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

Could there BE a more mimsy name than Lysander?

I would think you pretentious tbh, and that you got Hermia wrong.

No.

How about Pinky for the girl twin and Perky for the boy twin if you want a matching pair? Or Julia and Julian? Simon and Simone, Bryan and Bryony?

I like them. Instantly made me think, 'Shakespeare' when I read them. Nice pairing.

Together it sounds as though you're trying a bit too hard. I do like Hermione though.

I can't imagine the type of person who would seriously consider calling their twins Hermione and Lysander. This must be a wind up right?

Lysander is great. I also agree Hermione though lovely is very harry potter. There are lots of lovely shakesperan names. Portia ? Phoebe? Rosalind?

Sandy would be a great shortening for lysander x

I like them

No and no.

I love hermione but unfortunately I think people immediately associate it with Harry Potter. I think Thalia is a lovely name and Lysander is very unique, I'm a fan

I'm liking Rosalind and lysander. I think they go together and shorten to Rosie and sandy.

I would think Midsummer Night’s Dream, but wrong.

Raphaela
Arbella
Marianne

Christophe
Kaspar
Fabian

Leander is ok but with Hermione will make people think you got confused with Hero. Or that you are posh rowers.

Letitia
Lucasta
Aurelia
Aurora
Phillida
Philippa
Rosanna
Rosalie
Rosetta
Genevieve

Timothy
Titus
Julius
Julian
Hadrian
Ambrose
Augustine
Benedict
Walter
Giles
Rollo
Guy
Bertrand
Bertram
Dominic
Gervase

Ginevra and Gervase
Rosalie and Rollo
Aurelia and Ambrose
Not Beatrice and Benedict...

They’re very pretentious.

Also, Sasha from Lysander is a bit contrived.

If you do call your DC those names, be prepared for a mumsnetter to write a scathing post about you when they hear you calling after your children in Waitrose

Well I like them. Hermione is one of favourite names and Lysander is very cool in my opinion. If you like them, then go for them.

Also, what's this bad connotation with Hermione being "too Harry Potter?" Notice no one says this about the name Harry! Plus, Hermione is a great character and a great role model for any young girl.

Also, what's this bad connotation with Hermione being "too Harry Potter?" Notice no one says this about the name Harry!

Maybe because Harry was already popular before Potter? Who knows?

I like them.

I LOVE Leander and also Leollan too.

I'm puzzled as to how you get Sasha from Lysander to be honest. Is that like calling your child William but wanting the nickname to be George?

Same principle as Sasha from Alexander.

Sander and Xander are almost the same.

I love the combination.

Isn't Sasha a NN for Alexander? Same sort of sounds?

I love the name Hermione, it's one of my favourites. If not, how about Penelope, Persephone, Ariadne?