Names for Twin Girls

[3or4monsters.livejournal.com]

My husband and I have agreed that we both like Claire, last name Ingram. Middle name undecided. That can come later, after we've settled on a good sounding name for her sister. We'd also like to pick a backup 3rd and 4rth name, in the event that we meet the babies and neither of them strike us as a "Claire".

We are trying to find names that sound good together when calling both girls, but are not too similar or rhyme. I am REALLY not a fan of rhyming names for my twins---as a twin myself, it made me feel like less of an individual, like I was part of a set, like bookends. It also sucks as a kid when someone call you the wrong name because they sound too similar, and when you correct them, they just wave their hand and say, "Whatever" like your name or who you are does not matter. And it happened ALL the time---I barely notice it now, but it hurt my feelings a lot when I was little. And people keep suggesting rhyming or really similar names to me for my girls! Hahaha, no. I've just been telling everybody that I'm naming them MONSTER TRUCK and NASCAR and we're not sharing the truth until the birth certificates are signed.

SO! On to the names. :)

Ava
Charlotte
Grace
Gwen
Isabella
June
Liana (or Lily, Lola)
Madeline
Maia (or Maura, Marie, Miranda)
Noelle
Natasha
Rose
Sylvia (or Selena, Sophia)

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

For siblings, I really like Claire and Ava.

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

I second this.

[doxerssoldout.livejournal.com]

i think liana and noelle sound nice with claire.

[anamericanchild.livejournal.com]

Claire and Madeline sound really nice together and I'm pretty sure that's my favorite.

Claire and Ava
Claire and Charlotte
Claire and Liana
Claire and Miranda
I like all of those. The rest of the names are lovely names... but these are the only ones I like with Claire.

Our twin girls are Vivian Adrian and Vera Audrey. I don't think they're too similar(and if they think so when they get older, one can use her middle name). So, needless to say, I may like more matchy names than you. But I just wanted to say we also considered Caitlin and Charlotte. =)

[holidaylights.livejournal.com]

I really like Claire with Miranda, Natasha and Rose.

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

I personally like Claire and Madeline (nn Maddie). They're both classy and feminine without being super trendy.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Claire and Grace sound so pretty together!

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I think that Claire and Liana sound really nice together. I also like Claire and Rose, or Claire and June. Because you don't want names that are too similar, I think Claire and Charlotte are slightly too similar.

And Claire and Natasha are nice, but I say that because I'm a Natasha ;)

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I like: Claire & Ava, Claire & Lily, and Claire & Maura the best.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Monster Truck and NASCAR for the win!!!!

Claire is a beautiful name and gratz on the twins!

I think Claire and Ava sound great together, but Ava Ingram kind of runs together.

Claire and Rose Ingram
Claire and Lily Ingram
Claire and Sophia Ingram
Claire and Madeline Ingram (depending on how you pronounce, but be bit too rhymey 1st/last)

[victoriagunn.livejournal.com]

Another vote for Claire and Ava Ingram!

I really like Ava Isabella Ingram, and maybe Claire Madeline Ingram or Claire Miranda Ingram.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Lucie and Lucille?? Isn't that like naming your sons Bob and Robert?

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Louise and Lucille. :)

Same 'Lou' first syllable.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Ava, Charlotte, and Natasha are my favorites to give you the four possibles. Claire and Charlotte and Ava and Natasha. Even though they have similarities, they don't rhyme, and one is much shorter than the other.

[meeksnmeebs.livejournal.com]

I like Rose with Claire, both single syllable and easily used together, plus they're both so pretty :)

[alk3punkgurl.livejournal.com]

I like Claire and Madeline -- I think they sound good together (either that or Charlotte and June)

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I know you don't watch the matchy-matchy, and I absolutely agree, but I've always thought it would be neat to have twin girls named Claire and Lucy--totally different names that mean the same thing ("light"). I think that would be a nice way to connect the names without making them obviously "bookends." (Eleanor and Helen also mean "light" if you don't like Lucy.)

Of your listed choices, the combos I like best are Claire & Ava (both elegant and simple), Claire & Grace (both one-syllable with long-A sound), or Claire & Lily (both simple and just have a similar feel to me). I think when you pair names with radically different rhythms, like Claire & Selena or Claire & Natasha, it starts to almost sound like a joke, like Rikki-Tikki-Tembo-No-Sa-Rembo-Cheri-Bari-Ruchi-Pip-Bari-Pembo and his brother Chang. So even though I don't like rhymes or matchy-matchy names, I do feel like the names should "go together" in some subtle way, if only stylistically.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

I agree with this comment 100% :)

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Claire - one of my favorite names - and I think it goes well with Gwen, Madeline, and Miranda.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I think Liana and Claire would make an amazing set! The difference in ending sounds and number of syllables makes them stand apart from each other, but they fit together because they are both feminine and sonorous. Liana sounds like singing and Claire sounds like a bell sound to me : ) (I hope that makes some sense.)

I like Claire Noelle and Liana June.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Claire and Ava
Claire and Sophia
Claire and Madeline

[iamsurrealism.livejournal.com]

i think lily, sophia, and charlotte go well with a claire. =)

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

Claire and Noelle sound adorable together. I also love Rose.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I really like Claire and June. Sweet and simple but with lots of personality.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Ava and Claire Ingram
Claire and Lily Ingram
Claire and Sylvia Ingram
Isabella and Madeline Ingram
Sophia and Lily Ingram

A side note: June and Gwen are great aunts of mine. Their sisters were Jenny and Mara.

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

i think Ava and Noelle are pretty together.

one way to not be so rhymy or matchy is to pick names the the same amount of syllables (Like Ava and Noelle)

i had a similar problem in school. my name is melissa. i was ALWAYS called michelle. i still get called michelle sometimes. i hate it!

[starskye.livejournal.com]

I am Melissa and I ALWAYS get called Michelle, too. Always have. I really dislike the name Michelle for that reason.

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

Glad its not just me. Yeah. I would never use Michelle. Ever.
I don't get it. They don't sound alike.

[julia-michelle.livejournal.com]

I had a boss named Michelle that I called Melissa for WEEKS. I kept correcting myself, then messing it up the next time. It was awful!

I think it was I was introduced to her and the other manager, Carissa, at the same time, so I blended Michelle and Carissa in my head and out came Melissa.

[pap3r-heart.livejournal.com]

1. Claire and Gwen
2. Claire and Noelle
3. Claire and Maia