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

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Courtney555 · 20/09/2019 19:27

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...

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Booboostwo · 21/09/2019 08:13

Eugenie is the anglicized version of Evgenia, a Greek name you'd come across every so often.

Booboostwo · 21/09/2019 08:13

It means 'polite' by the way, but in a wider sense of a virtue.

Howmanysleepsnow · 21/09/2019 08:14

Angelique
Faith
Rosalyn
Saoirse

Lsquiggles · 21/09/2019 08:15

Willow Smile

Collision · 21/09/2019 08:23

Max and Romilly

Max and Oriele

Max and Evangeline (love Evangeline)

Max and Ottilie

BrutusMcDogface · 21/09/2019 08:24

Im sorry I haven’t read the whole thread but I just wanted to say that when your daughter is born, she will be the name you decide to give her. The fictional daughter you’ve had in your head for 20 years is just that: fictional. Your real daughter will own her name and make it hers, and you will love it and her more than anything.

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Courtney555 · 21/09/2019 08:38

Im sorry I haven’t read the whole thread but I just wanted to say that when your daughter is born, she will be the name you decide to give her. The fictional daughter you’ve had in your head for 20 years is just that: fictional. Your real daughter will own her name and make it hers, and you will love it and her more than anything.

Thank you, that does make sense and I hope so, so much. It's just I have to hear this bloody woman's kid being referred to all the time that one name, and every mention of the name sickens me that someone like that took it... which is now going to be the case for the rest of my life, and every time I hear it, it's just a reminder, a kick in the stomach about it. She had already picked another name. A bloody awful one that's nothing like any of the ones I like, and it's one that suits her far better. And then changed to "Evangeline".

Like I said, if, say, my best friend had fallen in love with the name after hearing it was my life long choice, I'd be sad, but more accepting that someone I loved had loved it equally. It means so much to me, that to have it deliberately taken by that circumstance makes me so unaccepting.

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BrutusMcDogface · 21/09/2019 08:41

I do understand but hopefully having your own daughter will make the other name pale a bit, and help you come to terms with it. Flowers

HeadLikeAFuckinOrange · 21/09/2019 08:41

Max and Athena ?

Fivebeanchilli · 21/09/2019 09:03

Max and...
Anya
Anastasia
Amelie
Beatrix
Elspeth
Elodie
Iona
Lowenna
Rowwn

Fivebeanchilli · 21/09/2019 09:04

Sorry not sure what happened there.
The end of my list should have read:
Rowena
Tabitha
Verity

bridgetreilly · 21/09/2019 09:40

As a name, it's Honor, not Honour.

bridgetreilly · 21/09/2019 09:41

There's a tennis player called Eugenie Bouchard. She was named after Princess Eugenie, though. I don't know of any others.

HotChocolateLover · 21/09/2019 10:17

Seriously @courtney555 just pick the name you love. No-one owns a name and you have every right to use the name. If you’re determined to give up on your favourite name, i’d Suggest:

Olivia
Eleanor
Claire
Katie (short for Katherine)
Megan
Amy
Lucy
Ruby
Mila

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 21/09/2019 10:26

Elodie
Antonia
Saskia
Natascha
Angelica
Katarina
Cecilia
Athena

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 21/09/2019 10:39

Meant to put Philipa to the list

thebakerwithboobs · 21/09/2019 10:40

I saw you like Anais. I have a niece with this name and nobody can say it properly. She is called 'Annay' all the time which drives her and my sister bonkers. So obviously it's what I call her Grin

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Courtney555 · 21/09/2019 10:44

I quite like Phillipa.

What are others thoughts on Max and...

Adrianna
Phillipa
Honor
Angelina

(Again, thank you all for persevering here)

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PanannyPanoo · 21/09/2019 10:46

Talia
Anastasia
Cleo

I was unable to use the name I loved. We got a cat 2 years after my dd was born and I still missed the name. So we named the cat my favourite name. I get to use it everyday and now couldn't imagine my daughter being called a cats name!

rainbowstardrops · 21/09/2019 10:55

Max and Liberty sounds lovely nn Libby. I like Honor too.
I've always liked Genevieve and Anais

CarysRed · 21/09/2019 11:02

Angelica?

Lobsterquadrille2 · 21/09/2019 12:30

Genevieve
Clementine
Aurelia
Emmeline

Derbee · 21/09/2019 13:34

Of the 4 from your last update, I like Philippa the best. Max and Pip is sweet. May sound like 2 boys though?

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Courtney555 · 21/09/2019 15:50

Max and Eva?

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HelenBackergen · 21/09/2019 16:28

Vada
Marceline
Ivy
Esther
Leah

My fave is Max and Amy