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Our name choices don’t seem very liked

462 replies

Fritesky · 18/10/2025 18:45

DH and I have just had our twin baby girls, they are 3 weeks old and we have named them Gigi and Lola. We love their names and put a lot of time into picking them. We are a Anglo-Franco-Italian family so tried really hard to pick names that everyone would be a fan of.
Since then we’ve told family, friends etc. our babies names and got lots of “oh are the nicknames” and “oh that’s interesting”, which I guess just makes me feel really crappy. We haven’t registered the girls yet so we could change the names, but I’m not sure if I want to. Their full names are Gigi Apolline and Lola Gabrielle.

What are your thoughts?

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Doidontimmm · 18/10/2025 18:55

I thought exactly the same as @BreadstickBurglar im afraid. They sound like characters from Moulin Rouge together.

KathyDuck · 18/10/2025 18:55

Honestly? Not my taste but as long as you like them ignore anyone else

HatStickBoots · 18/10/2025 18:55

Beautiful names! Congratulations.

BreadstickBurglar · 18/10/2025 18:52

Ok being brutally honest I wonder if Gigi and Lola have a bit of a… well an air about them. My immediate connotations are Gigi the film about a child (future) prostitute, and Lolita the book about an abused teenager. The combination of the two kind of strengthens the association. It’s a real shame because I love the names and individually I wouldn’t be thinking of those characters.

YesTonightJosephine · 18/10/2025 18:51

And I love the middle names too!

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DisplayPurposesOnly · 18/10/2025 18:51

I can see why you are getting that reaction, they are quite "light" names and generally (especially Gigi) short for something else.

Do you want us suggest longer names for which these could be the short versions?

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 18/10/2025 18:50

Mil said she didn't like ds's name and wouldn't be calling him that. I said she had no need to see him if she wasn't suited..
She soon stfu..

YesTonightJosephine · 18/10/2025 18:50

Go with it OP ... you are both happy with these names ... cannot see why anyone has an issue as they are beautiful names!

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Lesina · 18/10/2025 18:49

Lovely lovely names :) congratulations on your new babies :)

Sasha07 · 18/10/2025 18:49

Nothing wrong with them. I think Gigi is getting popular though as I know three babies born this year with that name. My friend has a Lola too and it suits her. People will get used to them, I remember being 🤨 with my sister's babies names but soon got used to them and it is what it is now. Don't change them for anyone, they go lovely as twins names.

YourWinter · 18/10/2025 18:47

Middle names are irrelevant but I like all those names.

YesTonightJosephine · 18/10/2025 18:46

I LOVE them!

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