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Quinn and Castiel

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/08/2019 18:38

Or
Icarus and Ignatius

Identical twin boys

Thoughts or suggestions?

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 10:05

@widget2015 thankfully for my sex life, no but I wouldn't mind his money

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 10:04

Well it's Izaak so I think that lends itself more towards Zaak as a shortening iyswim and she's paranoid people will call him Ike so has contemplated starting to call him Zaak to stop it. Not that anyone would think of Ike in this day and age

Jolyon is a pretty established name, isn't it erm, no lol

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widget2015 · 15/08/2019 09:40

Is your DH Jacob Rees Mogg?

CassianAndor · 15/08/2019 09:38

is Zac a usual short for Isaac? I suppose logically it is, it just would never have occurred to me.

Zachariah is definitely more 'normal'.

Jolyon is a pretty established name, isn't it? It's a character in some period drama/book IIRC. Young version played by Rupert Graves, older one by Joss Ackland. Why do I know this stuff???

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 09:27

like Quinn and Cassidy. Castiel does sound a bit made-up I might work on Cassius with DH, Casssidy is quite surnamey?

Matthias - love but nn Matt is on the "not name babies after people we've dated" list
Zachariah - is it too odd when DNeph who is 3 years older is Izaak? I adore adore adore it. But worried we'll end up with two Zaks

Others are on the "sound made up" pile I'm afraid but I do appreciate the supoort

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AverageMummy · 15/08/2019 09:23

Jolyon sounds like it should be the name of a condom brand. ‘Get your jolly on’ Grin

lifesnotaspectatorsport · 15/08/2019 09:21

Hi @SleepingStandingUp 👋 I feel your pain; my DS1 has a very unusual name (that took us forever to come up with) and now we are struggling with more boys' names.

I like Quinn and Cassidy. Castiel does sound a bit made-up - I'd never seen it before and I've trawled 1000s of baby names.

What about:
Cariadoc
Matthias
Zachariah
Hereward
Jolyon
Jago

Good luck!

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 09:06

@CassianAndor yes read the book and seen the movie, so make that two I've heard from popular culture altho I was aware of the name before and its less of a mental link to me.

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CassianAndor · 15/08/2019 09:04

how is Balthazar too 'out there' but Castiel or Ignatius aren't?

Have you read/see Horns? The main character in that is Ig[natius].

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 09:03

@Luckingfovely even I think Zeus is a bit ott 😂 I crosedCaleb off my list and Milois just one of the annoying kids of that show

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 09:02

@Brot64 we adore Balthazar but decided it was too out there so that's about where our line is drawn I guess

@AverageMummy four years of sleep deprivation??

@Courtney555 there's only Castiel that we've actively taken from a TV show and that's because we like the name, not thst character. We also like Cassidy so it's def the Cass bit not the sloghy weird and confused angel thing.

And I can't name them Joey, Chandler and Ross cos there is definately only two in there. I know. They keep looking in there!!

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AverageMummy · 15/08/2019 08:43

Xavier is lovely though - what’s happened to you? Grin

Luckingfovely · 15/08/2019 08:24

Quinn, Cassius, Rufus, Caleb, Zeus, Milo?

Courtney555 · 15/08/2019 08:08

FGS OP.

The names are truly awful on their own.

I don't watch a lot of TV, but from googling pp, you're picking these bizarre names from one TV series.

You may as well rename them all Chandler, Ross and Joey. Poor kids are going to be ridiculed.

CassianAndor · 15/08/2019 07:51

Xavier and Castiel??? There's a theme here.

I'd go for Bruce.

Wellandtrulyoutnumbered · 15/08/2019 06:58

I think Quinn and Tristan go well. Both Celtic names. I have a Quinn and I always liked Tristan. Think of names you like them see if they go. Quinn isn't that unusual now so don't give the other twin anything too difficult.

You will get people assuming Quinn is short for something. But you'll perfect the no it's Quinn Q-U-I-N-N yes two n's ........

There seems to be a lot of girl Quinn's about now. Two in our town recently. We also have a few boy Quinns. In fact my daughter's Welsh name is less popular than her little brothers.

TheRedFox · 15/08/2019 04:03

I'd be worried that these names are so out there that you're saddling your DS with something they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives.

I'd be worried that whenever people see or hear their names (even as adults) there will be a rolling of eyes that won't help them. That kind of summary judgment is wrong I know but does happen.

Also the story of Icarus is far too negative for me to saddle a child with that name. You refer to children being called Jack, but the difference is that Jack is a well used name and so doesn't immediately bring to mind Jack the Ripper. Icarus on the other hand is a barely used name so when people hear it they are blind to recall the legend.

Names that are difference are fine, but the overly negative connotations here mean it would be a definite no for me.

Brot64 · 15/08/2019 00:52

😂😂. This thread has made my afternoon. Anyway I like Quinn. A few ideas as you like different names. How about:

Quinn and Zeus
Tristan and Merlin
Tristan and Zachary
Baltazar and Quinn

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 00:17

@NoCureForLove DH vetoed Gideon, we have Tristan on our list, he vetoed Malachi, not keen on rest. DS is Xavier

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NoCureForLove · 15/08/2019 00:12

What are your other dc called?

NoCureForLove · 15/08/2019 00:10

Amos and Moses
Prosper and Elias / Elijah
Gideon and Tristan
Malachi and Abraham (Abe)
Vincent and John
Augustus (Gus) and Phineas (Phin)

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/08/2019 00:01

@Talkwhilstyouwalk weirdly DH suggested Saxin tonight, I vetoed it. He vetoed Theodore before Ds1 was born

@Cohle you'd not be wrong

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Brakebackcyclebot · 14/08/2019 23:59

Seriously? They are all beyond dreadful.

Courtney555 · 14/08/2019 23:20

Bert and Ernie?
Phil and Grant?
Laurel and Hardy?

Cohle · 14/08/2019 23:00

I'd assume you were a Supernatural fan...

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