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Twin girls names to go with Sophia

65 replies

HeyYou · 07/02/2009 16:20

Help! I'm expecting twin girls and I am really struggling with names. First and second names please! We already have a Sophia Elizabeth.

As a guide, I'm not keen on twin names with alliteration i.e. Sam & Sue or rhyming names i.e Sam & Pam. We have a complicated surname so classic names are best.

I find girls names so hard!! Although I know what I like and what I don't when I hear it - iykwim! Boys names on the other hand I find a doddle!

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lucasnorth · 07/02/2009 18:05

Anna Georgina
Alexandra Louise

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HeyYou · 07/02/2009 18:05

I like Ava.

Would it sound odd having three DDs names ending in 'a'? e.g. Sophia, Clara & Ava or Sophia, Louisa & Tabitha?

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Runoutofideas · 07/02/2009 18:04

Georgia Rose
Amelia May
Eleanor Grace
....sorry lacking further inspiration.....

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HeyYou · 07/02/2009 18:00

I like Frances, but DH hates it.

Keep 'em coming - I'm adding a few more to the list!

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treacletart · 07/02/2009 17:59

oooh sorry just seen Imogen a no go - ok I'll swap it for Ava,

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HeyYou · 07/02/2009 17:57

Good point LuLuBai!

Sophia is my older DD, so I need two more names (plus middle names)...

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treacletart · 07/02/2009 17:56

Imogen, Agatha, Clara, Camille, Frances, Eleanor, Phillipa, Ingrid, Astrid, Tabitha,

FairLadyRantALot · 07/02/2009 17:55

Catherine
Celine
Melissa
Helen/Helena
Eleanor
Geraldine
Hannah
Jaqueline
Leona/Leonie
Magda lena
Natasha
Nadine
Natalie
Odette
Beatrice
Cassandra
Tara
Lara
Victoria
Yvonne

LuLuBai · 07/02/2009 17:49

Hi - I know you want to avoid 'twinny' names (so no rhyming or alliteration) but it is worth giving names similar in length and spellability.

I used to work with a woman called Catherine who, in her 50s, still felt aggrieved that it had taken her so much longer to learn to spell her name than her twin Ann.

So to clarify, is Sophia one of the twin's names or your older DD?

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HeyYou · 07/02/2009 17:31

Names I would love to use but for various reasons are a no go are: Charlotte, Tessa, Olivia, Kate, Alice, Phoebe and Imogen.

From the above suggestions I've added to my list, Clementine (beautiful!), Gerogia and Louisa.

What middle name would you put with Clementine?

Also on the list so far are: Alexandra, Lucinda, Anna... that's about it.

Boys names we love are George, Magnus, Fredrick, Alexander, Hamish, Felix, Hugo, Theo....

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BumblBeee · 07/02/2009 17:02

Which boys names did you like perhaps there will be some inspiration in this?

Vanessa
Veronica
Amelia
Celia
Celeste was a good suggestion
Candace
Beatrice
Claudia
Gabrielle
Alice
Clementine
Violette
Georgia
Iris
Mabel
Constance

subtlemouse · 07/02/2009 16:49

Elinor
Jane
Marianne
Catherine
Susannah
Georgiana
Harriet
Lucy
Louisa
Lydia
Charlotte
Caroline
Julia
Frances (can't quite bring myself to suggest Fanny...)

(Sorry, having a bit of Jane Austen moment!)

lisaofpalatine · 07/02/2009 16:36

emma & josephine

samsonara · 07/02/2009 16:35

Karen Ester
Kathryn Jane
Helen May
Louise Ann
Diane Marie ?

Dropdeadfred · 07/02/2009 16:31

Sophia & Celeste?