the same initial, especially in bb or gg twins.

FogCutter · 02/02/2019 16:39

Oh and Flynn!

FogCutter · 02/02/2019 16:38

Isaac and......
Seth
Nate
Ethan
Joel
Cass
Asher
Quinn
Theo

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/02/2019 16:33

Isaac and
Oscar
Jacob
Lucas
Nathan
Henry
Finley

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