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Twin girls name advice

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Brydiegrace · 04/05/2025 16:33

We already have a 2 year old Ottilie Grace and are expecting twin girls at the end of the year, I don’t want matchy names or them to have the same initials. We quite like old fashioned names, we are leaning towards Mabel for one of them but no ideas for the other and would like Rose to be one of their middle names! Please could we have some suggestions thank you!

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Quornflakegirl · 08/05/2025 18:47

I have twin girls. Names we loved but didn’t use are

Isadora
Martha
Florence
Matilda
Rosalie
Sophia

Good luck!

stanzatwo · 08/05/2025 18:44

Sylvie and Beatrix would pair nicely

mathanxiety · 06/05/2025 01:16

Ottilie Grace
Mabel Elise
Tessa Rose

Ottilie Grace
Mabel Rose
Alice Eloise

Ottilie Grace
Mabel Iris
Lena Rose

Ottilie Grace
Mabel Adeline
Evelyn Rose

LilyJosephine · 06/05/2025 00:45

Definitely Rose or Rosa for one - imo quite boring and overused as a middle name but very pretty and classic for a first name.

Personally I’d be tempted by something like May and Rose for twins - both have a subtle floral link and are fairly popular without being overused (as first names). And each has a distinct sound, along with Ottilie - no matching endings, different initials etc

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 05/05/2025 23:27

Mabel and Rose is quite nice

Or something like Marianne and Rosemary is a gentle nod to twins without being too matchy matchy

Marina and Rosanna
Maria and Rosamund
Maryam and Rosalind

stample · 05/05/2025 19:35

Maeve
Victoria
Elsie
Bernice
Julia
Jane

Yerto · 05/05/2025 17:49

Ottilie, Mabel & Eliza
Ottilie, Mabel & Phoebe
Ottilie, Mabel & Etta
Ottilie, Mabel & Zara
Ottilie, Mabel & Fern

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Firsttimebabymummy · 05/05/2025 07:42

Agree Rose as a first
Otherwise Nancy?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/05/2025 07:24

Mabel and
Violet
Adelaide
Scarlett
Penelope
Florence
Beatrice
Cecelia
Nancy
Iris
Edith
Cassie
Virginia
Bridget
Pearl
Rosanne
Imogen
Cynthia
Lucinda

user1492757084 · 05/05/2025 05:47

Ottilie Grace and ..

Aster Prudence
Victoria Rose

Leonor Kate
Johanna Rose

Jane Marigold
Fiadh Rose

Saoirse Fern
Rose Marina

Stephanie Rose
Davina Mary

Hebe Edwina
Anneke Rose

Seventree · 04/05/2025 22:51

Mabel and Rose sound lovely together! They have the same vibe but are really different names which I think is perfect for twins.

Congratulations and good luck with the rest of your pregnancy Flowers

EmotionallyWeird · 04/05/2025 22:48

Mabel and Florence was my first thought too.

Mumofgirls2017 · 04/05/2025 22:40

ottilie:..

mabel and florence
mabel and Eliza
mabel and polly
mabel and edith
mabel and eloise
mabel and violet
mabel and iris
mabel and lily

Darkambergingerlily · 04/05/2025 21:37

Mabel and Agnes

mummysmagicmedicine · 04/05/2025 21:33

Mabel
Rosa
Ruby
Halle/Hallie
Ivy
Phoebe
Bonnie
Willow
Margot
Clara
Felicity
Estella
Matilda
Primrose
Emilia (Emmie)
Tillie
Josie
Indigo
Tess
Allegra
Cara
Lyra
Penelope (Nell, Nelly)
Daphne
Daisy
Etta
Fern
Cassie
Cassia
Malia
Evie
Adelaide
Pippa
Charlotte
Cecilia
Arabella
Eliza
Saskia
Tabitha
Pearl
Zara

middle names:
easier once you have a name you like, maybe if you have a runner up name you can use that?

May
Tess
Belle
Jess
Kate
Wren
Fern
Elle
Ivy
Lyra
Lauren
Cara
Alice
Mia
Pearl
Nora
Robyn
Violet

Tulipsontoast · 04/05/2025 19:34

Mabel and Clemency
Mabel and Claudia
Mabel and Jemima
Mabel and Edith

Namexchangex · 04/05/2025 19:31

I much prefer Rose as a first name vs middle name, it's much more unexpected.
A version of rose would be nice too
Mabel and Rosa/Rosalie - although Rose is my favourite

SnowdaySewday · 04/05/2025 19:30

Give them different initials and give twin 2 the first alphabetically so they come first in some situations, such as on school registers, and so it’s not always their name prefixed by “Sister's name and…”.

Twin 1 - Rose (or Rosie) Faith
Twin 2 - Mabel Hope
to keep middle names in same style as your eldest.

GoldenRosebee · 04/05/2025 18:07

UtterlyOtterly · 04/05/2025 17:44

You may want to consider having the same number of letters in each name. I know a set of twins who had 4 and 6 letter names and the one with 4 sometimes felt hard done by.

For example, a friend bought them wooden jigsaws of their names but one was much longer than the other.

Perhaps not the only consideration but worth bearing in mind.

Yeah, you should keep this in mind... when you are raising them, to educated them not to feel slighted by minor things.

MrsMontgomerySmythe · 04/05/2025 17:57

Mabel Rose and Loveday Elisabeth

nowseehere · 04/05/2025 17:52

PurpleChrayn · 04/05/2025 17:32

Rose and Martha?

Mabel is a domestic servant name.

Martha is literally THE domestic servant name. It’s a biblical name for a character primarily associated with household chores (Martha and Mary of Bethany).

In further literature The Secret Garden, The Handmaids Tale, all reference this.

UtterlyOtterly · 04/05/2025 17:44

You may want to consider having the same number of letters in each name. I know a set of twins who had 4 and 6 letter names and the one with 4 sometimes felt hard done by.

For example, a friend bought them wooden jigsaws of their names but one was much longer than the other.

Perhaps not the only consideration but worth bearing in mind.

wellingtonsandwaffles · 04/05/2025 17:34

Mabel is beautiful
Maeve is also good but not together with Mabel

other names of a similar vibe:

Lydia
Eliza
Jemima (Jem)
Heidi

Rose or Rosa or Rosaline or Roseanne all lovely also if you promote from a middle name

PurpleChrayn · 04/05/2025 17:32

Rose and Martha?

Mabel is a domestic servant name.

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