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Help[Opinions] Neat twin set
I was just reading an essay on the Huffington post by a father of twin girls. Their names are...
Rose Austin
Evan Heart
(Again, they're both girls). WDYT? I think Rose Austin is pretty awesome. Evan--I despise it on a boy, but I like the sound enough on a girl. But then it reminds me of Evan Rachel Wood, and she seems kind of lame. Heart is lovely in the mn spot.
What I like most about this sibset is the balance of names. Both get a word name, but one is common and in the fn spot and one is uncommon and in the mn spot. And they both get one unisex name.
Rose Austin
Evan Heart
(Again, they're both girls). WDYT? I think Rose Austin is pretty awesome. Evan--I despise it on a boy, but I like the sound enough on a girl. But then it reminds me of Evan Rachel Wood, and she seems kind of lame. Heart is lovely in the mn spot.
What I like most about this sibset is the balance of names. Both get a word name, but one is common and in the fn spot and one is uncommon and in the mn spot. And they both get one unisex name.
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I don't like Austin. It kind ruins Rose. At least its only the mn, but still, Rose deserves a better mn. Rose does not fit with Evan on a girl at all.
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Rose and Evan would be nice if it were a G/B twinset. I find Austin and Evan too masculine for girls and I don't care for Heart at all. It would make me feel better if I knew Austin and Heart were family surnames, but even then I dislike them. Oh well, at least they are spelled correctly and not Rose Austyn and Evyn Heart.
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I really like Heart as a middle name, although I would use it for a boy rather than a girl.
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I missed the part
where Austin and Evan are unisex names. :P
To me they're both all male.
Had I encountered this set on my own, I would misidentify the sex of the second child based on the fn. Also, I would usually assume Austin on a girl to be a familial surname used as a mn, though given the other details that may not be the case here.
Apart from all of that, though, I do see your point about balance, word names, common, uncommon, unisex, and I agree in theory that those characteristics are well used here. All four of these names are actually on my PNL right now. I just don't like these specific names being used in this specific way.
where Austin and Evan are unisex names. :P
To me they're both all male.
Had I encountered this set on my own, I would misidentify the sex of the second child based on the fn. Also, I would usually assume Austin on a girl to be a familial surname used as a mn, though given the other details that may not be the case here.
Apart from all of that, though, I do see your point about balance, word names, common, uncommon, unisex, and I agree in theory that those characteristics are well used here. All four of these names are actually on my PNL right now. I just don't like these specific names being used in this specific way.
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I don't like seeing boy's names on girls, but both names fit well together and have a neat sort of modern organic feel.
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I really dislike Evan on a girl. I don't like Heart or Austin either. Love Rose as a first name though. :)
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