Cassia & India or Isabella & Emilia

[Sayler]

My DH and are due twin girls any day now (36 weeks) and are having a massive name disagreement.
I love Cassia and India, he loves Isabella and Emilia. We both like the others names, but I feel his are very popular, he thinks mine lack timelessness and class.
Neither of us like the two sets combined (we thought about India and Isabella for a but but matching initials is a no).
Which set do you prefer? Any suggestions that might please us both?

So: Isabella or Emilia.

Why not choose one of each?

I'd also avoid them both ending in "a" and I think Emilia and Isabella are both too long. I'd go for:

Cassia and Emily
Cassia and Isabel

So, my family is from India and to be perfectly honest, using India as a name is just bizarre to me. It's not like anyone I know would do it - we actually joke that it's more of a "white people" name. Who's out here naming their kid after Ukraine or Wales? India is to me a name like Nevaeh and if I were forced to call my baby India or Nevaeh I would choose Nevaeh.

Agree. India is awful.

Isabella and Emilia

The other two are pretentious UMO

I prefer Isabella and Emilia but they’re sooo popular at the moment. I’m not fan of cassia and India sorry op. emilia and cassia are possibly the best combo imo. Would you consider altering them slightly and going for something like Cassie and Emily?

I've never heard Cassia. My mind ment to the calculator, then to a watch, then to a thrush cream.
India is lovely, I like the other two names to be honest, just dont like Cassia.

@0LampLady0 perfectly valid opinion.
Plenty of place names are used as names and have been for a very long time, some places sound nicer than others so get used as names. In our circle we have a China, Dakota, Siena (one N so after the city), Adelaide and recently a baby called Italia. Other places such as Wales or Ukraine just don’t ‘sound’ as nice.

If you like those names you might like:
Indianna
Cassandra
Indigo
Isla
Elidia
Cassidy
Aidia
Indie
Saffron
Arcadia
Emelda
Isolde
Cassie

@Sayler , China, Dakota, Siena (one N so after the city), Adelaide and recently a baby called Italia.
TBH, the names you listed, other than Adelaide (a place name that was named after a woman) are pretty bad.

India is not getting a good response on here.

@KirstenBlest It doesn’t really bother me if people don’t like India, DH and I love it and it’s a name I’ve heard of in our wider circle so clearly something our peers like. Plenty of names out there I don’t like, personal preference really.

Ayoma and Sakura for me. I like different names. Sue me.

Personally don't like the combos - too similar in sound so don't go (like wearing pink trousers and a slightly different pink jumper). The babes should complement not try too hard to match.

Also tooooo long. Think about how many times you will say their names together in the next 30 years. I have twins. One is 3 syllables and the other is 1 syllable. I'm still saying 5 syllables with the 'and' in the middle. 'Isabella and Emilia' is 8 syllables every time 😱. Too much.

I like Cassia and India. I like Cassie and Indie too which would potentially end up being nn.

I also like Cassia and Emilia together if you did want to combine your choices. I would probably end up calling them Cassie and Emmy which I think sound lovely together.

Indie is nicer :)

Marianne
Romilly
Adele
Grace

Oh - and I'm not a fan but it's loved on here:
Elyse

Love Cassia, Isabella and Emilia. India is ok. I think as people have said it would be better to have the names with different endings so would go for something like Cassia and Emily. Or Cassie and Isabella. Lovely names. Enjoy playing around until you come up with something you’re both happy with!

He's probably right, if classy and timeless are the criteria you both want. I think ( not sure though) that Cassia is probably a fairly recently made-up name, Cassandra would be the more classical version, which you could shorten as a nickname to Cassie. Or you could use Kasia (pronounced Kasha)which is a fairly classic Polish name. Or how about Constance ( Connie)?

India has, to me, connotations of parents who had sex on the beach in Goa and are trying to remind everyone that they travelled in their youth and are consequently free spirited, even though they lived off Bank of Mum and Dad, so I wouldn't use that.

Isabella and Emilia are both lovely, in my London primary school we have a Bella or Izzie in every year group, and an Amelie/Emily/Emilia in most year groups too, but I don't know of any class where there are 2 of either of those names, so they are popular but not extremely so.

Im this instance, though, it’s not just a matter of personal preference where ultimately the parents’ choice rules out. India is only really used as a given name in the UK, which not so coincidentally colonised India. More and more people are growing aware of how problematic, and to many individuals offensive, it is in light of the substantial history behind it.

Even if you and your DH love it, it’s worth considering how your DD might feel in years to come burdened with a name that is someday seen along the lines of, say, a non-native Hawaiian person with a Hawaiian name or a European-descended person culturally appropriating a Kenyan name.

India and Africa are Top 100 names in Spain. India has been a name for a long time and isn't going away just become some people think it's an inappropriate name for a British girl. That's their own hang up anyway.

https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/spain/2021
India 56th
Africa 58th

I'm surprised you don't see India as popular. I've heard of it many times and I cringe a little bit more every time I hear it.

I don't see why you can't pick one name each.

@frnames, you are not considering that India was part of the British Empire and the past history. That's the issue.