Opinions on these names for identical twins

[AlyssInAManger]

DP and I are expecting twins next year. We don't know the gender yet but we know they are identical. Our last name is Be tt s.
For girls we like Serenity Claire and Meredith Octavia.
For boys we like Gabriel Angelos and Wilhelm Octavian.
Octavia/n is a family name.

Adore octavia. Not keen on other names sorry.

Octavia and Electra
Serephine and clementine
Josephine and violet

Willoughby and Gilbert
Wilf and Rex

I always think giving children names like Serenity is just asking for your child to be anything but!

I like Gabriel and Meredith.

I really like Serenity. Seren or Wren are both lovely NNs. Meredith is a lovely name, but wouldn't be for me. Prefer Miriam or Melanie. I really live Octavia too but it might be hard to manage as a first name.

I'm not keen on Gabriel, sorry., but that's very personal and no reason you should listen to that opinion!Wilhelm wouldn't be my first choice but I'm guessing you have good reasons for choosing a Germanic name and as the child is very likely to be a Will, I think that being a Will who is a Wilhelm, rather than (yet another) William, would be a good marker of distinction, which IMO is a good thing.

Congratulations!

all fine, but not Gabriel Angelos.

too Angel Gabriel to me - bit odd if I'm honest.

Gabriel with another middle name would be lovely though.

Serenity

I prefer Serena to Serenity.

Twins how lovely! I like merry and serenity. Gabriel Angelo is a little full on for me, and could lead to ribbing if he's less than angelic. Gregory? also wilfred is a little softer than Wilhelm.

Merryn and Serena sound nicer to my ear than Meredith and Serenity.

The long, long, short sounds odd. How about Meredith Claire and Octavia Something-one-syllable. As for the boys, could you use Otto as a middle name? You've got the same root in there. Then they could be Gabriel Otto and Wilhelm Something-one-syllable.

Gabriel is lovely but then I'm a huge Pete Gabriel fan.