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Names for twin girls, baby 5&6

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Mom2beof5 · 18/02/2018 10:41

I have 4 girls, Aria, Eden, Aurelia and Elodie. I am having twins this time, me and DH like Hadley and Hayden for twin girls I was just wondering what peoples opinions are on Hadley and Hayden.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/02/2018 10:46

Love Hadley, but not keen on Hayden.
How about Hadley and Harlow ?

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 11:22

Ooh how exciting! What lovely names Smile

I think Hadley and Hayden are perfect together! Both equally as unisex as each other. I like the Harlow suggestion but it's more of a girls name to me..

Hadley and Hayden just click so well! Like Aria/Aurelia do.. And Eden/Elodie Grin

DoneDisappeared · 18/02/2018 11:24

As a twin, I'll say they are very matched pair. They will automatically paired by everyone, don't help that process along. (They are nice names, just not together)

GimbleInTheWabe · 18/02/2018 11:25

Oh wow how exciting! There must be lots of hair bobbles in your house!
I agree with the PP about Harlow, I really love that. And how about Harley?

GimbleInTheWabe · 18/02/2018 11:27

Marlowe and Penny? That's not quite so matchy matchy.

happytobemrsg · 18/02/2018 11:28

You have awesome taste in names!! I like Hadley but not keen on Hayden. Do they both have to have names beginning with H? It might be nice if they are more included with your other daughters by having a name completely of their own

Kokeshi123 · 18/02/2018 11:29

My experience is that most twins who have matchy names end up resenting it. They are likely to get "interchanged" by people quite a lot anyway (even if they are fraternal) and this can start to get quite annoying for the kids--I really don't recommend that you make this worse by giving them matchy or similar-sounding names.

How about thinking about what names you would like for two regular (non-twin) siblings, and starting from there?

helpmum2003 · 18/02/2018 11:29

Congratulations! My comment would be that your other girls have (lovely) girls rather than unisex names. (I admit to not liking unisex names...) Personally I would go for girls names.

Whisperquietly · 18/02/2018 11:30

Helen and Hermione? Hadley and Haydon sound like boys / place names to me - don’t like them at all.

EleanorXx · 18/02/2018 12:35

I like Hadley! Hadley and Hayden seems a bit matchy, how about Hadley and Harper

FizzyGreenWater · 18/02/2018 13:36

Really don't like.

They don't go well with your other names - all of which are softer and nicer. Hadley and Hayden - both hard, masculine, feel like place or brand names, really impersonal.

Also - matching initials for twins I really dislike - really dilutes any individuality which is a no-no - twee and blurs them together even more. And reminds me of how people name pets! Like they are a pair of hamsters or something. I get that your other daughters' names fall into pairs though, so perhaps that's why?

If they must match, make them more attractive names, and maybe markedly different lengths?

Go for vowel initials again? Orianna and Ophelia? Oriel and Orla? Isabella and India?

QueenB14 · 18/02/2018 14:55

I would never have thought of those two names but I think they are absolutely lovely! Definitely go for it

Your other children's names are beautiful too Smile

daisypond · 18/02/2018 15:04

They are a very different style to your other DC's name. I don't like either of them. They're matchy-matchy, and surname-type names which at best I'd say would do for a boy, not a girl. People will get them muddled up. Harlow is a new town in Essex and there's a few places called Hadley as well. Agree with those who say matching initials for twins is really not a good idea. If you want unity with your other DC, you could have an A name for one and an E name for the other.

Bringmewineandcake · 18/02/2018 15:05

I really don’t like Hadley, not keen on Hayden either for a girl.
Why so different to your other choices which do seem to compliment each other?

daisypond · 18/02/2018 15:09

Oops, don't know where I got Harlow from! But Hayden is a boy's name.

bridgetreilly · 18/02/2018 15:12

They both sound like boy's names to me.

What about sticking with Es and As?

Ava
Evelyn
Aveline
Eleanor
Alyssa
Elena

FizzyGreenWater · 18/02/2018 15:35

Oh yes - one A, one E name - then they will complement towards the other childrens' names, rather than making the twins a matchy pair.

That's a really nice idea. You end up with three of each.

Emilia
Eliana
Emmeline
Eve/Eva

Arwen
Anna
Anouk
Alexandra
Anya

Anya and Emilia

Anna and Eva

PhuntSox · 18/02/2018 15:38

Hadley and Merryn
Marlowe and Eloise

PhuntSox · 18/02/2018 15:40

Avery and Eloise

Silentelf · 18/02/2018 15:49

Anais and Elana

Lobsterquadrille2 · 18/02/2018 17:06

Could you move onto the next vowel and have Isolde and Ianthe, two of my favourites?

lalaloopyhead · 18/02/2018 17:15

I agree with PPs that Hadley and Hayden are too matchy and don't sound like names - makes me think of Hayes & Harlington train station.

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 18/02/2018 17:18

Hadley and Hayden jar with your other girls' names and people will assume they're boys.

PhuntSox · 18/02/2018 18:53

Isla and Ottilie

mumgointhroughtorture · 18/02/2018 19:59

I agree about sounding quite boyish names . I think there's plenty of lovely girly names that would go better with your other girls .

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