Twin Girls

[Quornflakegirl]

Would anyone like to offer opinions on the names Eseld and Greta for twin girls? They are names from both mine and dh's heritage. I love both, dh isn't wowed by either but he does like them.

Lovely.

I like Greta. Feel like this is one of those names that is becoming, or might become, quite fashionable as people move on from Victorian names to 1940s names. Have never heard of Eseld. Is it pronounced ess-eld / ez-eld? It's nice though.

Ess-eld, it's Cornish variation of Isolde.

Lovely. I always feel like Cornish names are so romantic.

Think it's Poldark related.

Esseld is nice but I am not keen on Greta, it always sounds really harsh to my ears.

I must admit I prefer slightly Isolde to Eseld (but I think that's just what I'm more used to). Greta is okay, but I don't think it works especially well with Eseld. Is there another Cornish name that you could match with Eseld? I like Kerensa and Lowenna myself. Or maybe you could stick with Greta and use a similar name with it, like Elsa, Lena, Nina, Eva, Tess, Nell, Ada etc

Both are lovely but seem very different in terms of heritage. Emblyn or Gwen (instead of Greta) would fit as another Cornish name alongside Eseld.

Or Greta and Adele? Greta and Ilse or Ilsa for another German name.

I assume OP and her partner are from different countries and each have a name reflecting their background.

wagner exactly that. We'd like names to reflect both. I didn't think they were too contrasting and sounded good together. Cornish names are difficult to choose without sounding vastly different to other more "known" names.

Love it

Not if I was Greta and my twin was Eseld I'd be a bit annoyed that I got the short stick.

I like them both but I do think Eseld is nicer. Also there are options for nicknames (I know that not everyone uses them) in Essie or Ellie or Sellie whereas Greta is just Greta.
And, despite my user name, I do think it has a slightly dour sound to it.

I love Eseld - never heard it before. Less keen on Greta, but don’t mind it.

@CorianderBee

Not if I was Greta and my twin was Eseld I'd be a bit annoyed that I got the short stick.

Me too. Sorry.

Unless you actually live in Cornwall. I've lived in the U.K. for 20 yrs and never come across Eseld.

I like both. I wouldn't consider Greta the 'short stick', if anything I prefer it to Eseld.

Not keen. However Esther and Rosa

Etta and Esme

I like them. I don't consider Greta the short straw.

Gerda?
Marta?
Margareta?
Gretl is a bit too similar in sounds to Eseld, I think.

Makes me think of Hansel and Gretal.

I love them. Eseld is new to me, but sounds lovely and interesting. Greta is gorgeous, and a longtime favourite of mine. I like them together as twin names.

@Quornflakegirl

wagner exactly that. We'd like names to reflect both. I didn't think they were too contrasting and sounded good together. Cornish names are difficult to choose without sounding vastly different to other more "known" names.

I completely understand that reasoning, but I think they are fairly contrasting imo and so it might be unfair on the girls - if one loved her Cornish links for example and was jealous the other got the name or vice versa!

Maybe they could both have first names from one heritage and then middle names from the other? That's the way I would do it personally (and imo to be completely fair the first names could be from the heritage of the parent whose surname is not being used, assuming you haven't double barrelled)

I like the names but don't think they go together

Eseld is interesting and I like Essie as nn
Greta I personally really dislike.
Cornish names that I think are nicer - Emblyn or Lowena.
Other names with similar feel to Greta - Freya, Etta, Selva, Iana, Adalia/Adalie.

Greta is one of my favourite names - great choice

Every single person will ask if you named her after Greta Thunberg. It’ll get on your nerves probably