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.

DD is Greta. No one has ever asked if she was named after Greta Thunberg . It’s definitely marmite, but we get lots of compliments on her name irl. She sometimes goes by Ettie, so you can get a nickname out of it.

Obviously love Greta and quite like Eseld too (have never heard it before) but agree with pps that they don’t really pair well together - too stylistically different and they’re hard to say one after the other.

Never heard of Eseld and I'm a massive name geek. She'll be explaining it all her life. I wouldn't have had a clue how to say it, or whether it was male or female, or where in the world it had come from. Having seen your explanation, I don't think it's attractive enough to justify the palaver (though that's obviously a matter of opinion). What about Isolde - a bit easier to live with, and Izzy is a nice easy nickname if she wanted to blend in?

Greta is gorgeous, I love it.

Oh and I don't particularly associate Greta with Greta Thunberg. There are lots of other well-known Gretas.