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Names for Eliza’s brother and sister

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Robs20 · 05/12/2019 15:06

I’ve found out today that we are having boy/ girl twins.

Dd1 is called Eliza. I am really struggling to think of names I love as much but want to think of some names to help me enjoy this pregnancy. To explain briefly why, Eliza died at the start of the year and I don’t get to say her name very often anymore.

For girls, I love the names Annie and Matilda. For boys, I have no idea!

Any suggestions please? Hopefully Eliza will give some ideas of the sorts of names I like.

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NoSauce · 05/12/2019 15:12

Hi OP,

I’m very sorry OP. Eliza is a beautiful name.

My suggestions would be Florence, Alice, Madeleine, Harriet, Clara, Lucy, Penelope.

For a boy I like, James, Henry, Arthur, George, Alexander, Peter, Rupert.

SundayMorningSun · 05/12/2019 15:12

Congratulations on your pregnancy, and I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of lovely Eliza. What a great name you gave her.

Annie and Matilda are both great and suggest to me that you like classic names popular about 100 years ago.

Florence
Ada
Margaret
Beatrice
Alice
Lilian
May
Mabel
Ivy
Rose

Thomas
William
Frederick
Henry
Edward
Alexander
Lawrence

stophuggingme · 05/12/2019 15:15

I am so very sorry for your loss. Flowers

I like
Kitty and Clement
Nancy and Rufus
Dorothy and Edward
Ivy and Seth

RickOShay · 05/12/2019 15:18

Mirabel

Greta

Vita

Christian

Benedict

Barnaby

Eliza is a beautiful name. Flowers

Kanga83 · 05/12/2019 15:25

I'm so sorry for your loss. Eliza is a beautiful name. I have a Luisa who was very nearly an Eliza. are you wanting completely seperate names or to honour Eliza in their names? Separately, I love Luisa and Rosa (my husband is Spanish and Luisa was a name that works in both countries). My boy is Benedict but I also love Marcus.

If you wanted to honour Eliza in their names or middle names how about Elizabeth and Elijah?

Leopardprintboots · 05/12/2019 15:40

So sorry to hear about Eliza. Eliza is one of my favourite names too.

Suggestions some similar to Eliza (some admittedly a bit random):

Boys (starting with similar):

Eli
Ellis
Ezra
Seth
Barnaby
Rex
Milo/miles
Rupert
Cole
Wilf(red)

Girls:

Elizabeth
Edith (Edie)
Anya
Imogen
Zara (keeping the Z theme)
Margaret (Maggie)
Roxanne/Roxanna
Cora
Clemmie/Clementine
Delilah
Ottilie (Ottie)

Leopardprintboots · 05/12/2019 15:43

Ps. Annie and Matilda are gorgeous names sorry I have only just read that part of your message. They often get very good reviews on mumsnet. If you’ve found names you love stick with one of those two names as they are both lovely. Perhaps as a middle name you could use Elizabeth or Lizzie as a middle name to honour Eliza (unless of course you want to actually reuse Eliza)

Leopardprintboots · 05/12/2019 15:58

Eric another suggestion for boy name

bridgetreilly · 05/12/2019 17:26

Annie and Felix
Annie and Edward
Annie and Thomas
Annie and William

Matilda and Benedict
Matilda and Tristan
Matilda and Edwin
Matilda and Henry

Reythemamajedi · 05/12/2019 17:30

Marcus and Miriam
Eliza is a beautiful name.

SE13Mummy · 05/12/2019 17:47

Eliza is a beautiful name and I'm so sorry to read that your Eliza died earlier this year.

Matilda and Annie are also fabulous names, I think Annie goes particularly well with Eliza as they both start with a vowel but have different ending sounds. Other names I think go well with Eliza include Nancy, Miriam, Mary, Mabel, Martha, Flora, Florence, Constance (Connie), Hannah, Sally, Susan, Maggie, Betty, Bethany, Madeleine, Agnes, Margot, Lucy, Felicity, Imogen, Harriet, Alice and Phoebe.

For boys; Thomas, Benjamin, Edward, William, Jonah, Toby, Daniel, James, Seth, Reuben, Isaac, Charlie, Henry, Harry, George, Gabriel, Frederick, Jude and Jesse.

WellTidy · 05/12/2019 17:50

Sorry for your painful loss.

For boys - Dominic, Sebastian, Theo, Jonny, Toby, Gabriel

For girls - Louisa

RexDangerVest · 05/12/2019 17:55

Annie is great, I know a really sweet 3 year old Annie! That would be my first choice. Matilda is lovely too & Eliza is so pretty. Boys names I like are Oscar, Henry, Max, Ralph & Joseph.

Boireannachlaidir · 05/12/2019 18:06

Sorry to hear about Eliza OP Thanks

Congratulations on your twins. Annie and Matilda are brilliant names too.

What about Elizabeth or Alexandra as a middle name?

Alexander or Innes for a boys name?

ProudAunty2nine · 05/12/2019 18:19

Our twins are called
Eliza Kate and Piper Rose
They do not have any brothers just three more sisters lol

FawnDrench · 05/12/2019 18:55

So sorry to read about the beautifully-named Eliza Thanks

How about -
Iris
Flora
Louise
Lola
Lauren
Rebe

Joel
Fraser
Ben
Solomon
Liam
Rudi

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Robs20 · 05/12/2019 20:17

Lots of lovely names here. Thank you :)
I particularly like Madeleine, Flora and Florence fir girls.
Still struggling more for boys but I like Oscar. DH really likes Jude and Max.

Perhaps Annie and Oscar or Matilda and Max?!

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Robs20 · 05/12/2019 20:18

Forgot to say - I love the idea of honouring Eliza with girl twin’s middle name.

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bxua · 05/12/2019 20:21

Florence Eliza
Ernie Jude

RexDangerVest · 05/12/2019 21:57

Annie & Oscar! ❤️

bxua · 05/12/2019 22:00

@Robs20 I love Florence and Ernie

NoSauce · 05/12/2019 22:01

Florence Eliza and Oscar? Do you have middle names for a boy?

NationMcKinley · 05/12/2019 22:06

Isaac for your son. It means he laughs. I am so sorry for your sad loss. I love the name Eliza, it’s beautiful and I’m sure she was too.

Sadly I have several friends who have lost babies and children. We say their names often.

Congratulations on your twins! How exciting! Flowers

Tiberius12 · 05/12/2019 22:19

I'm so sorry to hear about Eliza.

I have an Eliza too, and her sister is Matilda. I think the names go lovely together. I think Oscar or Isaac for a boy would fit in nicely

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Robs20 · 06/12/2019 15:03

@NoSauce we don’t have a middle name for a boy. DH’s middle name is Charles and that is a family name so we could use that...

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