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Alex and Iris?

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StripeyFloorboards · 04/09/2021 15:29

I don’t know if it’s just me overthinking it, but do Alex and Iris sound too similar (for b/g twins)? Or work together well? I’m imagining shouting them across the playground and the sounds seem the same Confused.

Any thoughts/alternatives welcome too.

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Givemethatknife · 04/09/2021 22:41

… Christina / Christophe/r might work for one of them -

Givemethatknife · 04/09/2021 22:36

They are both nice names, but quite similar and also v popular (if that bothers you). I think hitting Ancient Greek and Hebrew refs might be quite hard… Sophia, Eva, Theodora, Anna for girls - and yeah Alexander for boys I guess - Sasha or Alec would be a slightly more unusual nn than Alex

Lockdownpudding · 04/09/2021 21:28

Big like from me!

QueenAdreena · 04/09/2021 21:26

Would Alex and Isla work for you? They seem to flow better.

TatianaBis · 04/09/2021 21:06

In that case Alex is ideal. I might spell it Aleks.

Also really like Dimitri (from Demeter) and Iris.

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StripeyFloorboards · 04/09/2021 20:59

@TatianaBis I love both those names but we have a few (self-imposed) constraints on names that make it a bit tricky.

  • Need something that vaguely works in Eastern European/ Russian languages and ideally also Old Testament/Hebrew
  • It’s a pregnancy following a loss, where the baby would have had a name from Greek mythology - so we’d like to somehow gesture towards that. Proving difficult though!
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DotDotDotDotDot · 04/09/2021 19:32

I think Alex and Iris go really nicely together. Anna is nice enough but seems a bit plain compared to Iris.

Yika · 04/09/2021 18:04

Sounds a perfect pair of names to me - similar in feel but not in sound.

TatianaBis · 04/09/2021 15:59

They sound fine - not too similar.

Bit hard to say though - what about Oscar and Iris, Caspar and Iris

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StripeyFloorboards · 04/09/2021 15:39

We’re also wondering about Anna for a girl, but a bit less keen on it at the mo.

I’m wondering if it’ll be a non-issue because Alex is likely to have some other nn of Alexander, but still.

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twinningatlife · 04/09/2021 15:34

If I shout the names in my head they do sound a bit similar 🤣 but I also have boy/girl twins and their names are 3 syllables each which takes a while to get out 🤣

Whinge · 04/09/2021 15:33

I don't think they sound too similar. However, for me they bleed into each other, and it doesn't sound like you're saying two seperate names. Perhaps because there are too many vowels?