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Boy/girl twins. What goes with....

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 19:27

Max.

We thought we had two girls. So had kind of matchy style names (Camille and Claudia) in the pipeline.

Neither of those is the girls' name I love, but I kind of didn't mind because there were two, so it wouldn't be like one had my favourite name over the other. I like both the names, but no more than like.

Now it's turned out they're definitely boy/girl. So the boy will be Max. And I can't think of anything I like other than the name I can't have, now it's only one girls name I need. (It's been what my daughter has always been called in my head for the last 20yrs, and literally a year ago, this bitch who's connected directly to our family stole it, and yes I am fucking bitter) Spam me with names that go with Max please. Help me find something I love...

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DirtyWindow · 20/09/2019 22:36

Katerina

tea69 · 20/09/2019 22:30

Emiliana

Bathwater · 20/09/2019 22:26

Evalina / Evaline (said like ever rather than EE-va)
Adaline
Adelaide
Felicity
Avery

wishuponarainbow · 20/09/2019 22:25

What about:

Ava
Annabelle
Eloise

DeNiroDeFaro · 20/09/2019 22:24

What about Emmeline?

Or:
Evelyn
Amelie
Petra
Anna
Natasha
Alena

Ikeameatballs · 20/09/2019 22:19

Emmeline
Coralie
Vivienne
Seraphina
Romilly
Bathsheba
Cordelia
Norah
Ianthe
Harriette
Adelaide
Zadie

isamonster · 20/09/2019 22:19

Typhaine
Victorine
Perrine
Alizee
Delmine
Eurielle
Brune
Violaine

PhannyPharts · 20/09/2019 22:18

Has anyone suggested Rosalie?

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 22:15

Ariadne? Athena? Fact is you could imagine two daughters with other names, but now, apparently you cannot. Can't see why you would want two daughters not to have "the" name, but not one.

Because two daughters, neither can be "Evangeline" because I'd not want one to have my life long daughters name, and the other to have essentially, any other name that crops up. I'd feel like I favouritised one by giving that name over the other. So with two turning up together, much more simple. Its not fair at all for one to have it and one not, so it's then just picking two names I don't mind for the pair, so they are "equally" named.

One. Well now it's back to my only daughter. And she's only ever had one name.

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Namaste6 · 20/09/2019 22:14

Max and Evelyn
Max and Celeste
Max and Agnes

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 22:09

Aurelia
Verity
Anais
Cecilia
Juliette
Ines
Alena

Are in the right ball park

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Strangerthanstrange · 20/09/2019 22:08

Ariadne? Athena? Fact is you could imagine two daughters with other names, but now, apparently you cannot. Can't see why you would want two daughters not to have "the" name, but not one.

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 20/09/2019 22:03

Aurelia
Adela
Clarissa
Adelaide
Verity
Anoushka
Anais
Cecilia
Juliette
Ines
Alena
Nadia

CarefullyDrawnMap · 20/09/2019 22:03

Eulalie
Desiree
Larissa
Nemonie
Elissa
Luiza

workshyfop · 20/09/2019 22:01

Cordelia
Leonie
Clementine
Delphine
Genevieve
Theodora

Namaste6 · 20/09/2019 21:59

Max and Amelia
Max and Sopheria
Max and Lily

Jfw82 · 20/09/2019 21:58

Madeleine
Mariette
Monica
Michelle
Adelaide
Beatrice
Christina
Colette
Daniella
Francesca
Georgia
Lilian
Aurelie
Seraphina
Verity
Xanthe

Shadow1234 · 20/09/2019 21:58

Annalise
Elouise
Soraya
Aliyah
Amira
Aria
Eden

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 21:57

@Namaste6

It's really close to "Evangeline"

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Namaste6 · 20/09/2019 21:55

Ah sorry - you just did.

Namaste6 · 20/09/2019 21:54

Can you tell us the name you had wished for her? We may be able to suggest something similar?

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 21:52

"Flouncy"

That's a very good description. I like flouncy names. A bit princessy perhaps? Fairytale chic?

FFS Grin fairytale chic. I need a wine.

FML Grin but I can't even have one!!!

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 21:48

This is just so extreme - your daughter didn’t even exist.

No. It's not extreme. It's actual event.

My daughter hasn't existed for the last 20yrs. But for twenty years, I have known that should I ever be lucky enough to get her, she will be "Evangeline.". And now she does exist, and will arrive very soon.

You think someone who doesn’t know you, ‘somehow found out’ a name you love but hadn’t used & then named their baby that name solely to piss you off?

No. I don't think. I know. Because such a delight this woman is, she's told people she did it deliberately. Laughed about it. Because DB didn't want to start a relationship with her when she announced she was having his kid, she thought it was "funny" to piss off his family to get to him.

Anyway. Let's not derail.

"Evangeline" has gone, thanks to that arsehole.

So, back to suggestions...

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CarefullyDrawnMap · 20/09/2019 21:46

Ines
Sasha
Jessamine
Leonor

Mind you, if I was pissed off with the person who used my fairly flouncy name like 'Evangeline', I'd be inclined to pretend I hated that kind of a name anyhow and go with something quite different, like Jean or Kim or Steve. > childish < but that name would grown upon me because it would be attached to my wonderful new baby. Create a 'new narrative' as they say.

daisypond · 20/09/2019 21:44

Valentina
Anastasia
Natalia
Anya