Sapphire and...

[QueenKatie]

I need help! I'm due twin girls in 2 weeks, but am stuck about names! I absolutely love the name Sapphire. For me, its a perfect name. But I just can't find another girls name I like as much as Sapphire, and I really really don't want to let go of it for two other names I only quite like. Please please help me! What names do you think go with Sapphire well??

Rather liked Scarlett myself (nod to HRN) or Steel

lol at Curacao and Delft

Ooh loving Lila, Marina and Iris.

Ooh and Coral. God, I'm going to have to get a rabbit or something or I'm going to start wishing for another child just to name them.

Steel is what came to my mind too. I'm not sure why your dh dismissed another gem name but not another blue name. Both are way too matchy matchy for me. I think with twins, especially if they are identical you really need to make sure that their names are not too pair like, because many people will see them first and foremost as a pair and not as individuals in their own right.

So I'd look for somethign with a similar feel, but no more than that. Ianthe, Miranda, Estelle/Estella or most of the names on Melindas list.

Of the shortlist I think that the only one that could possibly work is Indigo, but it's not a very feminine sounding word to me. I imagine that a small Sapphire woudl most likely be Saffy.

I agree that you need to find something with the same 'feel' to it but ignore meaning/colour/gem, just look for a name you really like.

I know that is easier said than done but I think you are actually making it harder because you really need to keep an open mind.

A similar 'feel' for me:
Estella
Arabella
Mariella
Angelica
Seraphina
Delilah
Genevieve
Persephone
Annalisa
Gabriella
Aurora

Out of all the names I think Indigo sounds best.

How strange! There was an identical thread a few months ago! That lady decided on Estella.

\link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/1118737-Sapphire-and\here is the other Sapphire & ? thread}

Another vote for Indigo here!
My other suggestion (that I don't think anyone else has put yet) would be Leilani.

(I love the name Sapphire btw but my STUPID brother named his STUPID cat that name, so I have had to remove it from my list... gggrrrrr).

Strange indeed, chipmonkey :(.

You could go with Max (which can be for a boy or girl) to go with Sapphire, though I'm sure I've seen these names somewhere else before

Aqua?

You are seriously considering naming a child Aqua?

Three sapphire name posts in as many weeks.........very strange

Marina or Indigo - You simply cannot inflict Aqua, Azure or Midnight onto a child.

And Tatiana

Seeing as the twins in question are nearly 6 years old this is a bit pointless.

Sapphire and...

Tallulah
Emerald
Opal
Sienna
Teal
Violet
Pearl
Esmeralda
Aurelia
Everly
Lorelei
Aurora
Leilani
Ocean
India
Jasmine
Indigo
Savannah
Azalea
Serenity
Zinnia
Saffron
Topaz
Stella
Nova
Saskia
Amaryllis
Lavender
Phoenix
Celeste
Sorrel
Delphine
Callista
Bluebell
Seraphina

Pssst, just putting our heads round the door to say that this thread was started in 2011 (so the OP's probably decided by now)

Florence or Willow???