I’ve named Four Kids, here’s my advice on naming your child

[Yohannette]

Hi, I’m Yohannette (everyone calls me Hanna) and I’ve hated my name for a long time. So I found out I was pregnant with my first two children me and my partner wanted to make sure the names for our expectant twin girls have to be perfect. I just want to say now that there are so many websites that can come up with the weirdest names for twins. While searching we found suggestions for things like Daisy and Maisy, Willow and Elm, and my personal faverioute, Blackpool and Liverpool. I have nothing against these names and I actually called my third girl Maisy, but the fact that you would rhyme it is beyond me. It was these terrible suggestions that made me and my wife realise that we wanted our kids to have names that not only sounded nice but meant something. We searched through diary pages to find memorable places that names weren’t insane, we talked to relatives about their or their parents names, sifting through all this history as well as numerous lists of what would be the “next big thing” in baby names. By using all this different sources we somehow managed to find two names that we love every time we hear them, Stella-Marnie (Star from the Sea) Audrey Thomas. This was perfect because we fell in love with the meaning of the first name and I proposed in front of an Audrey Hepburn film. And Georgia London Thomas, Georgia is the name of my wife’s grandmother, and we met in London.

I hope this hope has helped you in the search to find the perfect name for you new born.
Hanna

For me, calling your child Audrey would suggest you proposed in from of Little Shop Of Horrors.

JenBarber you're right! Stonehenge is awesome for a tortoise. Why Nottingham, Jen's dp?

@dahlietta if you’re a 70 year old ....

But I love Coronation Street!
I'd forgotten about the man-eating plant though.

People seem to have taken this thread terribly seriously,

Well, it did seem quite earnest.

'I think the names you’ve chosen are horrendous and I would definitely roll my eyes if I heard them in real life'

Hold tight everyone. OP's surely going to be giving advice on BF/FF, nursery vs childminder, reusable nappy tips, BLW, how best to Sleep train your LO, etc.

It could be a fun and enlightening weekend!

Bizarre.

Oh I’ve been getting it wrong, haven’t I? My surname is Anker. I was thinking about William for my next child. I thought W Anker would be cool.

Fourth name: Spudulike - pronounced Spud-you-lie-kay.

I found this page in my diary...

Dear Yohannette,

Your name sucks.

Love,
Mavis.

Ooo Mummy W Anker and T Anker sound like adoreable names for twin boys

Hi Sharon.

What about B Anker?

Or would that cause him to get the shit task whenever he plays Monopoly??

have a fucking coconut

I quite like Willow and Elm for twins.

My mum named her other children by opening a book of saints and picking with her eyes closed then did the same again twice more for middle names (we all have 2 middle names) Dad named me after the singer that was playing in the pub the day he first saw mum, middle names were after the dog and my grandmother. There are 8 of us, so that is 24 names they picked, I am the only one with a crap name (which is why mum named the others) so your plan is wrong.

My twin names don't match. Aren't even vaguely related to one another. Perfectly normal sensible names that they can and have carried into adulthood without any bother. I've named four children too, and none of them are ridiculous names/place names/made up names. Not one.
Aren't I clever!

Whatever happened to "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"

Everyone realised it's the most ridiculous, pointless unworkable piece of advice ever.

Star of the sea is Stella Maris , or was when I did Latin Marnia = sparkling, in Greek.I am confused! What did you mean to call her?

Reminds me of those people who go on Dragon's Den who have spent millions of pounds and lost their homes inventing something that solves a problem that other people don't actually think exists.

I thought there about eight names there, some of them are a bit long? I like Audrey and Stella though (not sure about Stella-Marnie, sounds like an Irish village, and I hate hyphens since every half person does it now). My Aunt is called Audrey and I used to think it was old fashioned but now I love the name. I love Audrey Stella as a name. Best not with an 'S' surname though, haha!

You got a sister in Japan, right, OP?

Soubriquet JenBarber

Now that’s a name and a half. Coco Nut. Admittedly Chanel has more of a ring to it.

I hope this hope has helped you in the search to find the perfect name for you new born.

Oh, more than you could ever know OP. I could never have done it without you.

Well I’ve named 4 kids too, I wasn’t aware this made me some kind of baby naming guru - bow at my feet my lesser childrened minions

i've named 2 dc, 25 cats and a gazillion fish! i'm more qualified than the OP!