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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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Fivebeanchilli · 21/09/2019 09:03

Max and...
Anya
Anastasia
Amelie
Beatrix
Elspeth
Elodie
Iona
Lowenna
Rowwn

HeadLikeAFuckinOrange · 21/09/2019 08:41

Max and Athena ?

BrutusMcDogface · 21/09/2019 08:41

I do understand but hopefully having your own daughter will make the other name pale a bit, and help you come to terms with it. Flowers

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Courtney555 · 21/09/2019 08:38

Im sorry I haven’t read the whole thread but I just wanted to say that when your daughter is born, she will be the name you decide to give her. The fictional daughter you’ve had in your head for 20 years is just that: fictional. Your real daughter will own her name and make it hers, and you will love it and her more than anything.

Thank you, that does make sense and I hope so, so much. It's just I have to hear this bloody woman's kid being referred to all the time that one name, and every mention of the name sickens me that someone like that took it... which is now going to be the case for the rest of my life, and every time I hear it, it's just a reminder, a kick in the stomach about it. She had already picked another name. A bloody awful one that's nothing like any of the ones I like, and it's one that suits her far better. And then changed to "Evangeline".

Like I said, if, say, my best friend had fallen in love with the name after hearing it was my life long choice, I'd be sad, but more accepting that someone I loved had loved it equally. It means so much to me, that to have it deliberately taken by that circumstance makes me so unaccepting.

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BrutusMcDogface · 21/09/2019 08:24

Im sorry I haven’t read the whole thread but I just wanted to say that when your daughter is born, she will be the name you decide to give her. The fictional daughter you’ve had in your head for 20 years is just that: fictional. Your real daughter will own her name and make it hers, and you will love it and her more than anything.

Collision · 21/09/2019 08:23

Max and Romilly

Max and Oriele

Max and Evangeline (love Evangeline)

Max and Ottilie

Lsquiggles · 21/09/2019 08:15

Willow Smile

Howmanysleepsnow · 21/09/2019 08:14

Angelique
Faith
Rosalyn
Saoirse

Booboostwo · 21/09/2019 08:13

It means 'polite' by the way, but in a wider sense of a virtue.

Booboostwo · 21/09/2019 08:13

Eugenie is the anglicized version of Evgenia, a Greek name you'd come across every so often.

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Courtney555 · 21/09/2019 07:44

Beatrice has reminded me I liked Eugenie. Is it too unique to Princess, I can't think of anyone else with that name, and it is quite distinctive.

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MiniMaxi · 21/09/2019 07:44

Max and Xanthe?

StiltonVanDeKamp · 21/09/2019 07:23

Felicity
Isadora
Ophelia
Violet
Rosanna/Rosalind
Georgiana
Florence
Beatrice
Clara

TheVoiceInTheShed · 21/09/2019 07:22

Max and Clarissa
Max and Ophelia
Max and Constance
Max and Florence

AJPTaylor · 21/09/2019 07:01

Lola

BethanyGilbert · 21/09/2019 06:58

I wonder if anyone has suggested the name?

veeboo · 21/09/2019 06:18

I love it when an OP feedback in which they like...thanks OP!

Georgie
Genevieve
Ginevra
Angelina
Angelique
Marguerite
Margo
Juniper
Eloise
Gabriella
Astrid
Celeste

daisypond · 21/09/2019 05:40

Honor is a great name. It usually doesn’t have the U in it. The name of some unheard of mobile phone won’t matter. And you can refer to them as Max and Honor, not Honor and Max.

pintsizeduck · 21/09/2019 04:02

Max and Sloane
Max and Savannah
Max and Ciara (Key-ah-rah rather than Keira)
Max and Harriet
Max and Lola
Max and Laura
Max and Sage
Max and River
Max and Shiloh

Derbee · 21/09/2019 03:58

Genevieve
Clementine
Vivienne
Margot
Eliza
Florence
Francesca

Curveball Liberty (Max and Libby sounds so sweet)

ForkHandlesplease · 21/09/2019 03:18

Olivia
Anastasia
Theadora
Alexandria
Jennifer
Eliza
Tabitha
Eleanor
Eleanora

Rosehassometoes · 21/09/2019 02:37

Clemency
Lara
Anya
Ada
Eliza
Eloise
Estelle

whatausername · 21/09/2019 01:58

If the name has already been "stolen", why can't we know what it was? Would help in suggesting alternatives.

ilovethatshow · 21/09/2019 00:37

Noelle
Celine
Cecile (ce ce)

Marcipex · 21/09/2019 00:36

Mattea
Linnea
Madeleine
Venetia