Another option that might work for me. WDYT?

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

I've still been having the internal debate on Elsa Fleur vs Fleur. I don't want to just call her by a middle name. After getting lots of input from your experiences, it's clear that it would be a huge hassle at best later in life. Not something I am willing to do knowingly. Nor do I just want to use straight Fleur. I still love Elsa after all!! So I thought what if I just always call her both: Elsa Fleur, like Mary Kate. That way I'd get to use both of her beautiful names! Although I would probably put them both under her first name with no technical middle name. That way they officially would have to call her the same thing I do.

That being said, I still want twin girls. One would be Gemma Hermione and the other Elsa Fleur. It would be my ideal situation. <3

WDYT?  About using both like a longer first name, not about twins. ;-)

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[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That comparison was really helpful!!! :) And thanks again for the compliment! <3

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

In my opinion, double barreled first names are a bit of a waste of time. We have a girl in our class at Kindergarten called Sienna-Rose and no-one calls her that. She's Sienna. I knew a girl at school called Kelly-Anne and everyone just called her Kelly.

What about Fleur Elsa, with Elsa as the middle name?

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

See, that would be okay with me too, because even if she was just Elsa it's still her actual name and not a nickname. This too was really helpful.

I've heard that suggestion before, and I've thought about it, but I just don't like them switched. It would have to remain Elsa Fleur.

[taleofaredhead.livejournal.com]

Wait, why can't you name her Elsa Fleur and call her Elsa?

Also, there's no way you can make anyone call her by Elsa Fleur, unfortunately. People even shorten single first names (my sister Elizabeth is a prime example; only family call her Elizabeth and everyone else just shortens in).

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

I made two other posts about this particular name, which covered all that. But it's no matter. You didn't miss anything. I figured we weren't attempting TTC for at least a year and so I was just getting my ducks in a row on the name front. Less stress if you know what you're naming the baby already. But it's much shorter than that now so now I'm really getting things together. :)

I wouldn't require anybody else to call her Elsa Fleur besides myself. I wouldn't try to enforce it anyhow. I figured if I call her both then to shorten it every one would just call her Elsa, which would be her given name. And all would be alright in my universe. I just have the huge pet peeve that requires people to use the name I give my child is all. I could understand a nickname if I gave my children long names, but I don't.

[thelasttruth.livejournal.com]

As someone with a double first name, I can tell you that in my experience, no matter how hard you try, the world is going to end up giving her one first name. I fought for years to be called Amber-Lynn but eventually just gave up and accepted Amber.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Elsa Fleur is a really pretty combination, and it would make a cool, unique double name. Go for it.

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I thought we wouldn't be ready for TTC for another year, minimum. But we were discussing things the other day and now things are more like, yes he still has to finish school but we won't be moving out of state like I thought he wanted to. At least not right away. That was my hold up. Who wants to be mega pregnant and make a big move? Not me.

So now we have our names pretty whittled down to 2 each, and I believe you already know which those are lol!