Mildred and Mabel

[sparklingsky]

I think Mabel is v cute and works old/young. Need a twin name that works. Is Mildred known as Mills/Red a big no or a maybe??? For my SIL. She is avoiding top 100 (almost impossible IMHO). Thanks.

They are both ugly granny names.

Why do names have to "match" anyway? They wont live thier entire lives together.

Mildred . I don't like this name.

Mabel. This ok, not great.

Matching twin names are a bit naff IMO.

(sorry)

Martha?

Don't much like either. And it's not good to do a matchy-matchy name thing for twins IMO.

Now Milly and Martha, that I could endorse

I know it's still kind of matchy=matchy but much nicer. On apractical level, twins with the same first initial will be a pain later in life when they have post coming and so on.

Mildred says witch to me

I do like Mabel. What about another old fasioned name? Elsie? Alice?

Mabel and Sybil.

I like Mabel because of

I have a cat called Mabel & a tarantula called Mildred. Agree with other posters I don't think either make nice girl's names anymore.

Mildred would also remind me of the Jill Murphy 'Worst Witch' books.

Both are hideous. Why on earth would anyone inflict these on their newborn daughters is beyond me.

Love Mabel, I know a small one, sister called Florence but shortened to Flossie. personally I would go with Mabel and Maude, sound like spinsterly old aunts.

I don't like either but have lots of friends who love Mabel.
I reckon don't call them matching names.
Mabel and Denise?
Mabel and Una?
Mabel and Caroline?

For me, Mabel is a bit granny chic. Mildred, on the other hand, is frumpy.

I'd avoid two names beginning with the same letter for twins too.

I like both, and I like the nicknames for both too.
But Mildred is very marmite.
Mabel and Myriam? Margot? Myrtle (but that very Mildred), Mirza, Milla, Minerva, Marguerite, Maeve?

don't really like either.

if she is in love with Mabel, what about Marianne?

... Love Mabel!!!

My daughter is called Macushla... wonderful song sung by John McCormack, with Irish connections though...

Just in the pot to consider???

Urge. Hate both but Mildred is just horrifically hideous. How about Marion? I find it do pretty (and young) in French. I also like Muriel.

I meant 'urgh' not 'urge'!!!

Mildred is the name of the 'worst witch' character in jill murray's stories. Not a great connataion, combined with the old-lady-name-but-not-in-a-good-way thing. A young Mildred could be bullied copiously.

Love them both. Other similar names are:

Sylvie, Jeannie, Ana, Patricia, June, Cynthia, Rosemary, Rita, Lillian, Wendy, Tulip, Gillian, Darrell, Sally, Gwendoline, Mavis, Minnie, Maggie, Judith/Jude, Janey, Clara, Anastasia, Rosa, Audrey, Miriam (Mimi), Hazel, Dorothy, Jenna, Stefya, Peggy, Alison (Ally), Margot, Frances, Betty, Angelina, Angelica, Maree, Teresa (Tessa/Tessie), Natalia, Belinda, Millicent, Tatiana, Loretta, Enid, Bessie, Bethan, Lispeth, Esther, Elsa, Elise, Elodie, Louisa, Luisa, Annabella, Cora, Pansy, Flora, Rowan, Delilah, Deliah, Carlotta, Nancy, Claudia, Henrietta, Harrietta, Etta, Daphne, Diana, Penelope, Nell, Beatrice, Beatrix, Vera, Susannah, Edith, Olive, Seraphina, Sefarina, Julietta, Josephina, Ethel, Petula, Dixie, Phoenix, Elvira, Miranda, Hilda, Barbara, Pearl, Hillary, Tabitha, Opal, Emmelina, Isadora, Theadora, Kitty, Genevieve, Helena, Lillith, Rosalind, Cordelia, Lisbet, Arabella, Claribel, Clementine, Norah, Evelina, Lucinda.

Bleurgh to granny chic. Both horrible names in my opinion! (just adding my twopenneth)

I too thought of "The Worst Witch".... but I prefer Mildred to Mabel (slightly less granny-ish to my mind).

How about names which are anagrams of each other rather than alliterative?
Celia / Alice...? Are there any more?

I love both of them and I think they go really well together.

I love both of them and I think they go really well together.