Clara & Darcy or Adeline & Isabelle

[EMswan]

I'm 28 weeks pregnant with twin girls and really struggling for names.

I like Clara and Darcy as a pair and I like Isabelle and Adeline as a pair but not sure I love either combo.
I also like the names Madeline, Isabella and Amelia but don't really love any.
Middle names will be a combination of Elizabeth, Emily, Mary and Jane and the surname is Swan. Any ideas or preferences for the thoughts I've got would be appreciated!!

I like all of these. Clara and Darcy work really well together in my opinion

I think Isabel and Amelia sounds better or if you want Isabella I would choose Clara, Madeline or Adeline to go with it. Isabella and Amelia sound too flowery together.

I think Isabelle and Darcy sound pretty together I'm not much help I also think Clara and Adeline sounds great together too . All pretty names! Congratulations

I like Amelia and Adeline.

@Ontopofthesunset, I'm baffled by why this name became a popular girl's name.
Darcey Bussell - Wikipedia

Clara and Madeleine.

I would swap Adeline for Emmeline

I'd go for Clara and Amelia or Madeline and Isabella.
I think you can get away with Emily and Amelia.
I'm not keen on Darcy. It's a surname and I'm not into surnames as first names but know many are.

My partner has just suggested
Bella and Clara - any thoughts there?

Bella is a dogs name. Literally every dogs name.

Really like Clara.

Isabel Jane swan
Clara Emily/Mary swan

I really like Bella and Clara, but even though I’ve never read or watched any twilight, even i know Bella Swann is the name of the main character - it’s a bit like naming your child Hermione Grainger or Elizabeth Bennett.
OTOH it would make it impossible to google her when she’s older, which could be a plus!

@KirstenBlest It doesn't really explain on there why Darcey Bussell started calling herself that, when her original name is Marnie?

Or are you saying that baby girls are being named after her? Not really sure about that, as I thought the name was also popular in the USA? I could be wrong though.

I'd avoid that, sharing a date of birth and an address could be annoying enough without sharing an initial as well.

Isabelle and Madeline are nice together. Same length so they match. Izzy and Maddy for short

@Pemba , she was on a prime time TV show for a few years and people associate the name with her. Darcey was one of her names and the surname is that of her stepfather.

If a celebrity has an unusual name, it sometimes starts a trend. The baby isn't named after the celebrity but the name is seen more positively. Theo for example wasn't much used until Theo Walcott joined Arsenal in 2006.

If I said Audrey, you might subconsciously think Audrey Hepburn and consider it elegant but I think Audrey Roberts.

There was a tv news reporter called Elodie, and that probably brought the name onto people's radar.
The name Britney had a spike in 1999.

My vote is for Isabelle and Clara.

I have one of the first and my hypothetical second daughter would be a Clara.

The names to me 'go together' but are different sounding so not to be matchy (which Isabella and Amelia does sound to me due to the same syllable ending).

I know what you mean! I once worked with a Khayleigh - it looked really odd to me at first and then i got so used to it it now looks a bit blank without the 'h'!

Isabelle and Clara are lovely.

In Twilight Isabella Swann is shortened to Bella so I'd avoid it.

What about Romilly, do you like that?
Clara & Romilly SWAN sounds fine to me.

Love the Izzy and Maddie combo (Isabelle and Madeleine)

Also love Clara with Isabelle or Madeleine

Not so keen on Bella or Darcy

Congratulations!

Another vote for Isabel and Clara. That's a beautiful combination.

Isabella/Bella Swan is no good. She’s such a famous character- it would be lifetime if people making stupid jokes. It also sounds a bit like “is a bell a swan?”

And it's not even her actual name 😂