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Marley and Kennedy

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AliceBeckett · 11/02/2020 16:40

I'm due for twin girls in late March, both these names are ones i really like and suit their surname and my husband likes them, but i've heard other people they sound too pretentious or try-hard. What do you think?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/02/2020 18:03

Nice names but I wouldn't pair them up.

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AliceBeckett · 11/02/2020 17:49

i've only ever known girls with these as first names, i didn't realise they were mostly male.

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EggysMom · 11/02/2020 17:43

Both Marley and Kennedy are male names to me, I used to know a Kennedy when I lived in Scotland ...

Bezalelle · 11/02/2020 17:40

Dreadful. Sounds like the name of a grain company in the Mid-west.

TerribleCustomerCervix · 11/02/2020 17:16

Marley was what everyone was calling their puppies in the mid-noughties when that film about the dog came out.

Kennedy wouldn’t be top of my list, but it’s a truly gender neutral name if that’s a benefit to you.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 11/02/2020 17:12

I quite like the name Marley

Not overly keen on Kennedy but if its for personal reasons why not ? I also see you are in the US so pehaps its not as unusual there as it would be in the UK say.

anendhasastart · 11/02/2020 17:07

They're very different from each other and I think that's good for twins.

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AliceBeckett · 11/02/2020 16:55

Marley was one because i just thought it was pretty but Kennedy was an idea because the name has just become quite important to me for personal reasons. And we live in the US.

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TwitcherOfCurtains · 11/02/2020 16:48

Marley is nice, I think of it as a male name though.

Kennedy sounds very chavvy.

Shockers · 11/02/2020 16:44

Are you in the UK? They sound more like American or Australian type names to me (but I could be completely wrong about that). If you like them then go ahead- they don’t sound try hard, just a bit TVish, if that makes sense?

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