Hermione and Lysander for twins?

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I'm expecting boy/girl twins and these are our current favourites. What do you think of them? Any other suggestions are gladly welcomed

Don't like Hermione as I only think of Harry potter and don't see it as a name now because of it. Lysander was on my list a while back and is gorgeous.

Hermione is too Harry Potter for me as well I'm afraid. Lysander is cool but I'd think hard about whether people will shorten it, and what to. No one wants to be nicknamed Lice...

I always thought Lysander was a girls name

Hermione is awesome, what's wrong with Harry Potter? Lysander can be Xander for a nn.

I like 'em. Are you posh enough to pull it off? I know I'm not!

I have to admit I'd wonder if you'd mistaken Hermia for Hermione, as Midsummer night's dream is my only ref for Lysander.

I love Lysander but would be twitchy about 'Lice' too, Hermione is OK, but I reckon if you're brave enough for Lysander you could do better ;-)

I like the names individually, but with both together it’s quite full on.

People may also think you mean Hermia and Lysander but have it wrong, but that’s not really a pairing you want to make for twins!

My first thought was, aren't they two of the lovers out of Midsummer's Night Dream? Which is a bit icky for brother and sister. But I have checked and that was Hermia and Lysander, but the yuk thought is still in my head for that combination.

The man who made husbands jealous by jilly cooper.

There was a Hermione AND a Lysander when we took DD to the Scott Dunn ski kid’s club. So if you also enjoy a budget busting ski trip be prepared that your children might one of several with the same name. But as for the names themselves, I do really like them.

Makes me think of Jilly Cooper too.

Both names are quite a mouthful - would you shorten either of them, and if so, to what?

Bit pretentious tbh.

Hermione is in The Winter's Tale, so I still think Shakespeare. Together, they're a bit full on but nice so long as they will be going to school with kids called Hugo and Arabella rather than Kayden and Lily-Rose.

Hermione's OK- I know one known as Mi. But Lysander is awful. And together I would find it hard not to giggle. I wouldn't, obviously, but it would be a bit of a struggle.

I'd only choose names like that if you are surrounded by Tarquins, Xaviers, Tristrams or Allegras, Rosalinds and Persephones. They sound super posh to me and maybe a bit too try-hard.
Also, Hermione sounds a bit like hymen to me which is instantly off-putting.

Too jilly cooper for me!

I like the name Eppie for a girl but most people would probably laugh at it. I think that's a shortened version of Eponine, maybe. I came across it years ago when reading Silas Marner.
In the end, I suppose, you go for what you like

Love Lysander and I know a really cool one.

Hermione’s awful tho and it’s too like Hermia - it sounds as if you’re naming siblings after lovers.

What about Hero? Or Beatrice? As you seem to like Shakespeare.

Or Sebastian and Viola.

Agree with pp: both lovely names but a bit full on together.
Hugo and Hermione?
Lysander and Lyra?

I hadn't considered the Hermia/Hermione thing. In my head they seem quite distinct, but written down they probably are too similar. I'm not really a nickname planner; if they happen, they happen so I don't have anything planned for them but I do like Mina/Mya for Hermione and Sasha for Lysander.

DH has vetoed Tabitha, which would have been my favourite for a girl. Does anyone have any other suggestions that I might like?

Love them both and together. Go for it!

They’re both derived from Hermes.

It just sounds like MSND is the inspiration.

I love both of them, they're such nice name to say aloud and I find them refreshingly different. Did you pick them because they're from books you've enjoyed or just cus of how nice the names sounded and they stuck with you?

Very posh. Hope they're going to go to a posh private school otherwise they might get the rip taken out of them

My friend Lysander went to a comprehensive and was completely fine.

Very full on, sounds a lit 'try hard' like you're out to impress