Twin girl names, to go with Theo & Amelia

[twinnies1987]

Hello,

We're expecting twin girls soon, and we're finding it so tough to find names we love! As they are identical, we don't want matching names.

Our 2 older children are called Theo (Theodore) and Mimi (Amelia), we potentially want something slightly less mainstream this time. Our surname is quite botanical, so that sort of rules out flower names etc.

Names we like (but not quite set on) include:
Lyra
Lara
Florence
Delphi (is that more of a nickname?)
Reeva (although that reminds me of Oscar Pistorius, so I think that rules it out!)
Eliza
Riley (maybe a bit American)
Tabitha (I love, husband hates)
Mathilda (as above!)

I'd love to hear any new ideas or suggestions!! xx

I’m with you on Tabitha. I wanted it but dh also hated it. Is he sway able?

I like Lara, Florence and Eliza, but they are certainly mainstream.

I like Lyra too, and Tabitha and Matilda (but not use if your husband doesn’t). Reeva I think is quite ugly and does make me think of that poor girl. Delphi is ok but quite weird unless you are a massive fan of the Greek myths (and even then..) - Delphine is a French name though. Riley is really dreadful (sorry)

If you want slightly less mainstream then maybe

Verity
Cecile
Estella
Lois
Ines
Cassia (Cassie)
Daphne
Circe
Persephone
Ismene (Iz-mee-nee)
Ianthe
Saskia (Sasha for short if you want)
Vita
Vivienne
Oona
Frieda
Marianne
Ida
Carys
Serena
Seraphina

Sadly he's not sway-able (I originally wanted it for our 1st daughter, he refused then and doesn't want to see it on the shortlist now either 🙄)

@twinnies1987 men spoil all the fun 🙄

I've pitched Cassia, Daphne, Serena and Seraphina to the husband, but he's not keen (he might get a surprise if I pull rank post-childbirth!! 😂)

Verity
Nina
Lois
Lydia
Laura
Louisa
Vivienne
Margot
Beatrice/x
Cecelia
Phoebe

My friend has kids called Theo and Amelia 😊 they're the oldest and have two sisters.

Third child is Rowan and fourth is Francesca (Frankie). Love both of these.

Of your list I really like Lara and Matilda (Matty/Tilly - I have friends who go by both!). I actually like Reeva a lot but much like Madeleine (one of my favourites) it has too much association with tragic events now I think.

How about Adelaide? Jocelyn? Jocasta?

If your husband dislikes Tabitha, what about these as alternatives:

Talitha
Talia/Thalia
Tamsin

Or:
Coralie
Coraline
Sabrina
Anita
Rosamund
Jocelyn
Mariella
Monica
Erica

I love Lyra, Lara, Florence and Eliza.

Not quite so keen on the others.

How about -

Freya
Erin
Lila
Amber
Lucy
Alice
Jessica
Abigail
Clara
Harriet
Annabel
Georgia
Imogen
Mabel
Nancy
Audrey
Penelope
Selena
Vivienne
Lydia

I love Florence and Eliza from your list.

Beatrix/ Beatrice
Ottilie
Tanith
Nancy
Esther
Dorothy
Serena

Audrey and Matilda
Delphi and Phaedra
Emma and Lydia
Anna and Astrid
Elizabeth and Juliana
Eleanor and Adaline

I love Florence and Eliza/ Matilda/ Tabitha!

also love lyra

cora
beatrix
clara
eloise
emmeline
edith
esther
jemima
nora
dorothy
daphne
martha
rosa
flora
cassia

Don't know whether this will bother you, but Boris Johnson has children called Theo, Lara and Cassia - so maybe don't go for Lara and Cassia as your twins!

Theo, Mimi and ..

Eloise
Phaedra

Helen
Phoebe

Adele
Lola

Delphi
Eliza

Clotilde
Victoria

Liberty
Carla

Bridget
Alanna

Indiana and Albertine

Pearl and Olive

Agnes and Juno

Clementine and Annabelle

Savannah and Lucia

I'd have so much fun with naming twin girls 😂

Florence and Eliza are wonderful names.

Well he’s going to have to agree to SOMETHING. I’d put a piece of paper on the fridge and tell him to come up with a bloody list!

Rhiannon
Dyani
Katya
Lucille
Bethany
Juanita
Anthea
Karla
Liane
Patrice
Yasmin
Xanthe
Zelda
Sylvie

I LOVE Lara and Delphi (I've only ever known one Delphi - it wasn't a nickname.)
I really like Lyra and Reeva (maybe spell it Riva to lessen the Pistorius connection?)
I like Mathilda and Riley (the only girl Riley I know does happen to be American but I don't know if that proves anything).
Florence, Eliza and Tabitha are good solid names but not my particular taste. I have nothing against them though.

Natural fits for Amelia and Theo:
Alice, Alexandra, Bethany, Beatrice, Charlotte, Chloe, Darcey, Eva, Eleanor, Freya, Felicity, Grace, Georgia, Harriet, Hollie, Isla, Imogen, Jessica, Julia, Katie, Lucy, Layla, Madeleine, Olivia, Phoebe, Penny, Ruby, Rosie, Sophie, Scarlett, Willow, Zara

Less mainstream ideas:
Astrid, Aphra, Bronte, Bryony, Calista, Calliope, Danica, Dana, Evadne, Evangeline, Fallon, Fenella, Giselle, Hebe, Harmony, Isolde, Isadora, Jessamy, Jacinta, Keziah, Kendra, Leonie, Larissa, Meredith, Marianne, Nikita, Nyah, Octavia, Paloma, Pandora, Rivkah, Rowena, Rosina, Saffron, Sorrell, Sephora, Talitha, Tassita, Verity, Vanessa, Vivianne, Xanthippe, Yvette, Zeryn, Zipporah

I love Ottilie and Serena and we've thought about these, but I wonder if they'd end up using a nickname, not that keen on Tilly for Ottilie and I'm not sure what a shortened version of Serena would be 🤔

I didn't know that 😂

I'd have thought I would too, but beginning to be stressed by not finding the perfect names 😆🙃

Theodore, Amelia, Florence and Beatrice aka Theo, Mimi, Florrie and Bea
Theodore, Amelia, Phoebe and Alice
Theodore, Amelia, Cora and Olive
Theodore, Amelia, Mabel and Elsie

Ooh really like the first one...

I like that suggestions from @MiddleAgedDread as well