Naming multiples! Help!

[Fairiesandgnomes]

Hiya everyone,
I’m due twins in a few weeks time and we still haven’t settled on any names! We don’t know the genders and so need girl and boy name suggestions, they are fraternal too so could be any ‘combination’! Please can we have some opinions on the following names and any other suggestions:
Girls:
Lucy
Beatrix
Charlotte (although I don’t like the nn’s)
Anna
Jemima
Juliet
Boys:
Luke
James
Joseph (although I don’t like Joe)
Thank you so much! xx

Love Lucy and Jemima.
James and Joseph.
Lucy and James.

named my twins Thomas and Oliver

Love Juliet, Jemima and Charlotte, like James from you boys list

ideas
Beatrice
Louise
Gabrielle
Rachel
Frances
Eleanor
Helena

William
Raphael
Daniel
Louis
Christian
Paul
Peter
Henry
Richard
Elias
Arthur
Victor
Edward
Oscar
Zachary
Jeremy

I’d avoid giving them both the same initial. I made that mistake and now we never know who incoming post is for! 🤣 All lovely names you’ve listed.

Yes we will definitely avoid giving them the same initial, thank you to the pp who mentioned that.
any more suggestions would be appreciated!

All are nice names - although I wouldn’t use Charlotte or Joseph if you don’t like the nn’s.

From your ideas I’d choose:
Lucy and Anna
Luke and James
Lucy and James
Luke and Anna

Ideas

Alice
Clara
Emma
Ella
Leah
Rosa
Harriet
Eloise
Jessica
Abigail
Lily
Kate
Hannah
Philippa / Pippa

Harry
Henry
Jacob
Samuel
Benjamin
George
Edward
Sebastian
Toby
Nathan
Louis
Evan
Jack

Lucy and Alice
Lucy and Ella
Lucy and Emma
Abigail and Jessica (Abbie and Jess)
Lucy and Pippa

Nathan and Luke
Luke and Evan
Harry and James
Jacob and Luke
George and Henry
Samuel and Benjamin

Luke and Emma
Luke and Alice
Jack and Ella
Emma and James

2 boys. Luke & James.

2 Girls. Anna & Lucy

1Boy 1Girl.James & Anna

My picks would be

juliet and james
jemima and joseph
anna and james
jemima and beatrix
anna and charlotte
joseph and Luke

Lucy - like
Beatrix - 'beer-tricks', prefer Beatrice
Charlotte (although I don’t like the nn’s) - No
Anna - like
Jemima - like
Juliet - I don't like it being said as Julie-ette, and I don't like Jules

Luke - Luca and Lucas too popular. I much prefer Luke
James - would use
Joseph (although I don’t like Joe) - No.

All the names are nice enough.
I'd avoid matching initials. Luke and Lucy, James and Jemima are too matchy.

My pick would be:
Lucy and Anna (Lucy being the first to be born)
James and Anna (If Anna born first)
Lucy and James (If James born first)
Luke and James (Luke being the first to be born)

My picks from your list would be

2 Girls Beatrix and Juliet
2 Boys Luke and Joseph
1 Girl 1 Boy Beatrix and Luke

Anna and Juliet
Anna and James
James and Luke

Other ideas:
Patrick
Henry
Jasper
Adam
Matthew
Christian

Elizabeth
Chloe
Abigail
Harriet
Serena

Avoid giving them the same initial, especially Lucy and Luke which sound too similar. Also don’t go for Joseph if you don’t like Joe.

Anna and Lucy
James and Luke
Anna and James

Avoid same initial and same sound - you WILL get them muddled up daily.

Dislike Beatrix with that spelling.

Lucy - Emma or Sophia or Francesca or Frances
Beatrix - regal name like Cordelia or Mary
Charlotte - nn's unavoidable perhaps... Charlotta?
Anna - love it
Jemima - if you like Jemima then Elina
Juliet - considered other Shakespeare names?
Boys:
Luke - prefer Lucas
James
Joseph
other Biblical names to come to mind are Jacob Daniel Jonathan

I have a Charlotte no nicknames allowed, her choice, she did get called Charlie bear when very little though.

Hiya, thank you all so much for the suggestions, it’s given us lots to think about!
I’m really leaning towards Anna is one is a girl and this seems to be DH’s favourite too so think we are set in that one. I like how Lucy and Juliet sound with Anna and so maybe one of those if it turns out to be two girls?
Still can’t decide between the three boys names though!

I'd choose these combos too!

Luke Joseph and James Lloyd
Luke James and Joseph Leo

Anna and Luke
Anna and James

Anna Charlotte and Lucy Juliet
Anna Juliet and Beatrix Lucy
Anna Juliet and Jamima Lucy

I think Anna is gorgeous and Anna and Julia work really well together as a sibset- both feel quite timeless and very international (I really love romantic Juliet too but it’s much rarer than Julia or Anna and there’s the spelling issue of Juliette).

James and Julia/Juliet or James and Anna work great together (I don’t think you should worry about same initials for different sex siblings, I have the same initials as a brother and it’s never caused any issues as most post has Mr or Miss or uses middle names too).

For a boys pair, I like James and Luke best- again quite classic (but Joseph is a no go if you don’t like Joe). I assume you have considered names like Thomas, Alexander, William - all timeless, internationally well used boys names just like James and Joseph. Or maybe Max? For some reason I also really like the sound of Max with Anna, maybe as both are short and simple.

Please be sure to come back and tell us once they're here 😊

Juliet and Beatrix
Anna and Charlotte

Luke and Joseph
Luke and James

James and Charlotte
Joseph and Anna

Suggestions:
Alice
Kathryn
Greta

Louis
Oscar
Isaac

Alice/ Louis
Kathryn/ Isaac
Greta/ Oscar

I like all your name choices @Fairiesandgnomes

i suppose just wait till they’re born and certain names will just fit each baby better

Good luck with it all

just Don’t go for names starting with the same Letter irrespective if they are different Sexes

Anna and Luke are my two favourite on the list

Anna means ‘ of grace’ so I would chose Grace if it was two girls

Luke means ‘ of light, light giving, patron saint of artists and doctors’. Which doesn’t help so much unless you have a favourite artist or scientist OP.

I'd go with the "J" names because you have two girl names and two boy names so they'll will work for any combination. I think it's cute when the names start with the same letter.

I love all your names but Jemima and Joseph stand out to me.