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Help me name my twins!

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Yummaymummay · 31/05/2010 12:58

First post so please bear with me....!

I am 8 months pregnant with twins but naming them is turning into a slight fiasco due to DH's various 'familial needs' so thought I would turn to here for advice!
Here is my slightly too long shortlist:

Augusta - possible nn Goosy
Allegra
Aphra
Carolina
Cordelia - nn. Coco
Chloris
Christabel- nn. Coco
Clover
Delphi - with poss. full name Delphinia
Florence
Harryo
Hebe
Hero
India
Lettice - nn. Letty
Pandora
Perdita (pur- dita)
Posy
Tansy
Violet
Willow

Arthur
Felix
Finn
George
Harry
Hector
Humphrey
Monty
Milo
Rupert
Sebastian
William- nn. Billy

Would it be possible to give your top 5 girls names, top 5 boys names and then top 5 girl/ boy combinations as we are leaving the sexes as a suprise, also any suggestions especially for boys would be greatly apreciated!
Thankyou so much for your help

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janeite · 31/05/2010 13:06

Augusta - possible nn Goosy - don't like and I'm sorry but Goosy is horrible imho
Allegra - not fond
Aphra - not fond
Carolina - not fond
Cordelia - nn. Coco - ok: I like Coco
Chloris - horrible, sorry
Christabel- nn. Coco - like it a lot
Clover - love this
Delphi - with poss. full name Delphinia - ok
Florence - nice
Harryo - pardon?
Hebe - ok-ish
Hero - no
India - no
Lettice - nn. Letty - terrible
Pandora - am quite fond of this
Perdita (pur- dita) - ok
Posy- love it
Tansy -ok
Violet - nice
Willow - no

Love these boys's names but not the others:
Hector
Monty
Rupert
Sebastian
William is fine but dislike Billy.

A lot of your girls' names sound a bit 'try hard' imo, as though you're trying to be different or trendy, sorry. The more simple ones are lovely.

Ineedsomesleep · 31/05/2010 13:08

Top 5 Girls, in alphabetical order:

Augusta (but I would only use that if she is born in August)
Christabel
Clover
Delphi
Florence and
Purdita

Top 5 Boys

Arthur (my favourite but couldn't use it with our family name)
George (have one and he is fab)
Hector
Humphrey
Monty

My favourite combinations would be:

Arthus & Augusta or
George & Christabel

capstone · 31/05/2010 13:09

Welcome

Top 5 girls names from your list (in alphabetical order)

Delphinia
Christabel
Florence
Violet
Willow

Top 5 boys names from your list (in alphabetical order)

Felix
George
Milo
Sebastian
William

Top combinations

Florence Willow
Christabel Violet

William Felix
George Milo

capstone · 31/05/2010 13:10

(doh, I will learn the alphabet one day!)

maryz · 31/05/2010 13:16

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janeite · 31/05/2010 13:18

Sorry - I forgot to welcome you and to give combinations.

Top 5 girls' =
Clover
Posy
Christabel
Violet
Cordelia or Pandora

Top 5 boys' =
Rupert
Sebastian
Hector
Monty
William

Combinations -
Rupert and Clover
Hector and Violet
Sebastain and Christabel
Monty and Posy
William and Pandora/Cordelia

hhg · 31/05/2010 13:20

Congratulations on your twins!

I like Finn and Harry for boys

And like Florence and Violet

Florence and Finn cute (one long name and one short but both starting with same letter)

soon2be4 · 31/05/2010 13:21

Florence
Violet
Willow
Posy
Allegra

Felix
George
Milo
Sebastian
Finn

Posy and Finn - so cute
Violet and George
Florence and Sebastian
Allegra and Felix
Willow and Milo

tummytickler · 31/05/2010 13:23

A lot of your girls names are on my list, so this is quite hard!

top 5
Augusta
Aphra
Cordelia
Perdita
Pandora

Hector
Humphrey
Monty
Rupert

Augusta and Humphrey
Perdita and Monty

whywhywhydelilah · 31/05/2010 13:27

I love India, Agusta and Florence for the girl.

For a boy I love Gerore, Arthur, Humphry, Milo and Sebastian

BrigitteBardot · 31/05/2010 13:28

Violet
Willow
India
Posy
Cordelia

Finn
Arthur
Felix
George

Finn and Willow
Violet and Willow
Arthur and Finn

dannas · 31/05/2010 13:34

Clover
Cordelia
Florence
Violet

Arthur
Felix
Finn
Hector
Milo

dannas · 31/05/2010 13:37

Combos

Finn & Florence
Arthur & Cordelia
Hector & Clover
Felix & Violet
Milo & Finn
Finn & Hector
Hector & Arthur

crumblequeen · 31/05/2010 13:44

Girls:

Cordelia
Christabel
Perdita
Violet
Willow

Boys:

Arthur
George
Harry
Sebastian
William

Combinations:

George and Cordelia
William and Christabel
Arthur and William
Cordelia and Violet

liliputlady · 31/05/2010 13:47

Florence and Violet
George and William (don't like nn Billy though)
Any of those combos for boy and girl

Good luck!!!!

Yummaymummay · 31/05/2010 13:54

Thankyou Maryz for the point about calling two names-hadn't taken that into consideration!
I think at the moment- taking into acount what has been said my top girls names are India, Posy,Clover, Hebe and either Christabel or Cordelia. I just love the name Coco but don't want to give it as a full name if you get me?
Boys I'm still unsure, think I'll wait to see what dh says.
We also have a long, double barrelled surname so I don't want a too traditionnal name like Elizabeth ( I think this mainly affects girls) as it's just too much for a baby.

Thankyou for all your help and keep it coming!

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pickler · 31/05/2010 14:20

Finn & Milo are perfection! My two most favourite names!

I also love Florence and Pandora

Eglu · 31/05/2010 14:26

All of these I like

Augusta I like this but not Goosy
Allegra
Aphra
Cordelia - nn. Coco
Christabel- nn. Coco
Delphi - with poss. full name Delphinia
Hebe
Hero
India
Willow

Felix
Finn
George
Hector
Monty - only with a proper long name Montgomery?
Milo
Sebastian

Faves

Girl twins - Cordelia nad Delphinia

Boy twins - Monty and Milo, or Felix and Finn

Mix twins - Cordelia and Felix

1pregheadpumpkin · 31/05/2010 14:29

Top 5 girls' =
florence
willow
india
clover
pandora

Top 5 boys' =
Rupert
arthur
george
harry
William

Combinations -
Rupert and pandora
george and willow
harry and india
george and clover
William and florence

you need to strike the right balance between uncommon and just plain odd.

mitfordsisters · 31/05/2010 14:36

Tansy
Clover
Cordelia
Coco (think this is fine as a full name - give a more conservative middle name in case)
India

Arthur
Hector
Harry
George
Felix

Love Tansy and Hector, Harry and Clover

Other boys names: Edward, Tobias, James, Rowan, Jesse, Max, Gabriel, Jerome

newtwinmummy · 31/05/2010 14:37

Augusta - ok. Goosy - no
Allegra - yes
Aphra - not keen
Carolina - South
Cordelia - yes
Chloris - yes
Christabel- yes
Clover - spread
Delphi - nickname
Florence - yes
Harryo - ?
Hebe - no
Hero - yes
India - common
Lettice - yes
Pandora - box
Perdita - yes
Posy - nickname
Tansy - nickname
Violet - no
Willow - yes

Arthur - not keen
Felix - yes
Finn - yawn, very common
George - no
Harry - nickname
Hector - yes
Humphrey - yes
Monty - nickname
Milo - tweenie and milk drink
Rupert - no
Sebastian - yes
William- nn. Billy - no to Billy

Florence
Cordelia
Chloris
Christabel
Hero

Humphrey
Felix
Hector
Sebastian
Willia m

LuluF · 31/05/2010 14:41

My favourites are (they're pretty much what I have on my ultimate list)

Tansy
Posy
Violet
Hebe
Hero

Monty
Hector
Sebastian
Felix
Billy

I think any of the girls' names goes with any of the boys'.

LuluF · 31/05/2010 14:43

Though I should've said that I'd avoid Hebe and Hero as a pair and Hector with Hebe or Hero - but that's only because I'm not a fan of alliterative names - but that's just my preference and may not be yours.

jellybeans · 31/05/2010 16:35

Congrats, i have twins they are alot of fun

Top 5 girls

Aphra
Allegra
Christabel
Clover
India

Top 5 boys

Arthur
Felix
Finn
George
Harry

Fave combinations

Harry and India
Aphra and Finn
Felix and Clover