Possible names for China Guy's twins?

Going with our royalty over the years:

Victoria
Emma
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Beatrix
Irene
Margriet
Marijke [later changed her name to Christina]
Amalia

Good luck on the twins. :slight_smile:

I like Claire and Anne. Simple, easy, classic but not common. No nicknames for Claire, though. Anne could be Annie. I guess if you were cutesy it could be Claire-bear or something like that.

Congratulations on your babies!

StG

My only suggestion is to stay away from this thread

Gabriella (Gabby)
Abigail (Abby or Gail)
Katherine (Katie)
Katrina (Kat)
Margaret (Maggie)
Elizabeth (Lisa or Liz or Beth)
Linda or Lynda (Lynn)
Alexandra (Alex, Alexi, Ally)
That’s all I can think of for right now…congrats on the twins!!

I can’t get this to download, but thanks for the link.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Will work through some with Chinawife later today and see if we have a good short list.

I’m going to ask my parents for suggestions but I can’t think of any female relative names I’d want to give to my children. So, I’ll be diplomatic and give them a short list and ask what their thoughts are.

Keep the suggestions coming

I like Biblical names, but that’s just me. Some names of strong female characters would be

Judith(gotta love a gal who can cut off a man’s head! :D)
Susanna(you also have to like a woman who stood up to sexual harrassment!)
Ruth
Esther
Miriam
Deborah

I am especially fond of Esther, as it is the name of my grandmother. If I’d had children it would have been my first choice as a name.

I like Sophia (Sophie), Lillith (Lilly), Olivia (getting very popular though).

Rosanna
Tess
Sylvia
Caroline
Madeleine
Marilyn
Diana
Helen
Holly
Lyla
Gwendolyn
Lorelai

I would avoid the rhyming names, your children will thank you in the future.

Melinda and Kaylee.

Audrey and Sylvia.

My mom named us completely different names (length, sound, origin), but gave us the same initials. Kinda cool for twins, if you ask me.

My sisters’ names have been mentioned. I list them with other names I like:
Eugenia (Genie or Zhenia)
Gabrielle (Gabi)
Annalise (or other variations in spelling)
Jaqueline (Jackie–though my sister uses her first two initials T.J. as a nick)
Hannah
Rachel
Gretchen
Mathilda (Mattie)
Gentry (as a first name)

Congrats on the twins, China Guy!

Here are my suggestions. I divided the names by their final sounds because I think that’s an important consideration when deciding which names flow best. For example, my last name starts with O, so names that first names that end in a consonant sound best with it, IMHO. Also, I think too many L sounds can muddy up a name, so if you have any in your last name, it might be wise to avoid L sounds in the first name.

Ends with A
Daniela
Emelia
Cassandra
Juliana
Bianca
Fiona
Mara
Nora
Aurora
Liliana

Ends with L
Ariel
Noelle
Rachel

Ends with a non-L consonant
Elise
Caroline
Celeste
Bridget
Meredith
Violet

All are classic names with standard spelling (except perhaps for Emelia/Amelia and Juliana/Julianna - I’m not really sure which are the more popular ones), and if you try really hard, I’m sure you could come up with nicknames for them all :slight_smile:

Clara
Emmaline/Emmeline
Amy
Angela is indeed nice.
Laurel
Kate
Helena
Rose

Amanda
Melanie
Rebecca
Marie
Yvonne
Anna

My sister is Lisa Kwan.
Some of these were mentioned, but I like these:

Sidrah
Helena
Katrina
Clara
Milla
Anastasia
Lucinda
Catherine
Christine

My cousin just named his little girl Stella. It has grown on us, I love that name!

How about xaiohai yi and xiaohai er? (Supply your own tone markings). Makes things a lot simpler.

Fiona and Ariel are both lovely names, but I’d stay away from any names used in cartoon movies. Yes, I know the names predate the cartoon characters, but your child’s cohorts won’t know that, and the character of “Fiona,” in particular, is known for her, ahem, non-traditional beauty (for those who have seen Shrek).

I like:

Helen
Leslie
Cheryl
Dana

My favorites:
Claudia and Virginia
(Unfortunately, both these names are likely to result in torment for your poor girls, but they were the names of two sisters who used to take turns babysitting my brother and I, and I always loved the names.)

Also, unfortunately, none of the above names are associated with acceptable nicknames.

Good luck with your family. :slight_smile:

I like Jacqueline, Angela and Grace. or
I like Jacqueline, Angela and Rachel. or
I like Jacqueline, Angela and Meredith.

I’ll stop now.

I just want to thank you in advance for your guidelines!