Too royal?

[3xgirls]

Hi, we have just found out we are having twin girls and starting to think of names. We have a 4 year old Camila and looking for thoughts on our potential girl names as I wonder if they are too royal family that it's a bit too much? I don't mind the royal family either way, but don't want it to sound silly!

Philippa
Zara
Kathryn
Elizabeth/Elspeth/Eliza

Any comments or alternatives would be appreciated!

Edited to move to baby names after posting in the wrong place by mistake

Well Camila is already spelt wrong, so choosing a variation of Catherine won’t be any different.

Wrong or potentially Portuguese?

I agree. I don't really think of either Philippa or Eliza as Royal. Certainly I don't think of Elsbeth as royal.

Elizabeth is classic enough that you could almost get away with it, but Camilla and Zara or Catherine would have me thinking you had tried to create a royal name stable.

Either way, i'd pronounce it more like Cam-my-la. As opposed to Cam-Mill-a. Or Camel-a!🐫

If it's any help, my name and both my children's names have been used by the Royal Family dozens of times over the last millennium and it just isn't a talking point. They are all very well known names used by people from all walks of life.

I think though George and John, even Catherine and Elizabeth are more under the radar.

It's because names like Camilla and Zara are quite distinctive names for this generation of Royals.

This is very outing, but I have twins called Victoria and Elizabeth, which probably makes people think I am a fan of the Royals!

I think perhaps with a Camilla already, if you then have an Elizabeth and a Kathryn (I know spelled differently) you'll get comments like, 'Are you going to try for a fourth and call it Diana?!'

Philippa and Zara are fine though or one of those with Elizabeth or Kathryn.

In my opinion of course.

Congratulations, 3 little girls! :)

Elspeth is a beautiful name (I'm definitely biased)

If I saw (or heard) Camila and Elspeth i wouldnt think Royal nut.

If I heard Camila Kathryn Eliza I would!

I wouldn’t think anything other than nice names if I heard the names Camilla and Zara. Maybe it’s because the Zaras and Camillas I know are older.