Boy/girl twins. What goes with....

[Courtney555]

Max.

We thought we had two girls. So had kind of matchy style names (Camille and Claudia) in the pipeline.

Neither of those is the girls' name I love, but I kind of didn't mind because there were two, so it wouldn't be like one had my favourite name over the other. I like both the names, but no more than like.

Now it's turned out they're definitely boy/girl. So the boy will be Max. And I can't think of anything I like other than the name I can't have, now it's only one girls name I need. (It's been what my daughter has always been called in my head for the last 20yrs, and literally a year ago, this bitch who's connected directly to our family stole it, and yes I am fucking bitter) Spam me with names that go with Max please. Help me find something I love...

Max and Clara
Max and Daisy
Max and Elodie

Evelina
Diana

Harriet

Love Honor and Saskia!

How about...

Clementine
Arrietty
Ariadne
Celeste/Celestine
Jessamine
Thessaly
Ottilie/Ottoline
Apolline
Valentina
Ianthe
Adelaide
Vesper
Eulalie

Seraphina!

Anastasia
Eleanor
Persephone (as that's the name you used but said it isn't)
Genevieve

Congratulations on twin baby news! Max is a lovely name.

Max and Alexis
Max and Amber
Max and April
Max and Ayda
Max and Cora
Max and Dulcie
Max and Emilia
Max and Esme
Max and Erica
Max and Giorgia
Max and Holly
Max and Lottie (I think this is lovely)
Max and Matilda
Max and Orla
Max and Phoebe
Max and Penny
Max and Pippa
Max and Roma
Max and Zoe

x

Max and Saskia (family all seem to like this one but I'm not keen on shortened to Sass)

The Saskia I know is now in her 20's. She has never been called Sass. It's always Saskia.

Max and Maisie
Max and miley
Max and Mia
X

Zosia is my go to, slightly different but amazing name 😍

Not everyone’s cup of tea I know!

Cordelia

Perdita

Celestia

Trinity

Ramona

Cosima

Antoinette

Genovieve

Update...

Max and Saskia (still an option, there's just something not quite there with Saskia, but I'm getting bloody sick of looking at names)

Max and Hestia (again, nice enough, but just quite not there)

Max and Eurus (I like that, but it's nicked directly from Sherlock and is his crazy sister)

I'm so tired of finding "names that I can live with". Why can't anything jump out as lovely

I've just gone back through the thread to look at the names you did like. Is honor now off the list? Out of the names you've just listed the only one I like is saskia sorry. Can you pinpoint what it is that puts you off, is it just the possibility the nickname could be sass?? How about Kiki as a nickname?

Max and Saskia?

Saskia always reminds me of the muse that famous artists and musicians in the nouveau monde were madly in love with but could never entirely grasp. She is mysterious, alluring and witty, but still knows her own power. She has a youthful vitality that lasts right through her very long life...

Max and Anastasia

Max and Phoebe

Max and Emmeline

Max and Francis

Max and Evie

I understand why it's hard to not be able to use a name you've loved for 2 decades. But remember your DS will be your fabulous DD regardless of name.

I have fallen in love with the name Safiya (Sa-fye-uh not Sapphire) and could be shortened to Saffy.
I totally get why you’re so upset OP, names are so important to me and I would be hurt by that too I’m sure when you find ‘the name’ you will love it even more than ‘Evangeline’

**Safiyah

@Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav

Honor is not liked by DH or DM. I was warming to it, but it's a definite no from both of them. Having said that, DH has got pretty bad taste in names and wouldn't like any on the shortlist. He would rather Max be changed to Ezra (I mean, Christ!) and comes out with things such as Mya, Mia, and even Kaziyah for the girl (Christing Christ!)

I'll be putting my foot down, I can't stand the overused trendy "names of the day".

Saskia, it's sort of 80% there. Sass is a bad shortening of it. Kiki as a nn hadn't occurred to me but is worse than Sass

Anastasia I really like, if that's a help. Very pretty and twinkly. Also Annabel. But the old scrubber woman in question is called Anna. So, frustratingly, it's a huge no to anything that can be shortened to that name

Anything like Anastasia without the Ana?

And also, as it was mentioned so far back now, our surname is very akin to Bellsley. So Helena, Elle, Isabel, anything like that isn't going to work.

When people ask, they are now commonly referred to as "Max" and "Not Max"

Natasha
Cordelia
Alexandria
Arabella
Eliza

I like Claudia and camille that you mentioned in your first post, and philippa.
Good luck

Nikita
Alicia
Alexandra
Antonia
Charlotte
Cassidy
Cassiopia
Cadence

Kezia nn Kizzy
Araminta nn Minty

Oh yes love the suggestion of Natasha above.

I also like Lucinda don Karenza.

And

That wasn't meant to be some kinda of mafia name

"Lucinda don Karenza" will be the villain in my book, should I ever write one