royal names

[ebonyskies]

I’m having twin girls. I have two older DDs who I had many years ago!

DD is called Margot. Her name is a nod to Margaret, the Queen’s sister who I’ve always had a soft spot for and can picture her with a cigarette in one hand, brandy in the other, loving her life. I’m no royalist, just love that name too!

DD2 is Eleanor, a nod to Eleanor of Aq

I really love the Tudors, I did my history degree (back in the day, mind you!) based on the Tudors and would love to honour Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn who I think was a feminist icon of her era. Slight problem, I don’t particularly like the name Anne/Ann and can’t call her Anna as my twin sister’s daughter is Anna.

Wouldn’t mind other options for Elizabeth? Perhaps Eliza as a connection? Any other ways to reference Anne Boleyn? Wouldn’t mind another Boleyn name as it’s all linked, or a first name similar to Boleyn? Any ideas??

Mary after her sister
Nan a nickname for Anne

This is so weird

Thomasina

Beth, Bethan, Lizzie

Annabelle, Belle or Bella for short. (Even got a b in there for Boleyn!)
Anastasia

Isobel

(Tudor) Rose

Katharine
Henrietta

Christina (after Christina of Denmark)

Belinda?

Why not just pick another classic queen's name? Adelaide, Alexandra, Catherine, Mary, Charlotte, Caroline, Philippa....

Isabeau - version of Elizabeth and also the she wolf of France. She'd take down Princess Margaret with one hand tied behind her back.

Anneliese/Annaliese/Annalise/Annelise etc. Combines Anne and Elizabeth.

How about Nancy, Nina or Anais as a nod to Anne?

Eliza or Elspeth for Elizabeth?

Agree this is weird but I love it!

Mary. If I had to be a Boleyn I would rather be Mary than Anne.

Lady Jane Grey would be an awesome person to be named after.

Jane and Eliza
Jane and Maud
Jane and Catherine

Bess

Elize

Leanne? Bethany (does both Anne and Elizabeth)? Susanna/Suzanne?

What about Mary?
Or you could go Marianne/Marianna as a nod to Anne Boleyn and Mary Stuart or Tudor (whichever Mary Tudor you prefer )
Love Margot and Eleanor by the way! Think we have very similar taste

Anya?

I know twin girls named Betsy and Libby, named after their Grandma Elizabeth. I think that's a lovely idea.

Bess and Matilda

Henrietta

Mary
Katherine
Isabella - medieval queen's name, sounds a bit like Boleyn
Cecily - one of Elizabeth Woodville's sisters had this name

Nancy and Alexandra (the Queen's middle name).

I don’t think it’s weird, it’s 100% less weird than some of the baby names threads on here.

I’ve always liked Eliza, with maybe Lizzie as a nickname. I would love to have been called that

Anna is harder if you can’t actually use Anna. How about Annika? Or Annelise (various spelling options according to google) is very pretty, I would go for that in your situation.

I really like Anais but wouldn’t use it because people won’t pronounce it properly and DD will go through life spelling it and correcting the pronunciation.

Elizabeth and Ann or Anne are perfectly acceptable names, pretty, timeless and classic.