The verdict is in.

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

As a Christmas gift to my husband, we went in and found out the sexes of the triplets. I didn't want to know (I like surprises), but he has been practically begging me the entire pregnancy, so I let up and we had an ultrasound today. And the sexes are.....

GIRL, GIRL, and BOY!

The doctor says we're having "mixed triplets" -- the girls are identical, and the boy is fraternal.

We've decided on first names, which will be: Eleanor, Amelia, and Henry.

We're still tweaking out middle names.... want to help? Here is our list. Which names do you think go well with the three above? Any other names that you would suggest?

This is so exciting!

Comments

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Identical girl and boy..really?
how is that possibble?


Anyway, how exciting..I LOVE Amelia and Henry! I don't care for Eleanor much, mostly because I don't like Ellie (I like Elle & Ella though, but I find it's usually shortened to Ellie :-/)
They all sound fantastic together though!


Henry Theodore
Henry Oscar
Henry Sebastian

Amelia Juliet
Amelia Violet
Amelia Soleil

Eleanor Florence
Eleanor Madeleine
Eleanor Marianne

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Oops! I meant the girls are identical, and the boy fraternal. Thanks for catching that!

And I agree with you on the name "Ellie" -- I definitely don't want that as a nickname! I'm leaning more towards "Elle" right now.

And I really like Henry Sebastian. =]

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I absolutely LOVE the names you have picked out! Individually they're great, but they go together perfectly as well.

Eleanor Ruth
Amelia Kathleen
Henry Theodore

Eleanor Jane
Amelia Claire
Henry Isaac

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

ohhh... I really like that 1st set.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like Eleanor Ruth, Amelia Elise and Henry Samuel
Congratulations! :D

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I love all the names that you've chosen- especially Henry.
I'm jealous of your kids. :P

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Aww yay for Elle :-) Will Amelia be Millie/Mia, or just Amelia?

I read up on it after, and I thought you might have the 4th ever recorded to have identical boy/girl twins!

[tak3th3fall.livejournal.com]

aw. congrats! =]

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning more towards just Amelia... every time I see the name "Mia", I remember that it's a name for bulimia (with "Anna" being anorexia). And I know a 95-year-old with the name Millie and... it just seems old to me.

At least you had a good read! Ha.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

that's SO cool, really. first, good luck! do you have any other children?

i really like Amelia (my great grandmothers name), as well as Henry. Eleanor is definitely growing on me. i like that both Amelia & Eleanor can have little girl nicknames (Amy, Lia, Mel, Meli... Ellie, Elle, Ella, maybe even 'Ann', it would be a stretch but i've seen crazy nicknames lol), but also transform into solid, adult names, too.

as for middle names, i've looked at your list as well as added a few of my own lol:

Amelia May
Amelia Elise
Amelia Ann

Eleanor Catherine/Katherine
Eleanor Suzanne
Eleanor Susan

Henry Isaac
Henry Oliver
Henry Robert

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I know, I think of that every time I see the names Ana and Mia too.. I do like Mia, but Amelia is absolutely better. I'd be using it myself if it hadn't just entered the top 10 here :-(

[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Two of your names are our top two names for a boy and a girl. :)

[sailthemoon.livejournal.com]

Eleanor, Amelia, and Henry are all GORGEOUS. Wonderful choices. They're all in my top names. Congrats!

[hygher.livejournal.com]

I love the names! They are all in my top favorites.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those names. They are fantastic, really.

As for combos, I'd go with:
Eleanor Kathleen or Eleanor Ruth
Amelia Ruth or Amelia Kathleen
Henry Theodore or Henry Samuel

Eleanor and Amelia would definitely be my first choice for the first names, too, but for a boy, I also love Theodore/Theo and Samuel. Any of those three for boys are fantastic.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

CONGRATS!
I adore those names, Eleanor and Amelia are my top two girls names.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

People call Eleanors Ellie fairly regularly. Can't be helped. I love Ellie; I went by it for most of my life. My grandma always hated Eleanor and still calls me Ellie.

That said, I've also gone by E and El (or Elle or L), and people have offered up Ella, Nori, Nora, Ellen, Lennie, etc. as other options. I like some of those more than others, but any nick name will grow on you after a while I think.

And people will say Eleanor only if you insist, but I get a lot of requests for a nickname option. Three syllables is apparently too many.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/]

How about Norah or Nellie as nicknames for Eleanor?

[xanya.livejournal.com]

Wow, triplets! You're going to have your hands full, but I'm sure it will also be wonderful.

As for the names, EXCELLENT. (Well, I might be biased because Amelia is my own name... but the others I love in their own rights). Theodore I would definitely use as a middle name for Henry, as well.

[xanya.livejournal.com]

My name is Amelia and people have never once called me Millie or Mia. Are those really common nicknames for it? Interesting. I usually get Meals, sometimes Mealie and occasionally (as a joke) Mimi.

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

I LOVE the names!

Eleanor Louise
Amelia Alice
Henry James

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Yes, in England Millie is very common as a nickname for Amelia. I really don't like it at all...
Mia is too, but more so because people like the name but find it too nickamey and want a 'proper' grown up name for the birth certificate.
In Australia it's considered a stand alone name though.. being number 3.

Lucky, wish I was called Amelia :-)

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Meals is cute. =]

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

No other children yet. We got married in May, and got pregnant in late June, so it was a complete shock to discover we were having triplets. We hope to have five children... but you never know! We both came from big families -- mine with seven and his with nine. =]

And oooh, I like Eleanor Suzanne and Henry Isaac. I would use Amelia Ann, but my name is Ann... and that'd seem a bit "unfair" to the others. Unless Eleanor got the middle name Elizabeth (my mn) and Henry got the middle name Harris (husband's name)... but the AA/EE/HH would be too much alliteration, haha.

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

I like Nora for sure, but the hubby likes Elle.... so it's a toss up right now =]

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Eleanor Kathleen
Amelia Susan
Henry Samuel

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Ahh! I know. We've already set up THREE of everything -- changing stations, basinets, cribs, etc -- we even added a FRIDGE in the nursery because that's how hectic it is going to be. Thank goodness I have two younger sisters who will be staying with us for the first few months after they are born =]

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

I love, love, LOVE Henry James... but unfortunately, my sister already snagged it for her son (Oliver James). And I love Louise -- it was going to be a first name option for us, but people kept telling us it sounded "too old," so we might use it as a mn for Eleanor. =]

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm sorry. Louise is really pretty--I know someone whose middle name is Louise (Alexandra Louise). Hmm, what about . . . Henry Arthur?

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Congrats and I love the names!!!

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Also a good option! You're like... ULTIMATE BABY NAMER, or something. =]

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

I'm just suggesting names I like--you have a similar taste to me! :-)

I like Lily Alice, Elizabeth Jane, Merry Abigail, Madeleine Hermione, Catherine Emily, Harry James, and William Arthur. I'm a bit of a name collector. :-)

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Louise isn't too old! I'm a Louise! :P

[xanya.livejournal.com]

In Australia, we are VERY BIG on nicknames, but Millie for some reason just wouldn't be one that would come from Amelia. Meals is just a lot more natural here. It's weird - I always thought everyone had the same way of nicknaming but after hanging around this community adn travelling to other English speaking countries, it's obvious that it's a specific cultural thing. Interesting (well, to me, anyway!).

[xanya.livejournal.com]

My sister and I are twins and from what my mum says... that's already one baby too many. A fridge in the nursery! Um, good luck!

[slmpd08.livejournal.com]

I love the name Henry.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

wow, those are great names!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

congrats! you must be really, really excited. :]
do multiples run in your family/families?

i like:
eleanor kathleen
amelia ruth
henry jack

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love those names! Congrats on the triplets!

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Multiples tend to on his side, not mine. His grandfather was a twin, and his brother+wife had twins in August. There have only been a few cases of triplets, though.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

ooh. that's exciting!!

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

If I were you, I'd go with: Henry Theodore and Eleanor Ruth. Not sure what goes best with Amelia out of the names you like, though.