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Opinions for triplets!

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 18:59

We are blessed enough to be having triplets due next month - a boy and two girls!

90% sure that DH and I are certain on their names but something in me keeps saying that they’re just not right. I’m Irish and he’s English, living in Northern Ireland but planning a move abroad in the future so we’ve chosen names that represent both our backgrounds yet are still quite mainstream and (hopefully) easy to pronounce. Any opinions good or bad very welcomed!

Conor Alexander
Maeve Isabel
Beatrice Fiadh (pronounced Fia, as in Mia)

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Rockrobon · 29/12/2023 20:12

100% use Beatrice if it is a name you’ve always loved. I think it’s a gorgeous name. We have id twins and used names we have both always loved. They are different styles and don’t necessarily ‘go’ but they are individuals so it really doesn’t matter.

riotlady · 29/12/2023 20:12

I love all three of them

nocoolnamesleft · 29/12/2023 20:13

CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 19:51

@nocoolnamesleft Thank you! Currently 33 weeks and induction planned at 37 weeks.. nerves creeping in!

Ah, that makes sense. But any number of weeks that starts with a 3 is brilliant. All fingers crossed for a straight forward delivery, and smooth run thereafter.

LadyGeorginaSmythe · 29/12/2023 20:14

@Rockrobon This is a good point.
I have twins but they don't have twinny names that especially go together. It was more important to me the children's names all flowed when said together, and that I loved all their names...3 kids in total

daro · 29/12/2023 20:18

I think if you are irish ( i'm from the south) Conor is obviously very different sounding then if you are from the UK. To me it is a very classic name as in I know people from multiple generations with it. I love it. I love Maeve also (again a very classic irish name). Beatrice is very different but is lovely, it is different from Conor and Maeve but as triplets it would be nice to have different names and not be so matchy.

btw Connor with 2 n is the surname

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 20:23

Notalldogs23 · 29/12/2023 19:51

Maeve, Lara and Conor go well together - use Beatrice as a middle name?

@Notalldogs23 I think this is a lovely idea but it worries me that I have a name along the lines of Laura. Worried that it could come off strange and too similar to Lara

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Onelife2024 · 29/12/2023 20:24

Love Conor, Maeve and Beatrice. Congratulations 🙌

Justnoidea · 29/12/2023 20:24

I agree that it seems a bit odd to have 2 x Irish names and one not…if it were twins with one Irish one English I wouldn’t bat an eyelid but with 3 it seems unbalanced somehow!

I don’t love Fiadh as I just hear English people saying “fear” or “Thea” (I’m from NI but live in England) so I’d probably choose another Irish girls name - Orla is lovely and has no pronunciation or spelling issues.

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 29/12/2023 20:26

Lovely names. Congratulations on your babies. You must be so excited.

Maireas · 29/12/2023 20:28

Names don't need to "match", they're not kittens.
I think your original names are gorgeous.
Beatrice is a beautiful name - stick with it!

EmmaGrundyForPM · 29/12/2023 20:28

I love Conor Maeve and Beatrice together. Beatrice is one of my favourite girls names. If you like it, use it.

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 20:59

Thank you all for the other suggestions.. really the only Irish girls names I like are Maeve and Fiadh so a bit boxed in here! Really keen for them all to have a bit of my heritage in their name, only reason I wouldn’t use Fiadh as a first name is I don’t want her to have to be constantly spelling/pronouncing it as even at home in the North I’m certain a lot of people would struggle

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 21:33

caringcarer · 29/12/2023 20:02

How lucky to behaving triplets. Congratulations OP. I like Beatrice, Charlotte and Isabelle/a. I'm not sure Connor as a more modern name goes with the more traditional sounding girls names. I'd go for a more traditional boys name tbh, but I like traditional names for DC.

@caringcarer I think it must be more of a new name in mainland UK as here in NI + Ireland it’s very traditional and links back to the origins of the country

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orangetriangle · 29/12/2023 21:43

Prefer Connor with 2 ns
not keen on Maeve trendy at the moment
Beatrice is a classic name as is Charlotte

CurlewKate · 29/12/2023 21:45

I don't think they have to match, do they? Maybe better if they don't!

Terrrence · 29/12/2023 21:46

I really like them. I would use them.

RuthW · 29/12/2023 21:51

Three lovely names. I think they go well together

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 21:58

orangetriangle · 29/12/2023 21:43

Prefer Connor with 2 ns
not keen on Maeve trendy at the moment
Beatrice is a classic name as is Charlotte

Connor with 2 ns is the surname version, the proper spelling is Conor
Maeve/Maebh has always been a classic in Ireland, it’s only recently that it’s reached the UK and really shot up in popularity

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CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 22:00

@CurlewKate No, I don’t think they have to match and prefer they wouldn’t as at the end of the day they’re individuals but it does worry me that other people will judge that 2 have Irish names and one doesn’t? Or that they’ll grow up and question it? Maybe it’s just pregnancy brain and I’m overthinking!

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Mumaway · 29/12/2023 22:06

Huey, Dewey and Louie obvs!!
Congratulations

ChainBastard · 29/12/2023 22:08

Beware if you use Conor you will get a lot of people overruling you and insisting the "correct" spelling is Connor... I am aware it is a perfectly valid alternative but it's not the only correct option!
I think all your names are lovely so I'm not much help. Maeve is especially beautiful!

GreatBigYou · 29/12/2023 22:11

Rockrobon · 29/12/2023 20:12

100% use Beatrice if it is a name you’ve always loved. I think it’s a gorgeous name. We have id twins and used names we have both always loved. They are different styles and don’t necessarily ‘go’ but they are individuals so it really doesn’t matter.

This (although mine aren't ID). Go with the names you love.

GreatBigYou · 29/12/2023 22:13

CultraSloan · 29/12/2023 22:00

@CurlewKate No, I don’t think they have to match and prefer they wouldn’t as at the end of the day they’re individuals but it does worry me that other people will judge that 2 have Irish names and one doesn’t? Or that they’ll grow up and question it? Maybe it’s just pregnancy brain and I’m overthinking!

Honestly I had this exact same dilemma so went with the names all having the same country of origin, but now I realise it really doesn't matter and I should have really just gone with the ones I preferred.

coxesorangepippin · 29/12/2023 22:14

Congratulations on the triplets, how wonderful

Can attest that living in Canada is great, you'll love it 🍁

coxesorangepippin · 29/12/2023 22:15

You're not moving to Québec are you?

Fiadh may have issues!