Twin baby girl names

[Handrearedmagpie]

34 weeks with non-ID baby girls and struggling for a second name! Would welcome any opinions on our list.

Iris - I adore this & is 100% my favourite by far. I just want another name I love as much! Our shortlist is -

Esme
Eloise
Louisa
Ava (DH's favourite)
Rowan

Middle names we would ideally like to be from family so

Margaret
Josephine
Helena/Helen
Charlotte
James

TIA

Iris Margaret and Eleanor James. You're welcome!

Iris Josephine

Eloise Margaret

I think Iris and Eloise go really well together

There are a gazillion Avas aged from 0 to 20. I would avoid it for that reason even though it's a lovely name.

Iris Margaret and Esme Josephine

Iris Margaret was what I think goes best together.

I do also like Megan as a first name but DH not a fan.

Iris and Esme! I would avoid Rowan James, I know a boy with this exact first and middle name combo.

Iris Margaret is glorious.
Iris Meg for a nick name
and
Jamima Helen
Helen Josephine
Ellen Josephine

Or
Iris Josephine.
and
Eloise Margaret
Ellen Jamima
Ellinor Margaret
Alexandra Meg

For DH..
Ava Josephine - though Ava will date.
Ava Margaret
Ava Jamima

Iris Josephine and Eloise Charlotte

Love Iris and Esme.

I really like Eloise and Louisa.

There are a million Avas. Everywhere.

Iris Josephine and Ava Charlotte

This was my suggestion too, both names are beautiful 😍

Congrats on the girly twins, OP!

I like Ava and Eloise. As for middle names, depending on your last name of course, Ava Jamie and Eloise Charlotte or Eloise Jamie

Iris Margaret and Eloise Josephine then.

Megan to me sounds really 'dumpy' and inelegant. I can't get away from the 'egg' in the middle.

Love Iris and Eloise. Eloise Charlotte?

suggestions

iris and olive
iris and ada
iris and eva
iris and aurora
iris and lily
iris and violet
iris and phoebe
iris and juno
iris and daphne
iris and hazel
iris and margot
iris and ruby
iris and etta
iris and flora
iris and clara
iris and esther

Iris & Eve
Iris & Eva

Close to your husband’s favourite @Handrearedmagpie but as above so so many Avas everywhere! These are similar but I think sound nicer with Iris.

Iris & Emmeline (nn. Emme pronounced Emmy) also lovely

I think Eloise and Louisa are just a bit too close to Iris for me (probably because of the ending S sound) and may become a tongue twister. Rowan is too gender neutral next to Iris. So I would pick Esme or Ava, both of which go really well with Iris. If your husband loves Ava like you love Iris, I would ignore popularity and go for it (I haven't met any in baby classes anyway and none in my daughter's nursery, and she's 2, so you never know). Esme is also pretty popular anyway.

For middle names I would pick:

1. Iris Margaret and Ava Charlotte (if you wanting a sort of "link" with the matching t middle name endings)
2. Iris Helen and Esme Josephine

But I think any of your first 4 work well with all the names. I really don't like James on girls.

Other names you might like: Seren, Thea, Cecily, Vera, Margot, Sylvie

Let us know what you pick!

Iris - like
I'd keep looking.
From your short list I only like Louisa.
Middle names are fine apart from James.

Esme - various spellings, Esmee/Esmay pronunciation. Not keen
Eloise - A bit of a mouthful and the horrible misspelling of Elouise has put me right off it.
Louisa - ok
Ava - I really can't see the appeal of this overused name other than it's a palindrome. Ay-vuh - such a miserable sound.
Rowan - I know it's unisex and I do like it but I suspect you'll get lots of 'One of each - how lovely!' type comments. (You will also get 'Are they identical?' even if they're obviously not)

James - absolutely not. Rowan James is too masculine, and with one of the other names it looks a bit like you wanted a boy.

Iris and Esme is lovely
I love Ava,too.
I know it's popular but that wouldn't bother me.
Iris and Juno.
I like Olivia too
Iris and Olivia.

Iris and Ava - both short and sweet and got that sort of retro granny name vibe.
Eloise and Louisa are a few too many L's and I's with Iris.
Esme is very "meh" IMO and going to result in different pronunciations of Es-me or Es-may
Rowan is too unisex for my liking and gives you a bit of a plant theme!
Iris Josephine and Ava Margaret

Done saddle one with boys names Rowan or James as all their life they’ll grow up thinking you wanted a boy.

I love Iris and Eloise!

I also really like Iris and Josephine, which I know was a middle name option but goes so well with Iris.

Jamima is terrible, @user1492757084 . Jemima is lovely.

Thanks, so many of the other suggestions, like Eva and Eleanor, we already have in the family. The amount of Eva/Ava’s we know does bother me slightly and I see peoples point that whilst I love Rowan as a name on its own, this baby is part of a pair and may sound like a boys name.

DH has now came back with Anna and I also like Imogen. I think Iris & Immy sound cute together, I think Anna is gorgeous but discounted it at first as I thought it might sound like a mouthful of I was saying “Anna and …” am I overthinking this?

@Handrearedmagpie I love Anna. And Imogen. Both beautiful names.

Oh, yes, you're probably overthinking it 🤣