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Help[Opinions] Short-listing middle names for our twins
We've at last chosen Maeve and Tamsin for our girls (due early December!) and we've got a very messy middle name shortlist that we'd love some help with.
Opinions on these would be great, or say your favourites if you have them? And if you think you've got perfect middle names not on our list please share them! Thanks!! :D
Tamsin:
Tamsin Mai
Tamsin Rose
Tamsin Aveline
Tamsin Aria
Tamsin Elodie
Maeve:
Maeve Anya
Maeve Enya
Maeve Mackenzie
Maeve Emmeline
Maeve Aria
Maeve Seren
And older brother is Leo Alexander incase that effects your thoughts :)
Opinions on these would be great, or say your favourites if you have them? And if you think you've got perfect middle names not on our list please share them! Thanks!! :D
Tamsin:
Tamsin Mai
Tamsin Rose
Tamsin Aveline
Tamsin Aria
Tamsin Elodie
Maeve:
Maeve Anya
Maeve Enya
Maeve Mackenzie
Maeve Emmeline
Maeve Aria
Maeve Seren
And older brother is Leo Alexander incase that effects your thoughts :)
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Tamsin Mai is my favourite one... It's not said like "may" it's like "mine" only stop before saying the N. So it doesn't really sound like Maeve. Mai means "more than" in our mothertongue :)
Estelle and Lyra were both on the list before we cut it down! But my boyfriend doesn't like Estelle that much. I forget why we cut Lyra xD
Estelle and Lyra were both on the list before we cut it down! But my boyfriend doesn't like Estelle that much. I forget why we cut Lyra xD
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Thanks :)
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Intoxicating Kernel!!! XDDDDDD
But I forgot about Aveline possibly meaning desired. That Tamsin means twin is kind of a coincidence really. We choose names that we love them first and we'd still use them even if they have a funny meaning. Like Enya being kernel.
But if we were really into meanings it'd be kind of funny for one of our twins to be "desired twin" (or 'twin desired' I suppose actually) and the other to be "intoxicating kernel". It sounds like a drug!!
But I forgot about Aveline possibly meaning desired. That Tamsin means twin is kind of a coincidence really. We choose names that we love them first and we'd still use them even if they have a funny meaning. Like Enya being kernel.
But if we were really into meanings it'd be kind of funny for one of our twins to be "desired twin" (or 'twin desired' I suppose actually) and the other to be "intoxicating kernel". It sounds like a drug!!
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Tamsin Aria is my favourite Tamsin combo.
Mai is too close to Maeve, Rose is a bit of a filler middle name - very commonly used for middle names so a bit dull. I think Elodie and Aveline are gorgeous but a bit too long to match with Tamsin.
For Maeve (love that name BTW) I like Maeve Seren or Maeve Emmeline. Anya and Enya are OK but I don't think they flow with Maeve and Mackenzie is too trendy for me and I don't like the double M alliteration.
Mai is too close to Maeve, Rose is a bit of a filler middle name - very commonly used for middle names so a bit dull. I think Elodie and Aveline are gorgeous but a bit too long to match with Tamsin.
For Maeve (love that name BTW) I like Maeve Seren or Maeve Emmeline. Anya and Enya are OK but I don't think they flow with Maeve and Mackenzie is too trendy for me and I don't like the double M alliteration.
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Thanks!
Mai and Maeve have very different sounds to us! They both start Ma when you write them but they don't sound that much the same really... No one likes Tamsin Mai and it was almost my favourite one xD
We wanted Anya/Enya because we really love both names but for middle names flow so very important too. So thanks :) Maeve Emmeline was the first combo we thought of :D
Mai and Maeve have very different sounds to us! They both start Ma when you write them but they don't sound that much the same really... No one likes Tamsin Mai and it was almost my favourite one xD
We wanted Anya/Enya because we really love both names but for middle names flow so very important too. So thanks :) Maeve Emmeline was the first combo we thought of :D
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Rosemary is okay but it's not a name I really love. I love Mai though! Saying it "my" but with a longer sound like "mine" without the N not like a different spelling of May.
Rosamond is an interesting idea. I like it better than Rosemary! Eloise is nice too and was on the list before it out ousted by Eloide xD
Thanks!!
Rosamond is an interesting idea. I like it better than Rosemary! Eloise is nice too and was on the list before it out ousted by Eloide xD
Thanks!!
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Thanks!! Maeve Aria is getting a lot of votes :D
Rose has no really special meaning to us. We just think it's a lovely name and it goes nice with Tamsin, we thought. A filler middle name is like a name that people choose when they can't think of anything else, right? It's not a filler for us it's just nice :)
Rose has no really special meaning to us. We just think it's a lovely name and it goes nice with Tamsin, we thought. A filler middle name is like a name that people choose when they can't think of anything else, right? It's not a filler for us it's just nice :)
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Tamsin Elodie and Maeve Seren are my picks. They're both gorgeous.
Tamsin Aveline is awfully sing-songy. How are you pronouncing Mai? If it's like May I much prefer that spelling. If it's "my" I really dislike it. Either way it's a bit M-heavy with Tamsin, and too close to Maeve. I'm not a huge fan of Aria but Tamsin Aria is quite nice. Tamsin Rose is fine but Rose is so overused as a middle name (it's my own middle name, so I should know!).
Maeve Anya, Maeve Aria, and Maeve Enya run together into May Vanya / May Varia / May Venya. Maeve Emmeline is lovely and my second choice.
Please don't ruin Maeve with Mackenzie!
Tamsin Aveline is awfully sing-songy. How are you pronouncing Mai? If it's like May I much prefer that spelling. If it's "my" I really dislike it. Either way it's a bit M-heavy with Tamsin, and too close to Maeve. I'm not a huge fan of Aria but Tamsin Aria is quite nice. Tamsin Rose is fine but Rose is so overused as a middle name (it's my own middle name, so I should know!).
Maeve Anya, Maeve Aria, and Maeve Enya run together into May Vanya / May Varia / May Venya. Maeve Emmeline is lovely and my second choice.
Please don't ruin Maeve with Mackenzie!
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Thanks ^_^
I guess Tamsin Aveline is kinda songy. We're pronouncing it "my" only the sound is really more like "mine" where you stop just before the N. You don't like it? Tamsin Mai is one one my favourites of these.
I guess Rose is popular as a middle name but maybe because it sounds beautiful with everything!
Oh... Maeve Anya does do that. Ah, that's not fair! I really liked that one. Are Varia and Venya actually names though?
I guess Tamsin Aveline is kinda songy. We're pronouncing it "my" only the sound is really more like "mine" where you stop just before the N. You don't like it? Tamsin Mai is one one my favourites of these.
I guess Rose is popular as a middle name but maybe because it sounds beautiful with everything!
Oh... Maeve Anya does do that. Ah, that's not fair! I really liked that one. Are Varia and Venya actually names though?
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